The Daily Teaser …

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Tim, that blessed Café World is getting bloody silly!

I’m scouring Facebook for anyone handing out free Martian Brain Bakes!

Let’s move on, before it starts going really strange, shall we?

Shall we?

Yes, let’s …

Before I start getting really strange …

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Andrea Simon, and Tim, all get 5 out of 5, with Simon getting the official First-In-Clap — with the by-now-traditional Ointment — and everybody getting 5 out of 5, and putting in some fascinating quotes …

Actually, Simon, I’ve got Sir Derek doing the prologue, in the background: and, Andrea, I like the one from Harry Potter, although I’m not usually a fan … : Ooh, and Tim? When is Roseanne never good for a line or two? Says I grinning, happily to myself!!

Anyway, let’s see how everyone does, today: here’s the questions, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 12^th January, 1932, saw Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway became the first woman elected to which body?

Q2) 12^th January, 1906, saw the appointment of the cabinet of Sir Henry Cambell-Bannerman: this saw him become the first person to be (formally) named as which office holder?

Q3) More to the point, that Cabinet also featured three future holders of Campbell-Bannerman’s office: name one of them.

Q4) While we’re in a government kind of mode, 12^th January, 1991, saw the US Congress vote for war, were?

Q5) 12^th January, 1879,saw the start of a major war between the British Empire, and whom?

Q6) 119 years later, 12^th January, 1998, saw 19 nations agree to ban what?

Q7) And finally … 12^th January, 2003 saw the death od

which member of the Bee Gees?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11^th January, 1569, saw which countries first ever national lottery?

A1) England. (Tickets were 10 shillings a time: 50 pence, in decimal currency, although how much that is, in real terms … )

Q2) 359 years later, 11^th January, 1928 saw who sent into internal exile by Josef Stalin?

A2) Leon Trotsky.

Q3) 141 years earlier, 11 January, 1787, saw William Herschal first observe Titania and Oberon: moons of which planet?

A3) Uranus.

Q4) In 1922, 11^th January saw the first use of what drug in treating a medical condition in a human being?

A4) Insulin.

Q5) And finally … Today in 2007, saw J. K. Rowling complete which book of the Harry Potter series?

A5) The last one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow.

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