Trivia Bits 26 September

 

• In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the countries of Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• Anne of Cleves was the fourth wife of England’s King Henry VIII.
• Orange was the favourite colour of US singer-actor Frank Sinatra.
• New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hilary died in 2008.
• In China, kuaizi are better known to the rest of the world as chopsticks.
• British serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper.
• The floral emblem of the Australian state of South Australia is the Sturt Pea.
• Pope John Paul II was once Archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
• Cambodia’s capital is Phnom Penh.
• The Circle line on a map of the London Underground is coloured Yellow.