Monday, 8 June 2009

The Daily Teaser …

Gotta admit, bit of a lazy morning, thus far.   But I have put the Teaser, together, for today.

Here …

Q1) June 8th, 1968, saw James Earl Ray quizzed about the death of which civil rights leader?


Q2) The same day in 1968 saw the burial of which member of the Kennedy family?


Q3) Further back in time, June 8th, 1912, saw the founding of which Hollywood studio?


Q4) June 8th, 793, saw Lindisfarne Abbey, in Northumbria, invaded by who?


Q5) And finally, this day in 632 saw the death of which religious figure?


And here’s the answers to yesterday’s Scottish round …

Q1) Yesterday saw the death of Robert the Bruce, in 1329; was he Robert the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd?

A1) Robert the 1st.


Q2) What was created by the Scotland Act 1998?

A2) Scottish Parliament


Q3) What is the old Latin name given to the northernmost reaches of Britain by The Romans?

A3) Caledonia


Q4) In which year of the 1700’s saw the Act of Union incorporated Scotland into the United Kingdom?

A4) 1707


Q5) What Scottish knightly order does a person belong to, if they have the initials KT, after their name?

A5) Knight of the Order of the Thistle


Q6) Which is further north, Edinburgh or Dundee?

A6) Dundee


Q7) Who is Scotland’s patron saint?

A7) St Andrew


Q8) In which city is Hampden Park Stadium?

A8) Glasgow


Q9) Which sea is to the east of the Scottish mainland?

A9) North Sea


Q10) What exactly is a glen?

A10) Valley.


Enjoy those?

There’ll be more tomorrow … !

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