The Daily Teaser …

Well …

It looks like the horse trading’s still going on, on the Parliament front. Which means the the BBC’s news channel is being broadcast live from Westminster.

Whoopee …

I think …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s teaser saw Trevor and Derek going in head to head, again, with both scoring 5 out of 5, and Derek getting his answers in first and putting in an interesting little video from DailyMotion, and Trevor putting in some fantastic quotes.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 8th May, 1984, saw Moscow pull the USSR team out of which sporting event?

Q2) Four years earlier, 8th May, 1980, saw the World Health Organisation formally announce the eradication of what?

Q3) 8th May, 1541, saw Hernando de Soto reach what he called the Río de Espíritu Santo: what is that river now called … ?

Q4) 8th May, 1978, saw the man accused of being the ‘Son of Sam’ killer plead guilty to all the charges against him. What was his name?

Q5) In the Anglican and Lutheran churches, 8th May is the Feast day of which female Saint?

Q6) 8th May, 2000, saw the official press preview of which gallery?

Q7) Just as a final question, in which London landmark is that Gallery … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 7th May, 1915, saw the sinking of which ocean liner?

A1) The RMS Lusitania.

Q2) 7th May, 1946, saw the founding of Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering: how is that company now known?

A2) Sony.

Q3) 7th May, 1965, saw whose party win a huge majority in the Rhodesian Elections … ?

A3) Ian Smith.

Q4) 7th May, 1539, saw the death of Guru Nanak Dev: which religion did he found?

A4) Sikhism.

Q5) And finally … 7th May, 1940, saw the birth of British novellist, Angela Carter: one of her short stories was turned into which Neil Jordan film?

A5) The Company of Wolves.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll catch you later.