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99 unusual facts about Monte Carlo


1980 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three

Results from the 1980 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three held at Monte Carlo on May 17, 1980, in the Circuit de Monaco.

Alexei Shirov

Shirov is the winner of numerous international tournaments: Biel 1991, Madrid 1997 (shared first place with Veselin Topalov), Ter Apel 1997, Monte Carlo 1998, Mérida 2000, two time winner of the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Tallinn, with victories in 2004 and 2005 just to name a few.

Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough

Paget was a highly successful yachtsman, winning the first prize in the open handicap race from Cannes to Monte Carlo in 1902, and winning the Tsar's prize at Cowes Week in 1909.

Anna Marly

In her youth Marly had worked as a ballet dancer in Monte Carlo, and been taught by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.

Anne Lenner

Her overseas work also included Monte Carlo where she had a show at the Casino and in Paris where she sang with Bert Firman.

Antoinette de Mérode

Thanks to her generous dowry Prince Charles III was able to finance the embellishment of Monte Carlo in order to attract wealthy tourists to the principality.

Antonio Esfandiari

On April 17, 2008, Esfandiari made the final table at the 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo finishing in eighth place, winning €168,000 ($266,004).

Arnott's Biscuits

Monte Carlo: a raspberry and cream fondant sandwiched between two golden syrup, honey and coconut biscuits.

Artem Vakhitov

He will rematch Dzianis Hancharonak at Monte Carlo Fighting Masters 2014 in Monte Carlo, Monaco on June 14, 2014, challenging for the vacant WMC World Heavyweight (-95.0 kg/209 lb) Championship.

Bansdroni

Now it houses some important retail stores like Reliance Digital, Monte Carlo and others.

Benoît Poirier d'Ambreville

In 2001, D'Ambreville returned to Europe, settling in Monte Carlo, Monaco, where he founded the salon "Beauty & Beyond", which catered to Monte Carlo's elite.

Björn Wirdheim

Wirdheim's season was marred by an embarrassing incident at Monaco when, driving to an easy win on the streets of Monte Carlo, Wirdheim slowed down to wave at his pit-crew believing he already had taken the checkered flag and thus gave away the win to Nicolas Kiesa, metres away from the actual finish line.

Boris Kochno

His later career included a position as Monte Carlo ballet director, where he became an influential figure in post World War II French ballet.

Boscoe Holder

He formed a group by the name of Boscoe Holder and his Caribbean Dancers, who toured all over Europe and further afield (Finland, Sweden, Belgium, France, Spain, former Czechoslovakia, Italy, Monte Carlo and Egypt).

Broughtons

In 2008, the destination for the Broughtons GT:08 was Casino Square, Monte Carlo.

Café de Paris

Café de Paris (Monaco), Monte Carlo restaurant which opened in 1985 adjacent to Casino Café de Paris and Hôtel de Paris, with interior designed as recreation of old Monaco circa 1900

Camille Blanc

Blanc was also for many years President of the Société-des-Bains-de-Mer, of Monte Carlo, and took a leading part in the administration of the Monte Carlo Casino.

Carol Jarecki

Outside of chess, Jarecki is known for a very successful run of roulette winnings with her husband Dr. Richard Jarecki in the 1970s, playing in casinos in Monte Carlo and San Remo

Chantal de Chevron-Villette

: ∞ Camilla Crociani on 31 October 1998 in Monte Carlo

Charles Jeremiah Wells

Their son Charles Deville Wells, after his father's death, achieved a notoriety which was unpoetical, although recorded in popular song, for he was the once-famous "man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo."

Charlie Buchan

Buchan died in 1960, at the age of 68, whilst holidaying in Monte Carlo.

Chris Tessaro

Tessaro also plays poker, and has played in the European Poker Tour in Bahamas and Monte Carlo,the World Series of Poker Europe in London, England, The Latin American Poker Tour.

Costa neoRomantica

Her decks are named for well-known European cities: Monte Carlo, Madrid, Vienna, Verona, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

Craig Dahn

In 1994, Dahn was selected by the owners of the new Silver Cloud Cruise Ship to perform for the private pre-inaugural parties held in Monte Carlo.

Dag Mikkelsen

Mikkelsen finished fourth in the 2009 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo.

Diane Harper

In May 2013 Harper received the Prix Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year award in Monte Carlo for her contributions and discoveries defining the role of HPV in the pathology of cervical cancer.

Distance of closest approach of ellipses and ellipsoids

His results were useful for computer simulations of hard particle systems and for packing problems using Monte Carlo simulations.

His results were useful for the study of the phase behavior of hard particles and for the packing problem using Monte Carlo simulations.

Edward O. Wolcott

He once again took up the practice of law in Colorado, and maintained that practice until his death (which happened while he was on vacation in Monte Carlo).

