Phew!
Now THAT was something!
Having a good night’s sleep, I should add!
And it looks like there’ll be another one coming, as well: we’re still stocking out.
You wouldn’t think there’s that many copies of Family Guy in circulation.
Lets move on, shall we … ?
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers: and saw both scoring 5 out of 5, with Trevor quoting Erasmus and Kaiju getting his answers in first and telling us something of his schooling.
I’m also thinking he’s done well for himself, given the competition. (Did that sound cheesy, or was that me, chaps … ?)
Lets move on, shall we, and see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License.
Q1) 28th October, 1970, saw Gary Gabelich set the World land-speed record for a car powered by … what … ?Q2) 28th October, 1927, saw the birth of which late English Jazz singer … ?Q3) 28th October, 1886, saw President Glover Cleveland formally dedicate the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbour: but on which island … ?Q4) 28th October, 1980, saw the birth of Kanzi: to which chimp species does he belong … ?Q5) And finally … 28th October, 1636 saw a vote by the Massachusetts Bay Colony establish the first college in what was later to become the USA: how is that college now known … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 27th October, 939AD, saw who succeed to the throne of England … ?A1) Edmund 1st. (Or Eadmund, if you want in really old English.)Q2) From one end of history to another: 27th October, 2004, saw which baseball team win the World Series for the first time in 86 years?A2) The Boston Red Sox.Q3) That team is owned by New England Sports Ventures, the US business that recently bought which Premier League English team … ?A3) Liverpool.Q4) 27th October, 1995, saw Bettino Craxi convicted — in absentia — on corruption charges: which Italian political office had he held … ?A4) Prime Minister. (Politics, eh, Kaiju … ?)Q5) The same day in 1995, saw which Baltic state apply for membership of the EU?A5) Latvia.Q6) And finally … 27th October, 1080, saw the death of Stephen Ross Porter, also known as Steve ‘Peregrin’ Took: with which band did he find fame … ?A6) Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later.
4 comments:
1. Turbojet
2. Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth, DBE (born Clementina Dinah Campbell)
3. Liberty Island
4. bonobos (Pan paniscus)
5. Harvard University
Q1 natural gas
Q2 Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth
Q3 Liberty Ireland
Q4 Bonobo or Pygmy Chimpanzee
Q5 Harvard University
Trevor
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.”
“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG.”
“Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.”
“Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.”
“Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.”
“People everywhere love Windows.”
“The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.”
“We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.”
“Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.”
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.”
Quotes by William Henry "Bill" Gates III (one of the founders of Microsoft Corporation) born 28 October 1955.
Paul
I just had to use Bill Gate's quotations. Many of them are realy bad.
Cannot say I agree with many of them but they do show the lack of future foresign.
Especially the first one.
Trevor
Oh, that’s ok, Trevor: but there is a counter argument …
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