The Daily Teaser.

Phew!!

I’m off to work, again, today, and I must confess, I’m hoping my foot behaves! Gout. GOUT! I ASK you! I’m 41, Gout only happens to wrinkly people!

But, at any rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) August 19^th, 43BC, saw who named as Consul of Rome?

Q2) A few years further on, August 19^th, 1745, saw the start of the 2^nd Jacobite Rebellion; who was it lead by?

Q3) August 19^th, 1561, saw which Queen return to Scotland?

Q4) August 19^th, 1692; One woman, and four men were executed for witchcraft. In which US town?

Q5) August 19^th, 1909 saw the very first motor race, at which racetrack?

Q6) August the 19^th also saw the start of a coup aimed against Mikhail Gorbachev; in which year of the 1990s?

Q7) And finally, August 19^th, 1987, saw Michæl Ryan shoot 14 people, during the Hungerford Massacre; in which English county is Hungerford?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

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

A1) Votes.

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

A2) South Africa.

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?

A3) “The Devils”.

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

A4) The Vietnam War.

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

A5) Marshall; appropriately enough, given his preferred choice of amplifier.

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

A6) Phobos.

Enjoy those! I’ll catch you later!