Sunday, November 23, 2014

Trivia Bits 23 November

 

Julius Achon

Retired middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres, Julius Achon was the first Ugandan athlete to win a gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships running the 1500m in 3:39.78.

The lightest weight division in professional boxing is minimumweight also known as strawweight or miniflyweight where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (48 kg).

In 2009, The Black Eyed Peas, originally an alternative hip hop group who subsequently added R&B, pop, and EDM/dance influences, had a hit with the song Boom Boom Pow.

New York City Police Department officer John McLane is the main character in the movie series of Die Hard with the main character played by Bruce Willis.

The Exxon Valdez spill occurred off the coast of the US state, Alaska in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m. creating a devastating human-caused environmental disaster.

Roary the Racing Car wears a white cap with the number one on it in the 2007 South Korean animated children's television show of the same name.

Flying due east from Hawaii, the first country to be crossed would be Mexico.

Classic Australian comedy Hey Dad..! is an sitcom originally airing from 1987 to 1994 and is the story of architect Martin Kelly who singlehandedly raises his children Simon, Debbie and Jenny after sis wife Margaret had died three years prior to the start of the series.

In 1965, Indonesia left the United Nations due to the election of Malaysia as a non-permanent member.

Bob the Railway Dog is a part is a part of South Australia’s railway folklore as travelled the South Australian Railways system in the later part of the 19th century, and was known widely to railwaymen of the day.

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