Friday, May 16, 2014

Trivia Bits 16 May

 

Judo was created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano with the name Judo meaning Gentle Way.

Christine Campbell, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is a neurotic mother and owner of a women's gym who is in a constant struggle to keep pace with those around her is the main character in The New Adventures of Old Christine an American sitcom television series that run from March 13, 2006 to May 12, 2010.

The non-venomous ladder snake is found on the continent of Europe in areas that includes Portugal, Spain, southern France and just into Italy, also Menorca and the Iles d'Hyères off Provence.

In cricket, if a fieldsman uses his hat to field the ball, the batting side is awarded 5 runs.

The planet Mercury has no moons.

Joint UK and French production crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise is filmed on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe with the first two series starring English comedian, actor, and director Ben Miller as Detective Inspector Richard Poole, seconded from London to the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Swiss-born philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote Emile in 1762.

Eighth century scholar, teacher, and Archbishop of York, Ethelbert of York's library was probably the largest book collection of its day outside of Rome.

The dodo, an extinct flightless bird, was endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.

Fins are used by aquatic animals such as killer whales to generate thrust, to control motion, or to regulate temperature.

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