Trivia Bits 24 August

 

• The only English word that ends in mt is dreamt and also any of its derivatives such as undreamt.
• The middle name English author Jerome K Jerome is Kapka.
• The meat from a deer is termed venison.
• Jane Fonda played the title role in the 1968 movie Barbarella.
• Butterfly is a stroke in the sport of swimming.
• Gertrude Ederle became the first women to swim the English Channel in 1926.
• The host city for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was Turin in Italy.
• The Walt Disney character Goofy was first called Dippy Dawg.
• Odontophobia is the fear of going to the dentist.
• The Poet’s Corner is a famous part of the British landmark building Westminster Abbey.
• The Norman Brookes Challenge Cup is presented annually in Melbourne to the winner of the Men’s singles championship at the Australian Open tennis championships.