The Daily Teaser, and the Friday Question set …

Don’t worry, folk’s, today’s Only A Movie!

Just as a point of total trivia, there’s ton’s of reason’s why it’s thought Friday the 13th’s considered unlucky; it probably goes back to the old Roman calendar, when the 13th of each month — the Ides — were considered unlucky, but Friday, 13th October, 1307, was also the day that saw the disbanding of the Knights Templar.

Which was bad luck for them …

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yes, let’s …

Yesterday’s teaser saw Andrea getting the Official Clap, for getting her answers in first, and Tim getting the Big Cheese for that Andropov gag.

Tim … !

With Tim, Andrea and Trevor all getting six out of six, with Simon bringing up the rear, with five.

Few miles further inland, Simon … ! Says I, grinning, evilly …

Anyway, here’s today’s questions, along with the ‘How To’ and the Creative Commons license that goes with all the quiz questions …

Q1) 13^th November, 1002, is the date of the Saint Brice’s Day Massacre; this was on the order’s of which English King?

Q2) 13^th November is also the day of the traditional Bull Run; in which Lincolnshire town?

Q3) 13^th, November, 1887, was the date of the Bloody Sunday protests, about British rule in Ireland; in which British city?

Q4) 13^th November saw the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington; in which year of the 1980s?

Q5) 13^th November, 1995, saw Leah Betts, collapse in a coma, after taken a contaminated Ecstasy pill; what’s Ecstasy technical name? (Just the initial’s are fine.)

Q6) 13^th November, 1994, saw Sweden vote to join what?

Q7) And finally, 13^th November, 1971, saw the Mariner 9 probe reach where?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Today in 1984, saw Chancellor Nigel Lawson announce the phasing out of what?

A1) The £1 note.

Q2) 12^th November, 1927, saw who expelled from the Russian Communist Party?

A2) Leon Trotsky. (Who got an icepick that made his ears burn. Andrea, am I right, he only ordered the tacos … ?)

Q3) 12^th November, 1980, the Voyager 1 probe take photo’s of which planet?

A3) Saturn.

Q4) Who succeeded Leonid Brehziv as General Secretary of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party, today, in 1982?

A4) Yuri Andropov.

Q5) 12^th November, 1912, saw the frozen bodies of Robert Scott, and his team, found in which part of the Antarctic?

A5) The Ross Ice Shelf.

Q6) And finally, today in 2008, saw the death of Mitch Mitchell; which 1960’s band did he play drums for?

A6) The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

And here, for all struggling Quiz Masters, here’s the Friday Question Set …

ROUND ONE. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) Which two months of the year are named after Roman Emperors?

A1) July & August. (After Julius Caesar, and Augustus Caesar.)

Q2) Who wrote the original Conan the Barbarian novels and short stories?

A2) Robert E Howard.

Q3) What is Sian Lloyd best known for presenting?

A3) The weather forecasts.

Q4) Choux, puff, and short, are all types of what?

A4) Pastry.

Q5) Carmine is a shade of which colour?

A5) Red.

Q6) What are woofers and tweeters?

A6) Loudspeakers.

Q7) Orange blossoms are associated with which religious ceremony?

A7) Weddings.

Q8) True or false: - Flamingoes are hatched pink.

A8) False. They’re white at birth, and turn pink.

Q9) Conference and Corniche are types of what fruit?

A9) Pear.

Q10) Joel Cheek developed what convenience food?

A10) Instant coffee.

ROUND TWO. HISTORY.

Q11) ‘Longshanks’ was the nickname for which English monarch?

A11) Edward 1st.

Q12) Which English king fought at Agincourt?

A12) Henry 5th.

Q13) Expo ’67 was held in which Canadian city?

A13) Montreal.

Q14) Religious teacher Guatama Siddhartha died in 480 BC. How is he better known, today?

A14) Buddha.

Q15) Who did Winston Churchill “…that bloodthirsty guttersnipe”?

A15) Adolf Hitler.

Q16) Saigon, in Vietnam, is now called what?

A16) Ho Chi Minh City.

Q17) Who became US president, immediately after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

A17) Lyndon B. Johnson.

Q18) The Ptolemy dynasty once ruled which modern country?

