Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Trivia Bits 24 June

 

Han Solo was frozen in carbonite in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

The lasso of truth was wielded by comic book superhero Wonder Woman.

Fort Caspar in present-day Casper, Wyoming was founded in 1859 at a prominent crossing of the Emigrant Trail across the North Platte River.

American silent movie actress Florence Turner was originally known to audiences only as the Vitagraph Girl after in 1906 joining the fledgling motion picture business, signing with the pioneering Vitagraph Studios.

Australian author Joan Lindsay wrote the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock which was made into a movie in 1975 and directed by Peter Weir.

The aardwolf is a small mammal native to the continent of Africa living in open, dry plains and bushland, avoiding mountainous areas and due to their specific food requirements, they are only found in regions where termites occur.

The Three Colors film trilogy was directed by Krzysztof Kielowski and was released in 1993 and 1994.

The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea border Egypt.

The Monty Python song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was conceived as a parody of the style of song often featured in Disney films and may be considered an answer song to the entire genre, but particularly to songs such as "Give a Little Whistle" from Pinocchio.

Suraj Sharma played the titular character in the 2012 film the Life of Pi.

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