The Daily Teaser …

Hmmmm …

Isn’t it funny how it takes you a while to wake up on a Sunday morning?

Unless — like me — you did yourself a chilli, the night before.

You do feel the need to get up suddenly, sometimes, you really do.

Ah HEM!

Let’s leave that right there, shall we?

Yes, lets …

Yesterday’s teaser saw Andy — the FSG Drone, himself — manage to get the Official First-in-Clap, and 7out of 7!

Go, Andy!

So let’s see what people can do, with today’s questions, shall we?

Yes, let’s.

Here they are, along with the License and ‘How To’ …

Q1) Very appropriate, this one: 31^st January, 1747, saw the London Lock Hospital open: what did it specialise in treating?

Q2) 31^st January, 1983, saw a law introduced in the UK, that made compulsory to wear … ?

Q3) 17 years later, 31^st January, 2000, saw who sentenced to life imprisonment?

Q4) 31^st January, 1983, saw the birth of actor, James Sutton: in which British soap did he first come to prominence?

Q5) 377 years earlier, 31^st January, 1606, saw the execution of which plotter?

Q6) And finally … 31^st January, 1929, saw the Soviet Union exile which politician?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 30^th January, 1649, saw the execution of which English king?

A1) Charles 1^st. (Who — as Charles the Martyr — is the only saint canonised by the Church of England after it split from Rome. This day in 1661, also saw, as Andy pointed out, the execution — by beheading — of Oliver Cromwell. Andy’s right, the Scots, as a whole, generally really don’t hold a grudge … )

Q2) 299 years later, 30^th January, 1948, saw the assassination — by a Hindu extremist — of which Indian leader?

A2) Mohandas K. ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi. (‘Mahatma’ — महात्मा — is a Sanskit word, meaning ‘Great Soul’.)

Q3) 30^th January, 1972, saw 13 people killed in a civil rights protest in Londonderry: how is this incident more notoriously known?

A3) Bloody Sunday.

Q4) 30^th January, 1913, saw the House of Lords reject a bill on … what?

A4) Irish Home Rule.

Q5) 123 year’s earlier, 30^th January, 1790, saw the first official testing of a lifeboat: on which English river?

A5) The River Tyne.

Q6) 57 years after that, the Californian town of Yerba Buena renamed … what?

A6) San Francisco.

Q7) And finally … today in 1969 saw the last public performance by which band … ?

A7) The Beatles.

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