Friday, December 5, 2014

Trivia Bits 05 December

 

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New Zealand actress, activist and musician Lucy Lawless (pictured) is best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess an American series filmed in New Zealand from 1995 till 2001.

The black jumping salamander, the dwarf false brook salamander, the admirable false brook salamander, the Smith's false brook salamander and Thorius pennatulus are all endemic to Mexico, and critically endangered.

Women competed in boxing at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the weight divisions of flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.

In 1976, a photo shoot for Farrah Fawcett was arranged with photographer Bruce McBroom with from 40 rolls of film, Fawcett herself selected her six favourite pictures, eventually the choice was narrowed to the one that made her famous in a one-piece red bathing suit, was a best-seller; selling twenty million copies.

35 days after the December 1988 Spitak earthquake in the northern region of Armenia, six people were rescued alive from a collapsed building.

Founded in New York City, Simplicity Patterns has been a leader in home pattern sewing since 1927 and during the Great Depression, Simplicity allowed home seamstresses to create fashionable clothing in a reliable manner.

The collective noun for sheep is flock although if sheep are being driven in a group, they are referred to as a drove of sheep.

It is not compulsory for a place of worship in England and Wales to be officially registered, but doing so makes the premises exempt from Council Tax.

Vanguard Cave, a natural sea cave which is part of the Gorham's Cave complex, is one of four caves in Gibraltar which have been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage with the other caves being Bennett's, Gorham's, and Hyaena Cave.

In the sport of Sumo Wrestling one wears a piece of equipment known as a mawashi which is the belt (loincloth) that the rikishi (or sumo wrestler) wears during training or in competition.

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