The Daily Teaser …

I’m going soft, I must be!

I’m looking at yesterday’s answers, and thinking it’s almost a three way tie …

Tim, Tim, if you HADN’T mentioned the fabric … !!

Oy!

Let’s move on, shall we? Shall we?

Yes, LET’S!

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Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 13^th October, 54AD, saw the death of which Roman Emperor?

Q2) It also saw the accession to the throne of which Roman Emperor?

Q3) 13^th October, 1792, saw the laying of the foundation stone of the American Executive Mansion; how is this mansion better known?

Q4) Today in 1884, saw which meridian officially named as the baseline for Universal time?

Q5) George Virl Osmond was born today, in 1917; which 70s band was he heavily involved with?

Q6) 13^th October, 1988, saw the British government lose its court battle to ban which book?

Q7) And finally, today in 2005, saw which playwright receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 12^th, October, 1216, saw King John — the ‘Phoney’ king of England, according to the Disney version of the story of Robin Hood— lose his what, in the Wash?

A1) Crown Jewels.

Q2) 12^th October, 1823, saw Charles Mackintosh sell the first waterproof what?

A2) Raincoat.

Q3) Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet wear bombed at the Tory Party conference, on this day in 1984; in which English city?

A3) Brighton.

Q4) Today in 1986, saw the Queen become the first British monarch to visit which Republic?

A4) The Republic of China.

Q5) October 12^th, 1978, saw which member of the Sex Pistols arrested for the murder of his girlfriend?

A5) Sid Vicious.

Q6) Today in 1945, saw Private Desmond Doss receive the US Congressional Medal Of Honour, for his work as a medical orderly in WW2; he was the first what to do so?

A6) Conscientious objector.

Q7) And finally; today in 1492, saw Christopher Columbus land in which islands in the New World?

A7) The Bahamas.

Enjoy those, folks. I’ll catch you later!