Sunday, July 15, 2012

TRIVIA BITS 15 JULY

 

  • US inventor Thomas Edison’s middle name is Alva.
  • National Velvet was written in 1935 by Enid Bagnold and later made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.
  • The disease Multiple Sclerosis is better known as MS.
  • A Plangonologist collects Dolls.
  • Opera La Traviata was written by Giuseppe Verdi.
  • Chutney originated in India as a side to meat dishes.
  • Repente is the musical direction for “suddenly”.
  • Canada’s largest city is Toronto.
  • A female pig is called a sow.
  • The famous statue of the Little Mermaid is to be found in Copenhagen.

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