Trivia Bits 23 March

 

 

For The Oslo 1952 Winter Olympics (poster pictured) the  torch relay was the first time that a flame was transported as part of the build-up to the Winter Olympics.

Neil Young wrote his 1969 classic songs Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River and Cinnamon Girl while suffering from the flu with a high fever.

Starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant, T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program premiering on March 13, 1982 for four seasons with a supporting cast that includes Adrian Zmed as rookie Officer Vince Romano, Heather Locklear as rookie Officer Stacy Sheridan (season 2 onwards), and Richard Herd as Captain Dennis Sheridan as personnel in the fictional "LCPD" Police Department Academy Precinct.

The wrestling match between Finnish wrestler Alfred Asikainen and Estonian wrestler Martin Klein at the Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics lasted eleven hours and forty minutes with Klein won the silver medal and Asikainen the Bronze medal.

In poker, a straight flush contains five cards in sequence and all of the same suit.

A satire of the film industry and Hollywood society released on July 1, 1981, S.O.B. is an American film comedy written and directed by Blake Edwards starring Julie Andrews and Richard Mulligan supported by Robert Preston, Larry Hagman, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, Loretta Swit, Shelley Winters and, in his last movie appearance, William Holden.

Three sports which most commonly use a Pinch Hitter are baseball, softball and cricket where Pinch hitters are often used to replace a starting player when the pinch hitter is thought to have a better chance of reaching base or helping other runners to score.

Checkpoint Charlie was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.

Construction of the South Mole, a breakwater in the harbour of Gibraltar, was begun by the Spanish in 1620.

The Truth About Cats & Dogs is a 1996 American romantic comedy film, starring Uma Thurman and Jamie Foxx being is a romantic comedy in the style of Cyrano de Bergerac, where two women date the same man and it puts tension on their estranged friendship.