The Daily Teaser …

Oh, bless!

I’ve just had @starlingpoet, over at Twitter, how distracted she got by “A Little Less Conversion”.

JK, what can I tell, that one is rather distracting …

Almost as distracting as last night episode of “Just a Minute”. And didn’t Shappi Khorsandi play a blinder?

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

Q1) 18^th August, 1920, saw the USA introduce the 19^th Amenment to the Constitution. The 19^th Amendment guaranteed women’s what; votes, university degrees, or rights?

Q2) In 1964, August 18^th saw which country banned from the Olympic Games?

Q3) Today in 1634, saw Father Urbain Grandier burnt alive, in the French town of Loudun, after being accused of witchcraft; which 1971 Ken Russell film was this made into?

Q4) Today is also Long Tan Day, in Australia; this commemorates the Australian veterans of which war?

Q5) Jimi Hendrix played the ‘unofficial’ last day, at Woodstock Festival, today in 1969; what was Jimi Hendrix’s middle name?

Q6) And finally, today in 1877, saw Asaph Hall discover which of the moons of Mars?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) August 17^th, 1887, saw the birth of Afro-American Civil Rights leader, Marcus Garvey; members of which religion regard him as a prophet?

A1) Rastafarianism.

Q2) August 17^th, 1907, saw the opening of Pike Place Market, the world’s longest running farmer’s market; in which US city is Pike Place Market?

A2) Seattle.

Q3) One year later, “Fantasmagorie”, the world’s first cartoon, was first shown; in which European city?

A3) Paris.

Q4) August 17^th, 1953, saw the first meeting of which 12 Step group; AA, CA, or NA?

A4) NA. (Or Narcotics Anonymous, to give it its full name.)

Q5) And finally, today in 1998, President Clinton admitted to a Grand Jury, that he’d had an inappropriate relationship … with who?

A5) Monica Lewinsky.

Enjoy those!!