Wowsa …
It’s Monday …
Monday …
Hmmm …
Well …
To be frank it means back to the job-search, but that’s all to the good.
Here’s hoping something turns up …
Let’s move on, shall we … ?
One thing that I’m certain of, is that yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Trevor both putting in some fantastic quotes. Trevor put in some good ones from Thomas Mann, the author behind Death in Venice, and Kaiju putting in some of GeneralGeorge Patton’s more … motivational … words …
Yeah …
Motivational is the word … !
It’s kind of almost disappointing to tell you they both got 5 out of 5 …
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 7th June, 1982, saw Priscilla Beaulieu Presley open what to the public … ?
Q2) 7th June, 2000, saw Tony Blair famously heckled by … whom …?
Q3) 6 years later, 7th June, 2006, saw the House of Parliament closed, after what kind of alert was issued …
Q4) 7th June was — in the Roman Empire — the start of celebrations of which goddess … ?
Q5) 7th June, 1942, saw the US Navy win a decisive 3-day battle against the Japanese Navy: this battle was centred around which Pacific island … ?
Q6) And finally … 7th June, 1975, saw Sony put what on sale … ?
And here’s yesterday’s themed questions and answers …
Q1) 6th June, 1944, saw the start of the D-Day landings in Normandy: name any of the three beaches used by the British army.
A1) Gold, Juno and Sword.
Q2) Similarly, what were either of the names used for the beaches used by the US Army … ?
A2) Utah and Omaha.
Q3) The US landings on one of those beaches was the subject of which Tom Hanks film … ?
A3) Saving Private Ryan.
Q4) Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, André Bourvil, and Gert Fröbe, all appeared in which film about the Normandy landings … ?
A4) The Longest Day.
Q5) And finally … What name was given — specifically — was given to the Normandy landings?
A5) Operation Neptune.
Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll catch you later …
2 comments:
Q1 Graceland
Q2 Women's Institute (The WI)
Q3 Anthrax
Q4 Vesta
Q5 Midway
Q6 Betamax videocassette recorder
Trevor
“I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.”
“I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.”
“I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.”
“Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.”
“We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.”
“You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife.”
All quotes by Tony Blair
1. Graceland
2. heckled and slow-handclapped by members of the Women's Institute
3. anthrax alert
4. Festival was called Vestalia, observed from the seventh to the fifteenth of June. The festival Vestalia was held in honor of the Vesta, the goddess of the hearth.
5. Battle of Midway
6. Betamax video recording system
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