Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Trivia Bits 14 May

 

In 1991, Moldova declared its independence from the USSR as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

British admiral Alexander Cochrane was responsible for the 1814 bombing of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during which the British used bomb vessels and rocket ship, which inspired Francis Scott Key's poem that became the US national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Manus is the Latin word for the hand.

The catchphrase "Kowabunga!" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody from 1947 until 1960 and was adapted to "Cowabunga" as used by Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1987.

The Khukri is a bladed weapon traditionally associated with the Nepalese Ghurkas.

Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program Four Corners premiered on ABC1 in Australia on 19 August 1961 celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011.

Gibraltar is at the southern-western end of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Zambezi River in Africa flows into the Indian Ocean. The river’s source is in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique and is a 2,574-kilometre-long river (1,599 mi).

The Australian version of 60 Minutes with the first episode was broadcast on 11 February 1979, with the award winning programme revolutionising Australian current affairs reporting and enhancing the journalistic careers of Ray Martin, Ian Leslie, George Negus, and Jana Wendt.

The Yiddish word punim means face in English.

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