The Daily Teaser …

Wowsa!

I’ve got to admit, I’m rather smug!

Two day’s in a row, I manage to come up with ten-question teasers!

Hubba-hubba!

I’m gonna be smug about that … !

At any rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) August 10^th, 1792, saw the storming of the Tuileries Palace, and the arrest of which king?

Q2) August 10^th, 1846, saw the chartering of which US museum?

Q3) August 10^th, 1960, saw the birthday of Antonio Banderas; what’s his first name?

Q4) Talking of arrests, August 10^th, 2001, saw the arrest of which politician and his wife?

Q5) August 10^th, 1977, saw the arrest of which New York based serial killer?

Q6) Today also saw the death — in 2008 — of singer songwriter, Isaac Hayes. Which 1971 film did he get the Best Original Song Oscar for?

Q7) More to the point, which “South Park” did Hayes voice, for many years?

Q8) Another birthday; August 10^th, 1967, saw the birth of author, Lorraine Pearson; which ’80s band was she a member of?

Q9) August 10^th, 1990, saw the NASA Magellan probe arrive at which planet?

Q10) And finally, August 10^th, 1998, saw HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah proclaimed as the Crown Prince of which Commonwealth country?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Following on from the Hiroshima A-bombing on Auagust 6^th, 1945, the USA a-bombed which Japanese city on August 9^th, 1945?

A1) Nagasaki.

Q2) August the 9^th, 1969, saw the murder of Sharon Tate — and others — by a group lead by who?

A2) Charles Manson.

Q3) In 1483, August the 9^th saw the opening of which Italian chapel?

A3) The Sistine Chapel.

Q4) August the 9^th, 1902, saw the coronation of which British king?

A4) Edward 7^th.

Q5) Earlier in history, August 9^th, 1173, saw the START of construction of the Tower of Pisa. How many centuries did it take to finish; two, three, or four?

A5) Two centuries.

Q6) August 9^th, 1914, saw the birth of Finnish author, Tove Jansson; which hippo-like cartoon characters did he create?

A6) The Moomins. (Muumi’s in Finnish, or Mumintroll, in Swedish.)

Q7) Today in 1968, saw the birth of which star of “The X-Files”?

A7) Gillian Anderson, otherwise known as Special Agent Dana Scully.

Q8) Boris Yeltsin fired his Cabinet, today, in 1999; how many times did he do this?

A8) Four times, in total.

Q9) August 9^th, 1631, saw the birth of the first English Poet Laureate, John Dryden; who’s the current holder of the post?

A9) Carol Ann Duffy.

Q10) And finally, today in 1979, saw Brighton Council open the first what in Britain?

A10) Nudist Beach.

Enjoy those! I’ll catch you later!