Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Trivia Bits 28 May

 

The Pailolo Channel in Hawaii separates the Island of Molokai with the island of Maui.

Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the 2004 British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, with the format licensed to over 42 territories and Australia being the first country to adapt the show also in 2004 which turned out to be a huge success with veteran Australian TV host Daryl Somers taking the show live to air once a week.

The Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad in Central Virginia USA cost less than US$1 million to build and was operated until 1926 when the track was sold which has since been removed.

The Prunus Persica tree produces peaches.

The initials WACA when referring to the sporting ground in Perth, Western Australia, stand for Western Australian cricket Association.

American film critic and historian Leonard Maltin is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's shortest movie review; his two-star review of the 1948 musical Isn't It Romantic? consists of the word "No".

Philip V of Spain signed a Royal Decree that established the first university in Venezuala, the Central University of Venezuela—the country's oldest—was founded in 1721 as "Universidad Real y Pontificia de Caracas".

I Dream of Jeannie is an1965 American sitcom with a fantasy premise starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut, Captain/Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson, who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries.

Vientiane is the capital of the South East Asian country of Laos.

A perennial plant lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials.

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