You know, I’ve just seen a piece on the BBC News Channel that tells me it’s National Kindness Day.
Apparently.
Hmmm …
It’s tempting to say that I’m going to be kind and hand out masses of points.
Tempting … ?
NAAAAH!!!!!
After ann, I never used to call myself an evil Quiz Master for nothing …
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets … !
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor, Kaiju and the Old Peculiar’s resident Funny Gal, AlexandraFunFit, all putting in their answers: it saw Trevor and Kaiju scoring five out of five — with Trevor quoting Bahá’u’lláh and Kaiju adding details of the life of John Brallier, one of the other early pros — and Alexandra bagging one whole point.
But getting us laughing, none the less!
Let’s see how they, you and hopefully @RockTique and @paulegina do with today’s questions: here there are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 13th November, 1971, saw Mariner 9 become the first human craft to orbit Mars: what was the name of H. G. Wells’ 1898 novel about a Martian invasion of Earth … ?Q2) 13th November, 1985, saw Xavier Suarez sworn in as the first Cuban born Mayor of which US city … ?Q3) 13th November, 1950, saw the assassination of President Carlos Delgado Chalbaud of Venezuela: but in which city … ?Q4) Which English Civil War battle took place on 13th November, 1642?Q5) And finally … 13th November, 1833, saw the birth of Edwin Booth, generally recognised as America’s best actor of the 19th Century: who did Edwin’s younger brother — John Wilkes Booth — famously assassinate … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 12th November, 1892, saw William “Pudge” Heffelfinger become the first professional what on record … ?A1) American footballer.Q2) 12th November, 1990, saw Sir Tim Brners-Lee publish his formal proposal for the World Wide Web: what was the name of the web browser he wrote and used … ?Q3) 12th November, 1990, saw the Voyager 1 probe make its closest approach to Saturn: most of Saturn’s moons are named after which figures from Greek myth … ?A3) The Titans.Q4) 12th November, 1944 saw the birth of multi-instrumentalist, Booker T. Jones: with which record label were he — and his band, Booker T and the MG’s — closely associated?A4) Stax.Q5) And finally … 12th November, 2007, saw the death of novelist, Ira Levin: which of his works was turned into a 1968 film directed by Roman Polanski … ?A5) Rosemary’s Baby.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !
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Q1 The War of the Worlds
Q2 Miami, Florida
Q3 Caracas (Santiago de León de Caracas)
Q4 Battle of Turnham Green .West London.
Q5 President Abraham Lincoln
Trevor
“An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.”
“I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.”
“I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.”
“I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.”
“When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.”
“You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.£
“Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.”
Quotes by Whoopi Goldberg born 13 November 1955.
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