The Daily Teaser …

Oh, don’t you just hate that, when that happens … ?

Waking up in the morning and finding your ears blocked … ?

I know I do: I’ve just had to get going with the eardrops.

Which wasn’t particularly nice.

It never is, is it?

Lets get moving on, shall we … ? Before I bore you to tears with gruesome details about dissolving earwax …

After all, I’d rather be telling you about something else …

|»•«|

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and a returning Mr Strict putting in their answers: it saw Trevor scoring 7 out of 7, and Mr S bagging 5 out of 7.

Saying that, Mr Strict did manage to dig up an interesting answer, by mentioning the Bradshaw timetables as his answer for yesterday’s Q5.

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

Q1) 5th October, 1962, saw the release of the first Eon Productions James Bond film: which one was it … ?


Q2) More to the point, who played not James Bond — that was Sean Connery — but the title character of the film … ?

Q3) Equally too the point, this film saw Peter Burton’s only appearance as which character … ?

Q4) Moving on, 5th October, 1968 saw a Civil rights march in Northern Ireland broken up by police using water cannon: in which town … ?

Q5) 5th October, 1813, saw the death of which Shawnee leader … ?

Q6) October 5th, 1986, saw the death of producer, Hal B. Wallis: which Edward G Robinson film did he — along with Darryl F. Zanuck — produce? (Uncredited, I should add.)

Q7) And finally … 5th October, 1918, saw the death of French air ace, Roland Garros: in which French city is the tennis stadium that bears his name … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 4th October, 1883, saw the first run of the Orient Express: which city was its original French terminal?


A1) Paris.

Q2) More to the point, which Turkish city was at the other end … ?

A2) Istanbul. (Not Constantinople …)

Q3) While we’re on train transport … 4th October, 1976, saw British Rail launch its High Speed Train service: what was that train known as … ?

A3) The Intercity 125.

Q4) Equally to the point, that 1976 train’s kitchen had a state of the art … what … … ?

A4) Microwave oven. (They were really pushing the boat out … !)

Q5) While we’re at it, which company publishes — in the UK — the ABC Railway Guides … ?

A5) Ian Allen. (Who, apparently, do a range of books for Freemasons, and compost made from organic seaweed. I want the mock bananas back … )

Q6) 4th October, 1985, saw the foundation of the Free Software Foundation: in which US state?

A6) Massachusetts.

Q7) And finally … 4th October is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assissi: the order of monks he founded — the Order of Friars Minor — is also known as what … ?

A7) The Franciscans.

Enjoy those, everyone: now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to grab some tissue …