Thursday, December 12, 2013

Trivia Bits 12 December

 

  • The month of the year that derives its name from the Latin to open is April.
  • Singer Robin Gibb passed away from cancer in 2012 but he had previously survived a train crash in 1967.
  • Winston Church was referring to champagne when he said “In victory you deserve it. In defeat you need it.”
  • Popular dinner party item Fondue originated in Switzerland.
  • The three movies that are part of Baz Luhrman’s Red Curtain Trilogy are Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge.
  • There are five events that make up the modern pentathlon - pistol shooting, fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.
  • The Greek Goddess Nike, Goddess of Victory appeared on the front of the 2012 Olympic winner’s medals.
  • The Sea of Tranquillity is to be found on the moon.
  • The name of the main lion in the novel Born Free was Elsa.
  • Adobe is the company that markets the Photoshop software.
  • A female ferret is called a Jill.
  • Caesura describes a deliberate pause that breaks up a long line of verse.
  • The word Tiananmen means Gate of Heavenly Peace.
  • Peter Hollingworth, a former Governor General of Australia was previously the Archbishop of Brisbane.
  • The meaning of Anno Domini is Year of the Lord.

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