The Daily Teaser …

You know, I’ve got to confess, last night was a bit of a late one!!

But I did manage to get the post about Rooster Cogburn up and posted. Whether it makes any sense is another matter!

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Let’d move on, shall we? Shall we? Yes, let’s!

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Tim and get 7 out of 7, and Andrea get 6 out of 7: with Tim getting the Official First-In-Clap.

And both of them dig up a fact or two about Philip Astley I know I’d managed to miss!

I’ve got to confess, I love doing Teasers: the stuff you get to find out, sometimes, is amazing!!

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But let’s get cracking, again!

Here’s today’s questions, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 10^th January, 49BC saw the start of the Roman Civil War: who started it, by crossing the Rubicon?

Q2) 10^th January, 1776, saw Thomas Paine anonymously publish the pamphlet, Common Sense: what did this pamphlet back?

Q3) 10^th January, 1985, saw safety concerns raised over which electric trike?

Q4) In 1863, 10^th January saw the initial opening of the London Underground tube network: name either of the stations at which the trains terminated.

Q5) And finally … 10^th January, 1976, saw the death of which influential American musician?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 9^th January, 1768, saw former sergeant-major Phillip Astley open what}s considered to be the first modern-day … what?

A1) Circus.

Q2) More to the point, what did he call what he built?

A2) Astley’s Amphitheatre.

Q3) 275 years earlier, 9^th January, 1493, saw Christopher Columbus mistake what creature for mermaids?

A3) Manatees.

Q4) 9^th January, 1947, saw the last day the Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Short was seen alive: what nickname did the press give her?

A4) The Black Dahlia.

Q5) 9^th January, 1806, saw who receive a state funeral?

A5) Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.

Q6) January the 9^th, 1986 saw which British cabinet ministre resign his post, in the aftermath of the Westland scandal?

A6) Michæl Heseltine.

Q7) And finally … today in 1890, saw the birth of Czech writer, Karel Čapek: which word did he famously introduce to the English language?

A7) Robot. (Karel Čapek was the author of the play, Rossum’s Universal Robots.)

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