Tuesday 9 February 2010

The Daily Teaser …

Ooh …

According to the news, Gordon Brown’s going on a banana diet, in the run-up to a potential Election, this year.

Which is …

Interesting …

Possibly the most pointless piece of news I’ve ever seen, but interesting …

Actually, no, it’s not: not interesting at all.

But I never thought I’d see the day that the BBC Breakfast news turn into Hello magazine.

Haircuts, bananas, and straightening up of the tie.

Deary, deary, me …

Lets move on, shall we?

Yeeeeeeees …

To quote Jeremy Paxman …

•••••

Yesterday’s teaser saw Simon — just Simon, bless him — wind up with 6 out of 6, and the Official First-In-Clap!

Let’s see how he — and everyone else — does with today’s set: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License

Q1) 9th February, 1822, saw the Dominican Republic invaded by which nation?


Q2) 9th February, 1966, saw Minister for Technology, Frank Cousins, announce that what was to be built at Dounreay, in Scotland?


Q3) A few years earlier, on 9th February, saw who accuse the US Department of State of being full of communists?


Q4) 9th February, 1979, saw Nottingham Forest F. C. make a record by buying the first £1, 000, 000 player: who was that player?


Q5) And finally … 9th February, 1900, saw the establishment of which Tennis tournament?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 8th February, 1692, saw Reverent John Hale claim that two local girls were suffering from ‘bewitchment’: in which Massachusetts town?

A1) Salem.


Q2) 8th February, 1865: the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution — that formally abolished slavery, in the US — was rejected, today. By which US state?

A2) Delaware.


Q3) 8th of February, 1994, saw police announce the suspicious death of which late MP?

A3) Stephen Milligan. (The only definite thing we can say about his death is what the Coroner’s report said: that he was found with a black bin-liner over his head, a length of electrical wire around his neck, and wearing stockings and a rather nice lacy pair of suspenders. The stories about the amphetamine laced tangerine, the Mars bar, the Russian hooker, nine bananas and a vacuum cleaner, proved to be unfounded. Senseless waste of human life, really … )


Q4) 8th February, 1867, saw the Ausgleich: this helped create the monarchy of which European Empire?

A4) The Austro-Hungarian Empire.


Q5) 8th February, 2007, saw the death of which American model, widow and entertainer?

A5) Anna Nicole Smith.


Q6) And finally: 8th February, 1915, saw the premiere of which controversial D. W. Griffith film?

A6) The Birth of A Nation.


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


2 comments:

Simon said...

1. Haiti
2. Protype First Reactor
3. Senator Joseph McCarthy
4. Trevor Francis
5. Dunno about the golf tournament, but The Davis Cup was established this day in 1900....

'I will not get in the gutter with that guy' Dwight D. Eisenhower on Joe McCarthy

Oliver Townshend said...

1. Haiti.
2. The set for Edge of Darkness.
3. Hoover.