Friday, May 23, 2014

Trivia Bits 23 May

 

The Rolling Stone magazine, published every two weeks that focuses on politics and popular culture, was founded in San Francisco, California in 1967, by Jann Wenner Ralph J. Gleason.

The 2005 computer game Voyage was based on the writings of science-fiction author Jules Verne.

Apart from India, the Ganges River flows through Bangladesh in its 2,525 km (1,569 mi) journey from the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, into Bangladesh where it empties into the Bay of Bengal.

Set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cold Case is a 2003 - 2010 American police procedural television series that follows Detective Lilly Rush, played by American actress Kathryn Morris, a homicide detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, specializing in "cold cases", or investigations which are no longer being actively pursued by the department.

The two measuring instruments used on the emblem of the Freemasons are the Carpenter’s Square and the Compass.

Australian multi-award winning actress Sigrid Thornton had the leading role as Laura Joy Gibson in the more modern Australian television series SeaChange from 1998 to 2000 which brought her greater Australian audience appeal, as well as the Most Outstanding Actress award in 1999 and 2000.

The medical condition encephalitis affects the brain.

Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado was replaced as President of Cuba by Fidel Castro upon implementation of the Cuban Constitution of 1976.

In 1989 a treaty between the governments of Australia and Indonesia was signed by the Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans known as the Timor Gap Treaty which provided for the joint exploitation of petroleum resources in a part of the Timor Sea seabed which were claimed by both Australia and Indonesia.

The last year in which the Australian television music show Countdown was shown was in 1987 and was the most popular music program in Australian TV history with international artists including Madonna, Blondie, ABBA, John Mellencamp, Meat Loaf, Boz Scaggs and Cyndi Lauper achieved their first hits in Australia, thanks to their video clips being aired on Countdown.

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