Eenasul Fateh

Fateh’s ventures in entertainment include being commissioned by private clients in Las Vegas and Monte Carlo as well as in London (Hurlingham Club, Sanderson Hotel, Peacock House etc.), opening onstage for Paul Weller, Beth Orton and Mark E. Smith, entertained at Alexander McQueen’s official London Fashion Week after-party.

Élisée Maclet

But like some years later when the museums of Lyons, Grenoble, and Monte Carlo purchased his work.

EV8 The Mediterranean Route

In the tiny Principality of Monaco, the EV8 passes through the city of Monte Carlo before exiting back into France as it approaches the Italian border.

François Duval

A series of costly shunts, including on his Citroën debut from second place in Monte Carlo, led to an enforced two-rally leave from the cockpit for the Turkey and Acropolis rallies.

Frank Goldsmith

Goldsmith eventually built up a portfolio of 48 hotels including the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo, the Carlton in Cannes and the Lotti in Paris.

Gabriel Chagas

He was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo 1976, Bermuda Bowl in Perth 1989, World Open Pairs Championship in Geneva 1990, as well as Transnational Teams in Paris 2001.

General Motors 90° V6 engine

5 - 1985–1988 Chevrolet El Camino, GMC Caballero, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 1986–1987 Pontiac Grand Prix - NOTE - 140 hp LB4 used 1986 only

This engine was introduced in 1985 as a replacement for the 229 cid V6 in the full-size Chevrolet, the Chevrolet El Camino and Monte Carlo.

Graff Diamonds

Graff has over 35 stores around the world including New York, Monte Carlo, Courchevel, Kiev, Beijing and Taipei; 2013 will see the opening of new stores including Abu Dhabi and Seoul.

Greg Frewin

A command performance for Prince Rainier in Monte Carlo along with over 35 TV appearances world wide attest to this magician's notoriety, Greg is recognized by his peers all over the world as "The International Grand Champion of Magic".

Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester

When he died in Monte Carlo at the age of 99 he was the oldest ever member of the House of Lords.

Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken

Thus begins an adventure in which Honey and Lily are pursued by Phoenix, Princess Flora, and her suitors to various cities around the world, including Paris, New York City, Oslo, London, Monte Carlo, Tokyo, and Gibraltar.

International Society of Zoological Sciences

A gallant effort was made in 1972 by Vaissiere and French colleagues to convene a XVII International Congress of Zoology in Monte Carlo.

István Gyulai

István Gyulai (March 21, 1943 in Budapest – March 12, 2006 in Monte Carlo) was a former Hungarian television commentator and General Secretary of the IAAF.

Jardin des Plantes d'Angers

The remaining garden was completely remodeled in 1901–1905 by noted landscape architect Édouard André, famous for his parks in Monte Carlo and Montevideo; today's current garden is in his English style with a cascading stream.

Jason Somerville

In April 2009, Somerville placed 19th in the €10,000 EPT No Limit Hold’em Grand Final in Monte Carlo for $68,372.

JiR

Japan Italy Racing, more commonly known as JiR, is a Monte Carlo based motorcycle racing team which competed in the MotoGP series from 2005 to 2008 and is currently competing in the Moto2 class.

John Erman

2004 Monte Carlo TV Awards Golden Nymph for Best Director - Television Films (The Blackwater Lightship)

John Juanda

In November 2005 he earned nearly $500,000 in Monte Carlo, Monaco after winning the Monte Carlo Millions Consolation tournament, finishing sixth in the Monte Carlo Millions Main Event, and finishing second at "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo."

Joop van Oosterom

His other daughter was the eponym to the Crystal Kelly Cup, a three-cushion tournament, which has been held between 1994 and 2011 mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.

Jorge Pan

In 2007, Pan won the 32nd World Backgammon Championship held in Monte Carlo.

Justin Bonomo

Bonomo's biggest tournament cash to date came in April 2012 when he won the Monte Carlo European Poker Tour (EPT) Super High Roller €100,000 buy-in event with a grand prize of over €1,640,000 ($2,167,588).

Keith Famie

While attending high school, he began working in restaurant kitchens and after graduation, had traveled the world working in hotels located in such places such as Brussels, Monte Carlo and New York.

Külli Tomingas

She has received recognition in several international singing competitions: Roero in Musica, Nino Carta of Moncaleri, Titta Ruffo of Pisa, Ismaele Voltolini of Mantova, Riccardo Zandonai of Riva del Garda and Voice Masters of Monte Carlo.

L'Imparfait des Langues

Sclavis had received a commission to premiere a new project at the Monaco Festival Le Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo, in April 2005.

Lancia Beta

They were named "Montecarlo", written as one word, not Monte Carlo, one of Monaco's administrative areas.

