Wednesday 14 April 2010

The Daily Teaser …



Well, I think THAT helped … !!

I’ve got to admit, I’ve been doing a little bit of jiggery-pokery, on the blog.

You’ve probably already noticed that — on the top bit of the page, when you get here — there’s now some Tabs: the one’s where I’ve put ‘The Point’ and ‘The How To’.

Well …

I’ve added one …

I’ve added …


Let me know if any of them are any use, folks: a lot of the free ones are handy!

At any rate, shall we move on?

Yes, let’s!

Yesterday’s teaser saw Trevor, Libellous and George all putting in answers, with Trevor bagging the Official First-In-Clap, and a score of 5 out of 5, Libellous getting 2 out of 5, and George getting absolutely zilch …

Just so you know, George, I tend to be a touch comfier knowing where people have found me: I know both Trevor, Simon and Libellous personally, and Angela(DjAlfy), Andrea(@pinkylips29) and Kaiju through Twitter.

Which is why there’s a Name/URL option on the ‘Post a Comment’ section …

Let’s get moving to the actual questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘The How To’ and License

Q1) 14th April, 2003, saw the completion of which scientific project?

Q2) 14th April, 1629, saw the birth of which Dutch astronomer, mathematician and horologist?

Q3) 236 years later, 14th April, 1865, saw the death — by assassins bullet — of which US president?

Q4) 14th April, 1978, saw the birth of South African born, Australian actor, Paul O’Brien: in which Australian soap did he play Constable Jack Holden?

Q5) 14th April, 1985, saw the death of actress Noële Gordon: what was the name of her character in Crossroads?

Q6) And finally … 14th April, 1956, saw the first public demonstration of what: videotape, digital television, or broadband??

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers: and Libellous, just so you know, I don’t know what the difference is, between an asteroid and a meteor: but know just enough to know there is one!

Q1) Scientists expect that on 13th April, 2029, 99942 Apophis will pass extremely closely yo Earth: what is 99942 Apophis?
A1) A Near Earth Asteroid.

Q2) Moving back in time … 13th April, 1964, saw who becomae the first black person to win a Best Actor Oscar?
A2) Sidney Poitier.

Q3) More to the point, for which film did he win it for?
A3) Lilies of the Field.

Q4) 13th April, 1992, saw which party leader resign, after a disastrous UK General Election?
A4) Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock.

Q5) And finally … 13th April, 1943, saw James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest and Floyd G. Hamilton take part in an escape attempt from where?
A5) Alcatraz.

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





2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Q1 The Human Genome Project (HGP)
Q2 Christiaan Huygens
Q3 Abraham Lincoln
Q4 Home and Away
Q5 Meg Richardson (later Meg Mortimer)
Q6 Videotape

Trevor

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
Some day I shall be President.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

All quotes by Abe Lincoln

Jason said...

Q1) The Human Genome Project
Q2) Christiaan Huygens
Q3) Abraham Lincoln
Q4) Home & Away
Q5) Meg Richardson
Q6) Videotape