Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Trivia Bits 26 August

 

Australasian grebe

The Australasian grebe (pictured) is a bird which is a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter.

The Charles V Wall was built by Spain in 1540 to keep the Barbary pirates out of Gibraltar, but ended up being used by the British to keep the Spanish out in 1704.

Bai Anqi, a Chinese swimmer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, is nicknamed "White Angel.

Australia, France and New Zealand are the only three nations to have played in every Rugby League World Cup between 1954 to 2013.

Hank Azaria played David the boyfriend of the NBC sitcom Friends character Phoebe Buffay played by Lisa Kudrow.

The Gove Peninsula is located in the Australian territory – The Northern Territory and was named after Pilot Officer William Gove, who was killed in action in 1943.

In Dunedin, Larnach Castle, built between 1871 and 1887, is one of only two castles in New Zealand.

In Vajrayana Buddhism, a Wisdom King is the third tier of deity after Buddhas and bodhisattvas and are viewed as the guardians of Buddhism.

The two accepted plurals of walrus are Walrus and Walruses.

American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder Jason Lee starred in the American television comedy series My Name Is Earl in the title character, Earl Hickey, from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009,

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