Lancia Montecarlo

The car is so called because the name Monte Carlo was already used in America by Chevrolet.

Lavaggi LS1

In 2005, Giovanni Lavaggi built a LMP1 sports prototype, and named it the Lavaggi LS1; the car was the first Le Mans Prototype to have been built and designed in Monte Carlo.

Leeway

The Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) and the Norwegian SAR model compute the net trajectory of search objects and provide a probability density area based upon Monte Carlo methods.

Lerici

Orczy and her husband Montague Barstow spent several months there in the 1930s – alternating between La Padula, Villa Bijou in Monte Carlo, and trips to Britain.

Levene's test

Brown and Forsythe performed Monte Carlo studies that indicated that using the trimmed mean performed best when the underlying data followed a Cauchy distribution (a heavy-tailed distribution) and the median performed best when the underlying data followed a Chi-squared distribution with four degrees of freedom (a heavily skewed distribution).

Luigi Fagioli

In what is one of racing's most famous battles, Chiron eventually won but Fagioli showed how skilled he was in a car geared for great speed on long stretches, not the tight twists and short runs of Monte Carlo.

Maciej Zien

Garments with a Mat Alex or Maciej Zień label can be bought in London and Geneva, and will soon appear in Monte Carlo.

Marcelo Branco

Among other successes, he was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo 1976, Bermuda Bowl in Perth 1989, and World Open pairs Championship in New Orleans 1978 and Geneva 1990.

Marcus Grönholm

After suffering an engine failure on the season-opening round in Monte Carlo in 2000, he took his first championship win on the Swedish Rally the following month, with the 206 WRC.

On his debut, in January, he won his first ever tarmac rally in Monte Carlo, beating Sébastien Loeb by over a minute, albeit beaten by the Frenchman on the road with the championship's unliked 'Superally' regulations coming to his rescue as a shunt for the Citroën hastened its exit from Leg One.

Margarita Morozova

Having lost all of his money and most of the family’s property in wild projects and Monte Carlo casinos, he finally shoot himself, leaving his wife Margarita Ottovna (née Loewenstein) with two young girls and without any means.

Mikhail Gavrilov

Gavrilov's works broadcast transmissions to the world and the light of life looked out on the waves of the Monte Carlo.

Minstrel in the Gallery

Ian Anderson's lyrics and subject matter show an introspective and cynical air, possibly the byproduct of Anderson's recent divorce from first wife Jennie Franks and the pressures of touring, coupled with the frustrations of writing for and recording the album in Monte Carlo.

Monaco Music Film Festival

The Monaco Music Film Festival is held annually in Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo algorithm

The name refers to the grand casino in the Principality of Monaco at Monte Carlo, which is well-known around the world as an icon of gambling.

Monte Carlo chess tournament

There were a series of very strong tournaments held in Monte Carlo, from 1901 to 1904, and again after a long break from 1967 to 1969.

Monte Carlo methods for electron transport

The Monte Carlo method for electron transport is a semiclassical Monte Carlo(MC) approach of modeling semiconductor transport.

Multidimensional scaling

It is also very advisable to give the algorithm (e.g., Kruskal, Mather), which is often defined by the program used (sometimes replacing the algorithm report), if you have given a start configuration or had a random choice, the number of runs, the assessment of dimensionality, the Monte Carlo method results, the number of iterations, the assessment of stability, and the proportional variance of each axis (r-square).

Nikolai Tcherepnin

He conducted performances with the Ballets Russes in Berlin, Monte Carlo, Paris, Rome, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London.

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

When Harvey heads to Monte Carlo on vacation, a pill in his drink at the Casino causes severe abdominal pain which is made to look like a Gallstone, and Adrian operates, though barely breaking the skin, and collects a large bill.

Oleg Popov

In 2006, Popov was invited to perform at the 30th anniversary of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo; at 75 years of age, he still managed to inspire a standing ovation.

Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt

Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt was born in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 12 February 1982, and she is the daughter of Fuad II (last King of Egypt) by his wife, Fadila (born Dominique-France Picard).

Prosper Montagné

He apprenticed at the Grand Hôtel of Paris and the Hotel d'Angleterre of Cauterets, then worked at various restaurants in Paris and San Remo, and the Hôtel de Paris of Monte Carlo.

RADlab Software

Ivan Lux, Ph. D.Laszlo Koblinger, Ph, Monte Carlo Transport Methods: Neutron and Photon Calculation,1991, CRC Press Inc.

Rail transport in Monaco

The Principality of Monaco has a single railway station (Monaco-Monte Carlo) on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway line.

A rack railway from La Turbie to Monte Carlo through Beausoleil operated from 1894 to 1932, with a station (Monte Carlo) serving the Prinicpality.

