Trivia Bits 30 January

 

• Pico Bolivar at 4,978 metres is the highest mountain in the South American country of Venezuela.
• To visit the Abu Simbel rock temples, you would need to be in Nubia, southern Egypt with the complex a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments," which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan).
• English actor, comedian, writer, musician, and director Hugh Laurie plays Mr Watts in the 2012 New Zealand movie Mr Pip based on Lloyd Jones 2006 novel Mister Pip.
• Emerald is a gemstone, and is coloured green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium.
• The official currency of south-eastern European country Montenegro is the Euro.
• My Best Friend’s Wedding, a 1997 romantic comedy film, starring Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett, and Philip Bosco was directed by P J Proby.
• The game of Tiddlywinks was invented in the nineteenth century with the modern competitive adult game of tiddlywinks made a strong comeback at the University of Cambridge in 1955.
• The popular text/chat acronym WEG stands for wicked evil grin.
• The largest mountain range in the Australian state of South Australia is the Flinders Ranges being a discontinuous ranges stretching for over 430 km (270 mi).
• Commencing in 2009, the American reality television series Pawn Stars is set in Las Vegas and chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.