Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Trivia Bits 27 May

 

The letters in LED stand for Light-emitting Diode.

Sir Gary Sobers's 365 not out in his Test debut against Pakistan in 1954 is the highest maiden century by a batsman in Test cricket.

Akubra, trilby, pork-pie and boater are all types of Hats. An Akubra is a wide-brimmed hat worn especially in rural Australian areas ; a trilby is narrow brimmed; Pork-Pie bears a superficial resemblance to a culinary pork pie dish; Boater a men's formal summer straw hat

American action-adventure western drama television series starring David Carradine, Kung Fu aired from October 1972, to April 1975 for a total of 63 episodes.

The Mount Eden crater is found in Auckland, New Zealand and is the highest natural point on the Auckland isthmus with a majestic bowl-like crater of 50 metres (160 ft) deep.

Oesling is one of the two regions of the European country of Luxembourg; the other region being Gutland.

"And did those feet in ancient time" is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem, was printed c. 1808 but today it is best known as the anthem "Jerusalem", with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916 during the depths of World War I to help rouse the flagging English spirit.

Hummock’s Hill was the original name for the South Australian city of Whyalla founded in 1901 by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) as the end of a railway bringing iron ore from the Middleback Ranges.

Humphrey Bogart’s character in the now iconic movie Casablanca was Rick Blaine.

The 2013 sci-fi movie Snowpiercer was directed by South Korean director Joon-ho Bong and Chris Evans, Alison Pill and Tilda Swinton.

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