Wednesday 4 November 2009

The Daily Teaser …

I was right!

I was!

Trevor, bless him ’im, got Question 2 spot on, yesterday, and even managed to correct my spelling of Québec; Trevor’s partner, Penny, is Canadian, so they both know their way round the place … !

Yesterday’s teaser was actually a 2-way-tie between Trevor and Andrea, with Trevor edging in to get the First In Round of Applause!

But a big Pat On the Back to both of them; I know Tim didn’t make it, as he was rather busy

Anyway, moving on, here’s today’s questions, along with the ‘How To’ …

Q1) Today in 1677, saw the future Mary 2nd of England marry which colourful Prince?


Q2) November 4th, 1956, saw the Soviet Union invade … where ?


Q3) 34 years earlier, 4th November, 1922, saw a famous Egyptologist discover whose tomb?


Q4) More to the point, which Egyptologist are we talking about?


Q5) November 4th, 1979, saw 90 US hostages taken in which Middle Eastern country?


Q6) And finally … Today in 1995 saw the assassination of which Middle Eastern politician?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 3rd November is independence Day in three countries; name one of them.

A1) Panama, Dominica, and the Federated States of Micronesia.


Q2) Today in 1817, saw the opening of the Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered Bank; in which Canadian Province is Montreal? (Trevor, I’m expecting you to do well, with this … !)

A2) Québec.


Q3) 3rd November, 1838, saw the founding of the widest-circulated English language broadsheet newspaper; what’s it called?

A3) The Times Of India.


Q4) 3rd November, 1971, saw the birth of footballer, Dwight Yorke; what’s his nickname?

A4) The Smiling Assasin.


Q5) More to the point, which national side does he play for?

A5) Trinidad and Tobago.


Q6) 3rd November, 1783, saw John Austin become the last person publicly hanged at which London spot?

A6) Tyburn Gallows. (The site is now on a traffic island on the junction of Edgeware Road with Bayswater Road.)


Q7) 3rd November saw the launch — by the Soviet Union — of the first dog in space; but in which year of the 1950s?

A7) 1957.


Q8) And finally … what was the name of that dog?

A8) Laika.


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

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Actually, just as a side point, Trevor’s spelling of Québec, reminds me of one of my favourite quiz questions; how many native — NATIVE — languages are there in the British Isles? Depending on who you ask, it’s anything up to eight; two forms of Scots Gælic, Irish, Welsh, Manx, Cornish, English and French on the Channel Islands. Apparently, there’s arguments about whether Scots Gælic includes two languages, or a language with a very different dialect. And not including Glaswegian, obviously.

And that’s before you start arguing about whether Romany counts … !!

Dr Paul, Adrian, thoughts, please …

4 comments:

trev-v said...

Q1 William Prince of Orange
Q2 Hungary (Magyarország)
Q3 Tutankhamun original name Tutankhaten
Q4 Howard Carter
Q5 US embassy Tehran, Iran
Q6 Yitzhak Rabin


Trevor

Tim said...

q1 prince william 2nd of nassau
q2 poland
q3 king tut
q4 howard carter
q5 iran
q6 rabin

Dr Paul said...

Re UK languages:

In Scotland, you also have Doric which is spoken in the North East (Aberdeen, etc)

Some folk say its a dialect but if you actually go up there and try to converse with them, it's obvious that its a completely separate language.

Nik Nak said...

THAT’S what I had in mind!

Cheers, Paul!