Tsh, tsh, Kaiju: I’m a rabid Apple fan!
But anything that replaces Windoze, I‘m happy with. I usually tend to hand out copies of Ubuntu if I offer to switch people.
Long story, just so everyone else knows … !
At any rate, lets get moving on, shall we … ? I’d hate to bore anyone.
Ahem …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers, and both of them scoring 5 out of 5: it also saw Trevor putting in a few quotes from Aleister Crowley, and Kaiju mentioning some technical tweaks he’s making to his phone.
Hence my opening remarks, today.
But lets move on, and see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 13th October, 54AD, saw Nero ascend the Imperial throne of Rome: who played Nero, in the classic BBC series, I Claudius?Q2) More to the point, who wrote the novels that the series is based on … ?Q3) 13th October, 1773, saw Charles Messier discover the Whirlpool Galaxy. Messier’s also famed for having an astronomical what named after him: catalogue, telescope, or nebula?Q4) While we’re being scientific: 13th October, 1885, saw the founding of which university, in Atlantic, Georgia … ?Q5) 13th October, 1941, saw the birth of which member of Simon and Garfunkel … ?Q6) And finally … 13th October, 1974, saw the death of which US TV personality … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 12th October, saw Buddhist monk Nichiren inscribe what he called the Dai-Gohonzon, which became a major object of devotion in his school of Buddhism: but in which Far eastern country … ?A1) Japan.Q2) 12th october, 1948, saw the birth of English singer and rhythm-guitarist, Rick Parfitt: which band is he a (very) long term member of … ?A2) The one and only Status Quo.Q3) 12th October, 1979, saw the first publication of the novel version of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: according to the novel, film, radio series and film, what’s printed — in large friendly letters — on the cover of the Guide?A3) Don’t Panic.Q4) 12th October, 2002, saw terrorist explode two bombs: on which Indonesian island … ?A4) Bali.Q5) And finally … The United Nations declared 12th October to be the Day Of the Six Billion, the day that saw the 6 billionth person born on the planet: but in which year … ?A5) 1999.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you all later … !
3 comments:
Q1 Christopher Kenneth "Chris" Biggins
Q2 Robert Ranke Graves
Q3 catalogue
Q4 Georgia Institute of Technology
Q5 Paul Frederic Simon
Q6 Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan
Trevor
“A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.”
“Communism is like one big phone company.”
“I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.”
“Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.”
“The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.”
“The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.”
Quotes by Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) born 13 October 1925
1. Christopher Biggins
2. Robert Graves
3. catalogue
4. Georgia Institute of Technology (...er...Atlanta, Georgia...)
5. Paul Frederic Simon
6. Ed Sullivan
For the record... I've bumped alone with Ubuntu off and on since it was first introduced. It's not installed now only because it's the laptop I'm using and I'm lazy. (Using AMD 64-bit, using the stock setup). If and when I ever finish the Super Desktop that's sitting here collecting dust and cat hair, I'll dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu. What can I say? It's a process. heh...
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