The Daily Teaser …

Whoah … !

I’ve got to admit, I had another late night … !

You know, blogging about movies really does take it out of you … !

But lets get moving on, shall we … ?

After all, I’ve got to pop out, later: just to get the Gazette, you understand …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor, Kaiju and AlexandraFunFit all putting in their answers: with Trevor and Kaiju scoring six out of six, and Alexandra scoring one.

Or possibly one and a half for at least spotting the married bit in Q3).

Or possibly just the one: depending on whether Kaiju monitor’s dried out yet …

Either way it also saw Trevor putting in some very topical quotes from Herbert Hoover. And Kaiju spotting a typo I’d made in Q4).

Defeated …

I’m going to have to keep an eye on that sort of thing, I really am …

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

Q1) 11th August, 1999, saw people in Europe and Asia witness the last what of the century … ?


Q2) 11th August, 1952, saw who proclaimed as the third constitutional king of Jordan … ?

Q3) 11th August, 1984, saw controversy, as British athlete, Zola Budd, was accursed of tripping who … ?

Q4) 11th august, 1929, saw the first Bud Billikan Parade and Picnic, the largest Afro-American parade in the US: in which US city is it held … ?

Q5) Actually, while we’re in the US … 11th August, 1954, saw the death of Santo Trafficante, Snr: of which city’s Mafia organisation was he the boss … ?


Q6) And finally … 11th August, 1858 saw the first ascent of which mountain in the Bernese Alps … ?


And here’s yesterday’s questions, complete with the correction …

Q1) 10th august, 610 AD saw which religious figure start on what’s regarded as his major work … ?


A1) The Prophet Mohammed. (As any devout Muslim will you, though, it’s Allah, rather than Mohammed, who wrote the Qu’ran: he just wrote it down … )

Q2) What was that work … ?

A2) The Holy Qu’ran.

Q3) 10th August, 2003, saw cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko become the first person to do what in space … ?

A3) Get married. (He was on the International Space Station: his wife to be — and their Earthbound guests — were in Texas. Obviously, the service was done by video link. As for the honeymoon … )

Q4) Many years earlier, 10th August, 991, saw Bryhtnoth, Duke of Essex defeated by a force of what in the Battle of Malden … ?

A4) The Vikings

Q5) 10th August, 1939, saw the birth of actress, Kate O’Mara: which character’s sister did she play in Absolutely Fabulous

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A5) Patsy’s!



Q6) And finally … 10th August, 1932, saw the death of which Hollywood star … ? (Or the original, at least … ?)

A6) Rin Tin Tin*.

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

* I’ve got to admit, though, Alexandra’s answer — “… Any of the few virgins” — got me laughing. And possibly is the root cause of the Great LA Monitor Incident …