The Daily Teaser …

You know, there are time’s I kick myself, there really are.

I’d completely forgotten that today was Remembrance Sunday; which is remediable.

What isn’t is the news I’ve just picked up from Becky; it seems one of the Hutton’s older regular’s, Terry Hawkins, died on on Wednesday.

Which is sad. Terry, bless him, was one of the first customers at The Hutton, and will always be remembered for those cheesy pun’s he he could come up with. I’ll always remember his “Are you casting Nasturtiums” line, I know that …

All I can do is offer my condolences to his wife, Janet, and the rest of his family.

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Anyway, let’s move on, shall we?

Yes, let’s …

Yesterday’s Teaser was a Official Three-Way-Tie, between Time, Trevor and Andy, with Tim getting the First In Clap!

Let’s see what everyone can do with today’s, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ …

Q1) 8^th November, 1745, saw the start of an invasion attempt of England, lead by who?

Q2) 8^th November, 1602, saw the Bodleian Library in Oxford open to public. How many items are held by the Bodleian; 6 million, 7 million, or 8 million?

Q3) While we’re in an academic mood, today in 1793, saw the French Revolutionary government open up which palais as a museum?

Q4) 8^th November, 1923, saw the Nazi Party attempt a coup, in what later became known as the Beer Hall Putsch; in which German city did this take place?

Q5) Who was elected as the 35^th President of the USA, on the 8^th November, 1960?

Q6) Thirty years later, 8^th November, 1990, saw the Republic of Ireland elect its first female President; who was she?

Q7) 8^th November, 1431, saw the birth of Vlad 3^rd; otherwise known as Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, or, of course, Dracula. Which part of modern Romania was he the ruler of?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) November 7^th, 1921, saw the founding of Partito Nazionale Fascista; the PNF was the fascist party of which European country?

A1) Italy.

Q2) At the other end of the political spectrum, Communist Prime Minister Willi Stroph — and his entire cabinet — resigned today, in 1989, after huge anti-government protest; but in which (then) country?

A2) East Germany.

Q3) Today in 1917 (October the 25^th, in the Julian Calender) saw Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky lead the revolutionaries that overthrew the Provisional Government; but in which which Russian city did they do this?

A3) Petrograd. (Also known as Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg.)

Q4) 7^th November, 1929, saw the opening of the Museum of Modern Art; in which New York borough is it?

A4) Manhattan.

Q5) And finally, 7^th November, 2000, saw who become the first former First Lady to become a Senator?

A5) Hilary Rodham Clinton.

Enjoy those, folk’s, I’ll catch you later …