Sunday, August 24, 2014

Trivia Bits 24 August

 

Goran Ivanisevic Wimbledon winner 2001

Wild card entry, Goran Ivanisevic (pictured), defeated Pat Rafter to win the 2001 Wimbledon singles title.

The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. has hosted an Inaugural ball under every U.S. President since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.

The area of Pest makes up approximately two-thirds of the Eastern European capital city Budapest which became Budapest a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest.

The Mesosphere is layer of the Earth’s atmosphere directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere and is usually located at heights of about 50 kilometres (164,040 ft; 31 mi) above the Earth's surface with the mesopause usually at heights near 100 kilometres (62 mi).

The Venetian Towers in Barcelonam, modelled on the Campanile of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, were designed by architect Ramon Reventós and built in the period 1927 to 1929, as part of the redevelopment of the area for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.

At over 400 years old, a Žametovka vine growing in Maribor, Slovenia, is believed to be the world's oldest grapevine still producing fruit.

1977 British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small had ninety episodes aired over two three-year runs - the 1978 to 1980 first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second 1988 to 1990 run was filmed with original scripts.

A vexatious litigant may be barred from using the courts in common law countries because they have previously undertaken frivolous litigation claims or procedures.

The Roman Theatre at Apamea in Syria is one of the largest surviving theatres of the Roman world with a seating diameter of 139 metres (456 ft) and an estimated capacity in excess of 20,000.

Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Neil Young's 2012 autobiography Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream reveals his love for model trains.

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