Trivia Bits 19 August

 

• Colloquially a spiv is someone usually a male who dresses ostentatiously and lives by their wits or by dubious means.
• Narrowly escaping death when an avalanche engulfed his skiing party in Switzerland in 1988 was Prince Charles first born son of Queen Elizabeth II.
• The Australian state of Western Australia has the longest coastline - a coastline length of 20,871km.
• Gynarchy is the term used for a system of Government rules by women.
• The Latin expression carpe diem means seize the day, enjoy the present day (trusting as little as possible to the future).
• Papua New Guinea achieved its independence from Australia on September 16, 1975.
• The 1962 hit Sheila was recorded by US singer-songwriter Tommy Rice - the single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on September 1, 1962, remaining in the top position for two weeks and peaking at number six on the R&B charts
• Hosni Mubarak was the Egyptian President deposed in 2011.
• The title role in the 1980 movie The Elephant Man was played by John Hurt. The Elephant Man was a critical and commercial success, and received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture in 1980.
• Garden gate is cockney rhyming slang for a Magistrate.