Trivia Bits 20 July

 

Scandanavia's High North Alliance founded in 1991 works to protect the whaling interests of member countries of Norway, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland.

On a map of London, the circle line is coloured yellow on a map of the London Underground.

Austrian tenor Karl Beck became a master baker after his singing career, which included creating the title role in Wagner's opera Lohengrin, was cut short by deterioration in his voice.

A deficiency of Vitamin D is the main cause of oesteomalacia - the softening of the bones caused by defective bone mineralization.

The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland Australia, covers 300,000 square kms and is the only living organic collective visible from outer space.

Luis Sotelo was a Spanish friar who died as a martyr in Japan in 1624 and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

Walnuts are found in a Waldorf salad along with fresh apples and celery, dressed in mayonnaise, and usually served on a bed of lettuce as an appetizer or a light meal.

A croft is type of a small farm and is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon.

The Trumpeter Swan is the largest swan with habitats in large shallow ponds, undisturbed lakes, pristine wetlands and wide slow rivers, and marshes in northwestern and central North America, with the largest numbers of breeding pairs found in Alaska

The current Duke of Normandy is Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Kojo Tovalou Houénou became a prominent critic of French colonialism in Africa after being ejected from a Paris club in 1923 where he was attacked by Americans who objected to an African being served.

Apiphobia is an extreme fear of bees.

Echidna of Greek mythology was half woman and half snake and was known as the "Mother of All Monsters" because most of the monsters in Greek myth were mothered by her.

In November 2013, Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded and honorary doctorate by the Australian National University in Canberra.

Motorcycles Triumph and Norton were combined to produce the Triton café racer.

The London Charter of the International Military Tribunal established the legal basis for the Nuremberg trials was issued on 8 August 1945 defining three categories of crimes - war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity.

The slats of the Kendo Shinai sword are traditionally made from bamboo.

Indian revolutionary against the British rule, Jatindra Mohan Sengupta is called Deshapriya (beloved of the country) by people of Bengal.

The original name for the Rubic’s Cube was The Magic Cube. The cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.

Cara cara, Rhode Red and Biondo are all types of Oranges.