The Daily Teaser.

I’ve got to admit, I’ve the telly on, again, as I write this.

And a hotel company’s advert has informed us that we can ‘indulge in our hobbies and leisure interests’.

So what happens if those hobbies include recreational cocaine-fuelled sheep shagging?

That’d be a tough one to raise at the reception desk, wouldn’t it?

I mean, a ewe and a gimp outfit, the receptionist would notice …

You’ve really got to ask if advertising agencies think these thing’s through …

At any rate, before I get too distracted, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) And in 1994, Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that ended the state of war that had existed between them since which year of the 1940s?

Q2) 25^th July, is also the feast day — in the western churches — of Saint James the Apostle; which European country is he the patron saint of?

Q3) 25^th July, 1978, also saw the birth of the world’s first test tube baby; what’s her name?

Q4) 25^th July, 1946, saw two Hollywood stars perform their first comedy routine at Club 500; name either of those stars.

Q5) In 1997, K.R. Narayanan became the 10^th President of India, and the first what to hold the office?

Q6) And finally, July 25^th, 2000, saw Air France Flight 4590 crash just outside Paris. What kind of plane was it?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) July, 24^th, 1567, saw James 6^th be named as King of Scotland; who was his mother?

A1) Mary, Queen of Scots.

Q2) More to the point, what name did he assume, when he became King of England?

A2) James 1^st.

Q3) Just as pointedly, who did he replace, as ruler of England?

A3) Elizabeth 1^st.

Q4) Moving on, July 24^th, 1924, saw the foundation of FIDE; that’s the governing tournament body for which game?

A4) Chess. (It stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs)

Q5) July 24^th, 1948, saw the release of a Bugs Bunny cartoon called “Haredevil Hare”; which other Warner Brothers character was introduced in this cartoon?

A5) Marvin the Martian.

Q6) Simeon Saxe Coburg Gotha was elected as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, today, in 2001; which office did he hold, as a child?

A6) Bizarrely, he was the last ever Bulgarian Tsar! (Historically, that’s the only time a deposed monarch has assumed a democratically elected office.)

Q7) And finally, July 24^th, 1911, saw American archæologist Hiram Bingham discover which lost South American city?

A7) Machu Picchu.

Enjoy those, everyone.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to give that hotel a ring …

Just to put the wind up ’em!