Ranjit Singh

On 8 October 1926, she committed suicide, local fishermen dragged her body from the sea, off Monte Carlo.

Raymond P. Rodgers

In retirement, Rodgers lived abroad, and died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, where he made his home at the time, on 28 December 1925.

Rob Hollink

One of his greatest wins was defeating the 211 player field at the €10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he took home the €635,000 ($845,190) grand prize.

Role of Honour

Prior to joining up, Bond spends a month in Monte Carlo with Miss 'Percy' Proud, a CIA agent who teaches him everything she knows about programming languages and computers in general.

Sister cities of Toronto

Monte Carlo was rejected because it does not have a diverse economy, being dependent on tourism, and because it does not match demographically with Toronto

Terlizzi

The oldest map of Terlizzi still hangs in the Palace at Monte Carlo of the latter's house.

Thank You for the Years

In a 1999 interview with Nigel Havers in her Monte Carlo apartment, Bassey pointed to a piece of paper framed on the wall and referred to it as her first contract, at a salary of £14 a week (a considerable sum for a sixteen-year-old in 1953).

The Delicious Little Devil

The second is a classified ad for the Peach Tree Inn, a nightspot that aims to be the "snappiest roadhouse this side of Monte Carlo."

The Fortune Hunter

In Monte Carlo at the Duchess's villa, six months later, Euphemia decides to leave the Duke and return to America to marry Armand.

Thierry Laborde

Thierry completed his formal training with the world-famous Ecloe Les Rocailles a Biarritz and then worked with many acclaimed chefs in France including Alain Ducasse, at Michelin *** Restaurant Le Louis XV, Place du Casino, Monte Carlo.

Un banc, un arbre, une rue

During Preview Week, Séverine sang the song in the empty square of Monte Carlo, first walking to a bench, then sitting down while performing the middle verses, and then ending the song by walking away out of camera focus.

Vaals

Vaals turned from a wealthy industrial town into a leisure and holiday destination for the citizens of Aachen, slightly resembling Monte Carlo because of its casinos.

Victor Duleep Singh

He died, without issue, aged 51, on 7 June 1918, and was buried at the Anglican Cemetery above Monte Carlo.

Vita Sackville-West

Lady Sackville, Vita's mother, invited Rosamund to visit the family at their villa in Monte Carlo; Rosamund also stayed with Vita at Knole, at Rue Lafitte, and at Sluie.

William Nelson Darnborough

William Nelson Darnborough (1869 – 1958) from Bloomington, Illinois was known for his success in roulette at Monte Carlo from 1904 to 1911.

William Turner Dannat

William Turner Dannat died in 1929, aged 75, while at Monte Carlo.

Wörthersee

Although the region around the lake has been termed Austria's Monte Carlo, in recent decades tourism around Lake Wörthersee has suffered from tough competition from package holidays to cheaper overseas destinations.

Zoe Cunningham

Cunningham was the winner of the 35th World Backgammon Championship's ladies tournament in Monte Carlo - in addition to being named as a member of the 2010 World Championship's dream-team.


2009 Serbia Open

The doubles draw was headlined by 2008 year-end World No. 1 doubles team, 2008 Tennis Masters Cup, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, both born in Belgrade (although Nestor grew up from early childhood in Canada and represents that country).

Brett Cullen

In 2011, he played stepfather to Selena Gomez's character in the romantic comedy Monte Carlo, and in 2012, appeared as a congressman in the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises.

Cesare Fiorio

Lancia was also involved in sportscar racing since 1979 with the Monte Carlo model, followed by the LC1 and LC2 prototypes; Lancia won the World Championship for Makes in 1981 and the program continued until 1985.

Gambling ship

On New Year's Day 1937, during the Great Depression, the gambling ship SS Monte Carlo, known for "drinks, dice, and dolls," was shipwrecked on the beach about a quarter mile south of the Hotel del Coronado, near San Diego.

Herbie, the Love Bug

Actor Dean Jones, who had appeared in two of the films (The Love Bug and Monte Carlo), reprises his role of Jim Douglas, Herbie's original owner who now works as an instructor at a driving school.

Las Vegas Cool Hand

Other varieties of play for the solitaire round include Elevens, Calculation (also known as Broken Intervals), and Monte Carlo (also known as Weddings and Double and Quits).

Olympics of Grace

The formation of the International Women's Sports Federation (FSFI) and the hosting of the 1921 Women's World Games in Monte Carlo, led by Alice Milliat, marked the growth of organised international women's sport.

Yahel Chirinian

Monsoon Heritage creations are present in Paris, Rome, Milan, Monte Carlo, Saint Bart, Porto Cervo, Capri, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Oman, Qatar, Dabi, New Delhi, Bombay and Goa.