The Daily Teaser …

Phew!

What a night, last night was!

If nothing else, me and some friends managed to see a good film!

Thoroughly recommended, that one!

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

Q1) Who acceded to the throne on August 15^th, 1040?

Q2) More to the point, who did he replace, as King of Scotland?

Q3) August 15^th, 1945, was the very first what; VJ, or VE Day?

Q4) In the same decade, August 15^th saw India achieve Independence Day; in which year of the 1940s?

Q5) August 15^th, 1965, saw The Beatles play the opening concert at which sports venue?

Q6) Four years later, August 15^th saw the opening day of which famous music festival?

Q7) We know Jimi Hendrix was the last person to plat at that Festival; but which folk singer opened it?

Q8) Today in 1534 saw Saint Ignatius of Loyola found which Roman Catholic religious order?

Q9) Today in 2008, saw the death of music journalist, Jerry Wexler; with which record label was he famously associated?

Q10) And finally, August 15^th, 1843, saw the opening of Tivoli Gardens; but in which Danish city?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) August 14^th, 1893, saw France introduce the worlds first what; number plates, passports, or old age pension?

A1) Number plates.

Q2) August 14^th, 1960, saw the birth of Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s former wife, Sarah Brightman; we know she’s a singer, but is she a soprano, a mezzo-soprano, or a contralto?

A2) A soprano.

Q3) It’s also the birthday of Gary Larson, on August the 14^th; which series of cartoons does he draw?

A3) “The Far Side.”

Q4) Britain’s Indian Empire gained its Independence, today in which year of the 1940s?

A4) 1947.

Q5) And finally, today saw Lech Walesa lead strikes; in which Polish city’s shipyards?

A5) Gdansk.

Have fun with those.

One more thing, though, about that missing Russian cargo ship.

People are going to look pretty embarrassed, if it turns up, flipping burger’s in Des Moines …!