Right!
I’m up nice and early!
Or, at least, up when I happily should be!
And playing in the background … ? Is Dan Snow given us a detailed history of the British Navy.
Including the gruesome bits.
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
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Yes, lets …
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Mr Strict going head to head: with both scoring 7 out of 7, it also saw Trevor putting in quotes from Le Corbusier and Mr S putting a picture!
Lets see how they — and hopefully both Kaiju, and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 7th October, 3761 BC is the generally accepted first day of the Jewish calendar: is the calendar Lunar, Solar or Lunisolar … ?Q2) More to the point, what’s the name of the first month in the Jewish calendar?Q3) 7th October, 1959, saw the birth of which TV producer, music executive and really rather blunt talent show judge … ?Q4) 7th October, 1993, saw the death of actor, Cyril Cusack: in which 1965 film did he play Control … ?Q5) And finally … 7th October, 1977, saw 90 pairs of identical twins go on a shopping trip: but to which Suffolk town … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) October 6th, 1945, saw Billy Sianis and his pet kicked out of Wrigley Field baseball stadium, for disturbing other fans: what species was the pet … ? A1) A goat.Q2) Wrigley Field is the home ground of which Major League Baseball team … ?A2) The Chicago Cubs.Q3) The subsequent alleged what can only be lifted once that team show a fondness for the type of pet.A3) Curse. (Or Curse of the Billy Goat, if you want to be specific.)Q4) 6th October, 1903, saw which Australian judicial body convene for the first time … ?A4) The Australian High Court.Q5) 6th October, 1928, saw who become the Chairman of the Republic of China … ?A5) Chiang Kai-shek.Q6) 6th October, 1892, saw the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson: in which year of the 1820s was he first published … ?A6) 1827.Q7) And finally … 6th October, 1980, saw the death of which noted English comedy actress … ?A7) Hattie Jacques.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
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Q1 Lunisolar
Q2 Nisan or Nissan
Q3 Simon Phillip Cowell
Q4 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Q5 Felixstowe
Trevor
“A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.”
“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.”
“Einstein, stop telling God what to do!”
“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.”
“If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.”
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.”
“When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.”
Quotes by Niels Bohr (Physicist) born 7th October 1885.
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