Trivia Bits 08 December

 

• Barcelona is Spain’s second largest city.
• Aleppo University is in Syria and opened its doors in 1960 consisting of two faculties in Civil Engineering and Agriculture.
• Rock band U2 comes from Ireland.
• The capital of Laos is Vientiane.
• The elephant is the symbol of the US Republican Party.
• Running Scared was a hit in 1961 recorded by Roy Orbison.
• The Waldorf Salad is traditionally made of fresh apples, celery and walnuts.
• The oesophagus connects the mouth and the stomach.
• Posts on Twitter are restricted to 140 characters.
• The Adelaide Zoo in South Australia opened in 1883.
• On the Beaufort Scale, number 12 relates to hurricane force.
• Mercury is that planet that orbits the sun in the shortest period of time.
• The title in the TV series Kojak was played by Telly Savalas.
• On 30^th September 1966, landlocked South African country The Republic of Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom.
• There are 14 pounds in one stone in Imperial measurement.
• The Polish capital of Warsaw is on the banks of the River Vistula.
• The story of poor Cockney girl, Eliza Doolittle, who is transformed into an elegant lady by Professor Higgins is told in the musical My Fair Lady.
• The middle name of the English author Jerome K Jerome is Klapka.
• There are six stars on the Australian flag.
• In a standard open six-string guitar tuning, the two pen E strings are two octaves apart.