The Daily Teaser …

Wowsa!

I’m impressed!

I think yesterday’s teaser managed to get the highest number of comment’s it’s seen in a while; a big welcome back to @pinkylips29, @starlingpoet, and Tim, and a big ‘Hello’ to Sue’s other half, Andy!!

Wheee!

I’m mildly excited!

I’m also officially in the new edition of the phone book we got, this morning. Shame they couldn’t get the address right, but there you go … !

Anyway, so you know yesterday’s score, 7 out of 7 for Tim, Andy, and Andrea, and 5 out of 7 for JayDean!

Let’s move on, shall we? Yes, lets!

Here’s the ‘How to Comment’ bit.

Here’s today’s questions; and I’m thinking my British regulars will have an easier time of the first five, than my North American ones…

Q1) Today saw a famous battle being fought on Senlac Hill, in England; on 14^th October of which year?

Q2) More to the point, near which East Sussex port is Senlac Hill?

Q3) The town that’s nearest the battlefield is now know as what?

Q4) More to the point, which Harold lost the battle? (Just King Harold isn’t going to do, here.)

Q5) Just as importantly, which famous Frenchman won that battle?

Q6) October 14^th, 1322, saw Edward 2^nd of England, defeated by which Scottish King?

Q7) Today in 1867, saw Tokugawa Yoshinobu resign his Japanese government post; in doing so, he became the last person to hold which office?

Q8) October 14^th, 1926, saw the first publication of which famed children’s book?

Q9) October 14^th saw the UK introduce which coin, in 1969?

Q10) And finally … today in 1958 saw the birth of English singer/songwriter Thomas Morgan Robertson; he’s better known as which hyperactive singer?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

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

A1) Claudius 1^st. (Or, as Derek Jacobi always points out, Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus. )

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

A2) Nero; or Nero Claudius Cæsar Drusus Germanicus, to give him his full name.

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

A3) The White House.

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

A4) The Greenwich Meridian. (Of Longitude, I hasten to add)

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

A5) The Osmonds; he was the Osmond family patriarch.

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

A6) “Spycatcher,” by Peter Wright.

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

A7) Harold Pinter.

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