The Daily Teaser …

Whoah!

Now THAT’S what a CALL a full house!

It really is!

We actually had 4 people do yesterday’s Teaser, two of whom were completely new.

Well, newish … !

Olivia, bless ’er, is Tim youngest daughter, and didn’t do to badly, considering she’s quite young.

And ’Shel, bless, who’s a fellow player of Café World, over on Facebook: thanks for coming along, ’Shel, welcome to the Teaser. (I hope you’ll be up for today’s, you should be able to do a touch better, today. But be warned, it’s a touch … Scottish … )

So you all know, Tim got 7 out of 7, Olivia got 4, Trevor bagged 6, and ’Shel got 2: after getting Caligula and Claudius mixed up.

Oh, and guess who got the Official First-In-Clap, today …

Actually, talking of the Teaser question’s, themselves, here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) Today saw the birth of Scotland’s national Poet: what was his name?

Q2) More to the point, in which year of the 1750s was his birth?

Q3) Equally to the point, what foodstuff did this poet call “… Great Chieftain o’ the puddin’ race”?

Q4) One final question about this chap … What government department did he temporarily work for?

Q5) 25^th January is Saint Dwynwen’s Day, in Wales: this is the Welsh equivalent of which better known Saints Day?

Q6) 25^th January, 1971, saw who seize control of Uganda?

Q7) 62 years earlier, 25^th January, 1909, saw the début of which Richard Strauss opera. (Simon, get this one wrong … !)

Q8) 25^th January, 1919, saw the foundation of which international organisation?

Q9) 25^th January, 1943, saw the birth of director, Tobe Hooper: what’s his best known film?

Q10) And finally … today in 2009, saw the death of producer, Kim Manners: which spooky 1990s series was he a producer of?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 24^th January, 1965, saw the death of which World War Two leader?

A1) Former British PM, Sir Winston Churchill. (My Mum always says she remembers seeing his funeral: the cranes on the River Thames were all set to half mast, as his river-bound cortège went past.)

Q2) 24^th January, 41AD, saw the assassination — by disgruntled Prætorian Guards — of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. How was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus better known?

A2) Emperor Caligula.

Q3) More to the point, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was succeeded as Emperor by whom?

A3) Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus: know to us as plain old Claudius. (Or Derek Jacobi, depending on … well … whatever, really … )

Q4) 24^th January, 1908 saw the publication — by Lord Robert Baden-Powell — of the first volume of the book that bagan the Scout movement: what was its title?

A4) Scouting For Boys.

Q5) 24^th January, 1941, saw the birth of two US singers: name either of them.

A5) Neil Diamond, and Aaron Neville.

Q6) 24^th January, 1972, saw the discovery of Sgt Shoichi Yokoi, who’d been in hiding since the end of World War Two: on which Island?

A6) Guam.

Q7) And finally … Which celebrity couple divorced today, in 1961?

A7) Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.

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