The Daily Teaser …

You know, Yesterday do have this tendency of digging up some old BBC docu-dramas, they really do.

They’ve managed to get — and show — an old one called The Seven Wonders Of the Industrial World.

And they episode they’re showing, today … ?

Is all about the Panama Canal.

Amazing to see what Malaria and Yellow Fever can do to a major construction project, isn’t it … ?

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Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets.

Yesterday’s Teaser saw AlexandraFunFit and Trevor going head-to-head: with Trevor bagging 8 out of 8, and Alexandra scoring 0 out of 8.

Is it me, Trevor, or is Alexandra keeping her batting average low … ?

At any rate, lets see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 28th July, 1540, saw who executed under orders of King Henry 8th … ?

Q2) More to the point, who did Henry 8th marry, that same day … ?

Q3) 28th July, 1943, saw the birth of keyboard player Richard Wright: with which band did he achieve fame … ?

Q4) 28th July, 1865, saw Welsh settlers first arrive at the Chubut River: in which South American country is the Chubut River?

Q5) More to the point, what’s the Welsh name for that river … ?


Q6) And finally … 28th July, 2001, saw which swimmer become the first to win six Gold medals at a World Championship?
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And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 27th July is National Sleepyhead Day: in which European country?


A1) Finland. (The Finnish city of Naantali celebrates by chucking the Mayor into the sea, in order to wake him up. Sensible way to treat a politician, surely … ?)

Q2) 27th July, 1981, saw which British soap achieve record viewing figures, by screening the wedding of two characters … ?

A2) Coronation Street.

Q3) Which either of those two characters … ?

A3) Ken Barlow and Deidre Langton.

Q4) 27th July, 1938, saw the birth of E. Gary Gygax: which game is he credited with co-creating … ?

A4) Dungeons and Dragons.

Q5) More to the point, who did he co-create it with … ?


A5) Dave Arneson.

Q6) 27th July also saw the birth — in 1950 — of English actor, Simon Jones: in which Terry Gilliam film did he have a small part as a zoologist … ?


A6) 12 Monkeys.

Q7) Jones also — famously, and in many of its versions — played which character in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?


A7) Arthur Dent. (Or DentarthurDent, if you’re of a Magrathean persuasion.)

Q8) And finally … 27th July, 1944, saw the birth of comedian, actor, and DJ, Tony Capstick: name either of the two tracks that made part of the double-A side that was his only hit, in 1981.


A8) The Sheffield Grinder and Capstick Comes Home.

And, after Alexandra mentioned the Richard Harris cut of MacArthur’s Park, yesterday … ?

Well …

I’ll catch you later. Enjoy the videos …