The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

It’s Teaser Time!!

Ooh, I hate not being able to come up with a better intro than that!

And I do I’ve got to clean the underside of this keyboard, I really do; I’m thinking spilt tea really does make for bad decoration … and good glue …

Anyway, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) Today saw the death — by asp — of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt; was she Cleopatra the 6^th, 7^th or 8^th?

Q2) True or False; The IBM PC, released today, in 1981, ran a version of Windoze. True or False?

Q3) August 12^th 1964 saw the death of the creator of James Bond; what was that author’s name?

Q4) More to the point, that author took James Bond’s from a famous what; ornithologist, astro-physicist, or organic chemist?

Q5) Which of the Great Train Robber’s escaped from his Birmingham Prison, today, in 1964?

Q6) Today is also the ‘Glorius Twelfth’, the traditional first day for the Grouse hunting season. According to law, what day of the week can it not start on?

Q7) August 12^th, 2004, saw Govenor James McGreevey of New Jersey announce what; his resignation, he was gay or that he was left handed?

Q8) August 12^th, 1990, saw paleontologist Susan Hendrickson discover the world’s largest example of which dinosaur?

Q9) August 12^th saw the first test flights of the first of the Space Shuttles; what was that first shuttle called?

Q10) And finally, today in 1925 saw the birth of two of the founder’s of the Guinness Book of Records; name either.

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11^th August, 1982, saw gangsters, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, temporarily released; to attend who’s funeral?

A1) Their mother, Violet.

Q2) In 1934, 11^th August saw the first civilian prisoner’s arrive at which prison?

A2) Alcatraz.

Q3) August the 11^th, 1965, saw the start of the Watts Riots in Los Angeles; which soul singer is credited with being the man who stopped them, by making a TV appeal?

A3) James Brown.

Q4) Today in 480BC, saw Leonides 1^st of Sparta, die at the Battle of Thermopylæ; which Zack Snyder film is based on these battle?

A4) “300”

Q5) August 11^th, 1994, saw the death of British actor, Peter Cushing; what was the name of his character, in the original “Star Wars”?

A5) Grand Moff Tarkin.

I know an old friend of mine, Tim, was feeling rather pleased; he managed to get two of them, bless him!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy those; I’ll catch you later!