Friday, August 23, 2013

Trivia Bits 23 August

 

  • Mosquitoes believe it or not do have teeth.
  • “There is no smoke without fire” in proverbial terms.
  • Trois is the French word for Three.
  • The port of Mombassa is in the African country of Kenya.
  • Elvis Presley sang Edge of Reality in the 1968 movie Live a Little, Love a Little,
  • Separating Sri Lanka and India is the Palk Strait.
  • Ancient Greek Philosopher Socrates wrote Call no man unhappy until he is married.
  • The ancient Greek God of War was Ares.
  • Iron rails were used in Australia for the first time in 1827 when the Australian Agricultural Company laid a tramway on Newcastle, NSW, to carry coal from a mine to the wharf.
  • Camelot is a musical written by Lerner and Loewe is based on the legend of King Arthur.

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