The Daily Teaser …

Amazing!

It’s two days later, and there’s still press coverage of Michæl Jackson’s death!!

Well, maybe not that surprising, but I’m wondering how many of us are starting to get a touch … tired … of it!!

I do know that Google was overwhelmed and interpreted the peak of it as a virus attack.

But lets move on, shall we?

Shall we?

Yes, lets …

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) June 27^th, 1844, saw the death of Joseph Smith Jr; which religion (or church, strictly) was he the founder of?

Q2) In the previous century, 27^th June, 1759, saw General Wolfe of the British Army, lay siege to which Canadian city?

Q3) June 27^th saw the world’s first ‘hole in the wall’ cash machine install; in a wall in which area of London?

Q4) June 27^th, 1969, saw the Stonewall riots, in Greenwich Village, New York; which Civil Rights movements is this generally considered the start of?

Q5) And finally, June 26^th, 2002, saw the death of which member of The Who?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) June 26^th, 1483, saw the coronation of the last English King from the House of York; was that Richard the 3^rd, Richard 4^th, or Richard the 5^th?

A1) Richard the 3^rd.

Q2) On a trip to Berlin, on June 26^th, 1963, President John F Kennedy famously said what?

A2) “Ich bin ein Berliner.”

Q3) 26^th of June, 1945, saw the signing of which international treaty?

A3) The UN Charter.

Q4) More to the point, in which US city was the treaty signed?

A4) San Francisco.

Q5) 26^thJune 1996, saw the death of which campaigning Irish journalist?

A5) Veronica Guerin.

Q6) 26^th June is also the feast day of Saint Josemaría Escriva; which notoriously secretive Roman Catholic movement did he found?

A6) Opus Dei.

Q7) The Universal Product Code — or bar code — was first scanned into a till, today; what chewable product was that barcode on?

A7) A packet of Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum.

Q8) June 26^th, 1284, saw which legendary figure steal the children of Hamelin?

A8) The Pied Piper.

Q9) June 26^th, 1870, saw the US government declare what as a federal holiday?

A9) Christmas.

Q10) And finally, today in 1936 saw the first flight of the Föcker-Wolf Fw-61; that vehicle was the world’s first practical what?

A10) Helicopter.

Enjoy them. I’ll see you later.