A18) Egypt.

Q19) What was the nickname of the V1 flying bomb?

A19) Doodlebug.

Q20) Which country became an Islamic republic, in 1979?

A20) Iran.

ROUND THREE. SOUNDS OF THE 70S

Q21) Which rock icon’s only UK number was My Ding-a-ling?

A21) Chuck Berry.

Q22) Which band were Part of the Union?

A22) The Strawbs.

Q23) Which band featured brothers called Wayne and Merrill?

A23) The Osmonds.

Q24) Gary Numan’s first hit was as the singer for The Tubeway Army; - what was it called?

A24) Are Friends Electric?

Q25) Who had a posthumous hit with Way Down?

A25) Elvis Presley.

Q26) Wuthering Heights was the first UK hit for which British singer?

A26) Kate Bush.

Q27) Which Abba hit became the title of an Alan Partridge spoof series?

A27) Knowing Me, Knowing You.

Q28) Meatloaf’s first hit album was Bat Out Of Hell. Who wrote it?

A28) Jim Steinman.

Q29) Karen Carpenter died of a heart attack brought by complications from what eating disorder?

A29) Anorexia.

Q30) Mark Feldman was the real name of which singer?

A30) Marc Bolan.

ROUND FOUR. FAMOUS FIRSTS & PIONEERS.

Q31) Christopher Cockerel designed the first type of what craft, back in the 50’s?

A31) The hovercraft.

Q32) C-Curity was the 1st what?

A32) Zip fastener.

Q33) The first successful cloning was of what species animal?

A33) A sheep.

Q34) Which Alexander discovered the first antibiotic?

A34) Alexander Fleming.

Q35) Who led the first successful expedition to the South Pole?

A35) Roald Amundsen.

Q36) Who was the first band seen on Channel 5?

A36) The Spice Girls.

Q37) Who was the first Afro-American to win the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon?

A37) Arthur Ashe.

Q38) What was the first name of the world’s 1st test tube baby?

A38) Louise.

Q39) Which country was the first to have a woman Prime Minister?

A39) Sri Lanka. (Accept Ceylon.)

Q40) In which US city did the original Wallace & Gromit models get lost, in 1996?

A40) New York.

ROUND FIVE. TV DINNERS.

Q41) Comedy writer Gerald Wiley was better known as which late comedian?

A41) Ronnie Barker.

Q42) Which police series was revived in 2008, on Radio Four?

A42) Dixon of Dock Green.

Q43) Which model advertised Pizza Hut, along side Jonathon Ross?

A43) Caprice.

Q44) Which airline did Jeremy Spake work for?

A44) Aeroflot.

Q45) Robbie Coltrane once advertised which soap powder?

A45) Persil.

Q46) In which quiz show would you be asked a starter for ten?

A46) University Challenge.

Q47) How is TV astrologer, Meg Lake better known?

A47) Mystic Meg.

Q48) Which TV magician’s catch-phrase is “You’ll like this-not a lot”?

A48) Paul Daniels.

Q49) Who was Gloria Hunniford’s late TV presenter daughter?

A49) Caron Keating.

Q50) Which TV talk show host appeared in The Colour Purple?

A50) Oprah Winfrey.

ROUND 6. EURO-TOUR.

Q51) Which southern French town holds an annual Film Festival?

A51) Cannes.

Q52) How was Eurotunnel known, before it changed its name in 1998?

A52) Le Shuttle.

Q53) La Scala is one of Italy’s most famous types of what, opera house, hotel or restuarant?

A53) Opera House.

Q54) Andorra is at the foot of which mountain range?

A54) The Pyrenees.

Q55) Which Arctic country has the Finnish name, Lapin Li?

A55) Lapland.

Q56) Which European country is known locally as Osterreich?

A56) Austria.

Q57) The Left Bank refers to the left bank of the river Seine; in which French city?

A57) Paris.

Q58) Valletta is the capital of which Mediterranean island?

A58) Malta.

Q59) Between the 1940s and the 1990s, which European country was divided into East, & West?

A59) Germany.

Q60) Alsace is a province of which European country? (Bit of a dog, this question … )

A60) France.

Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later.