The Daily Teaser …

I just hate these early mornings …

Don’t I just!!

But there we go, that’s the way shifts go, sometimes!

Anyway, yesterday’s Teaser say Andrea get the First-In-Clap, and 6 out of 6.

She not happy at the lack of competition, I know that!

But she still manage to find a relevant quote from Dionne Warwick. Who herself was quoting Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise, which is a fantastic piece of work!

At any rate, here’s today’s questions, along with the Creative Commons License, and ‘How To’ …

Q1) 13^th December, 1981, saw both Martial Law, and a State of Emergency, imposed in which East European country?

Q2) More to the point, the leaders of which trade Union were arrested as part of this State of Emergency?

Q3) A few years earlier, 13^th December, 1925, saw the birth of which US actor and comedian?

Q4) 13^th December, 1939, was the date of the WW2 era Battle of the River Plate: when the HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles fought which German pocket battleship?

Q5) And finally, December 13^th, 2003, saw the capture of which Iraqi politician?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 12^th December, 1901, saw which Italian physicist transmit the world’s first wireless signal, across the Atlantic?A1) Guglielmo Marconi.

Q2) For many years, the radio equipment company named after that physicist was based in which Essex town?A2) Chelmsford.

Q3) 12^th December, 1940, saw the birth of which African-American singer?A3) Dionne Warwick.

Q4) That singer shares her birthday — on 12^th December, in 1931 — with which Canadian born, British dancer, choreographer and TV presenter?A4) Lionel Blair. (Or Henry Lionel Blair Ogus, to give him his birth name: either way, there’s a comment about trousers coming. Or Give Us A Clue …)

Q5) 12^th December, 1988, saw 88 people die in a train crash at (what was) Europe’s busiest railway station: what was that station?A5) Clapham Junction.

Q6) And finally: today in 1911 saw which city replace Calcutta as capital city of India?A6) Delhi.

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