Tuesday 4 May 2010

The Daily Teaser …

Wowsa!

You know, you can tell it was a public holiday, here in the UK, can’t you?

You can’t?

Well, the big clue was simply that the returning Tim, had the day off!

Not that I think it necessarily helped, o’ course …

Because yesterday’s Teaser saw Tim, Trevor, Angela, and Kaiju all putting answers into the mix: with both Trevor and Kaiju bagging 6 out of 6, Tim scoring 4, Angela — DjAlfy — being our officially stumped contestant and Trevor bagging the Official First-In-Clap!

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License

Q1) According to a joke, recorded in Hansard, May the 4th is what Day?

Q2) Just as much to the point, Hansard is the official record of which UK body … ?

Q3) 4th May, 1970, saw the deaths of Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, William Schroeder: at which US university?

Q4) 4th May, 1972, saw the Don’t Make A Wave Committee formally change it’s name to what?

Q5) And finally … Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, on 4th May, 1979: which Saint did she quote, on entering No. 10?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 3rd May saw the release of Raja Harishchandra, the film that marked the start of the Indian film industry: in which year of the 20th Century was this?
A1) 1913.

Q2) Just as a follow on, what’s the nickname of the Indian film industry … ?
A2) Bollywood. (Although, technically, it’s specifically refers to the Hindi speaking part of the Indian film industry … !)

Q3) 3rd May, 1494, saw Christopher Columbus sight the island that was eventually to become known as … what … ?
A3) Jamaica.

Q4) 3rd May, 1968, saw surgeons in Marylebone, London, conduct the UK’s first …what … ?

Q5) 3rd May, 1867, saw the Hudson’s Bay Company give up it’s claims to … where … ?

Q6) And finally … 3rd, 1951, saw the first television broadcast of which race?

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

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay I should of known yesterdays questions.. but to be honest it's a tad exciting just to see my name on someone elses blog! How ever I think that todays question four .. is greenpeace?
Ta -Angie

Anonymous said...

Q1 “Star Wars Day”
Q2 Parliament debates in any Westminster system of government
Q3 Kent State University
Q4 Greenpeace (Founded in Kitsilano Vancouver – i have photo of sign)
Q5 St Francis of Assisi

Trevor

trev-v said...

A photo to help with q4.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/TrevorVeail/Vancouver#5412508359808058290

Trevor