每日秀

Oh …

So that’s what “The Daily Teaser” looks like in Traditional Chinese ideograms, does it … ?

Well, according to the Google translation Widget, anyway …

Okay … 

Lots of ellipsis, aren’t there … ?

At any rate, lete’s move on to today’s question’s shall we?

Here’s today’s teaser round.

Q1) The first Rock and Roll record was released on May 10^th 1954, by Bill Haley the Comet’s; what was it called?

Q2) Thirty years earlier, May 10^th, 1924, saw who named as the first director of the FBI?

Q3) Today is also the feast day of Father Damien of Molokai; he’s considered the patron of suffers of two diseases; name either.

Q4) May 10^th 1655 is the day that England annexed Jamaica from Spain; which spy writer famously made his home on Jamaica?

Q5) And finally, today in 1940 saw who appointed as British Prime Minister?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answer.

Q1) The worlds first recorded battle took place on May 9^th,1457 BC, between Thutmose 3^rd of Egypt, and the people of Canaan; in which Biblical town; Jerusalem, Megiddo, or Damascus?

A1) Megiddo. (Otherwise called Armageddon. People have been making a fuss about the place ever since …)

Q2) Today in 1726 saw a raid on Mother Clap’s Molly House; what is a Molly House?

A2) A gay bar/brothel.

Q3) May 9^th, 1671, saw Colonel Thomas Blood* steal what famous English items?

A3) The Crown Jewels.

Q4) May 9^th 1877 saw the first horse drawn bus go into service; in which Indian city?

A4) Mumbai. (Formerly known as Bombay.)

Q5) May 9^th, 1887 saw the opening of who’s Wild West Show; Buffalo Bill’s, Wild Bill Hickok’s, or Calamity Jane’s?

A5) Buffalo Bill Cody’s.

Q6) Today in 1976 saw the death of Ulrike Meinhof, a founder of the terrorist group, the RAF; what did RAF stand for?

A6) Red Army Faction. (Or Röte Armee Fraktion, in German.)

Q7) May 9^th is also Liberation Day on which part of the British Isle?

A7) The Channel Islands.

Q8) In another famous first, May 9^th, 1960 saw the approval of which famous pill?

A8) The birth control pill.

Q9) May 9^th saw the publication of “Dianenetics”, by L. Ron Hubbard; which new religious movement is this credited with kick-starting?

A9) Scientology.

Q10) And finally, the USA’s 6^th most popular rock star turns 60, yesterday; who is is he?

A10) Billy Joel.

Enjoy!

* Who, funnily, died in a street called — I kid you not — Bowling Alley