The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

I’ve got to admit, I’m happily watching the BBCs news channel, at the mo.

They’ve just had their technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, on to remind us how easy it is to hack smart-phones.

Fair enough …

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And on another front … ?

You’ve probably noticed I’ve been adding the day’s teaser to YouTube, haven’t you … ?

I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t help but notice that not all the audio seemed to be exported when I used Keynote to export the presentation to a quicktime movie.

Which I’ve managed to solve by exporting it to iMovie!

I feel good about that.

I’ve even added sound effects.

Before I bore you with details, lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers: with both bagging 5 out of 5, it also saw Trevor quoting John F Kennedy, and Kaiju quietly telling us that Angela Merkal’s been manhandled by George W. Bush.

Presidents, eh, @Euthymios73 … ? And Kaiju, you right, they do seem to be going downhill …

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

Q1) 23rd, 1963, saw the BBC air the first episode of Dr Who: what was the name of that first episode … ?


Q2) 23rd November, 1976, saw the death of noted French author, André Malraux. As well as writing, he was also a French government minister: what was the first government post he was appointed to … ?

Q3) More to the point, who appointed Malraux to that post … ?

Q4) While we’re on a literary theme: 23rd November, 1990, saw the death of which children’s writer … ?

Q5) In the US, 23rd November is the earliest date that Black Friday can fall: Black Friday marks the start of what … ?

Q6) And finally … 23rd November, 1993, saw Rachel Whiteread win the Turner Prize for Modern art: and the K Foundation art award for what … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 22nd November, 1963, saw the death of President John F. Kennedy: what was the name of the Governor of Texas who was also seriously injured, that day … ?


A1) John Connally.

Q2) 22nd November, 1997, saw the death of which Australian rock star … ?

A2) Michæl Hutchence of INxs.

Q3) 22nd November, 1913, saw the birth of English composer, Benjamin Britten: which of his operas premiered in 1945?

A3) Peter Grimes.

Q4) 22nd November, 2005, saw who elected as the very first female German Chancellor … ?

A4) Angela Merkel.

Q5) And finally … 22nd November, 1974, saw the UN grant Observer status to who … ?

A5) The Palestinian Liberation Organisation.

Enjoy those, everyone.

Now, if you’ll excuse me … ? I’m going to try and hunt up that list of really silly sound effects …