Well, it’s official: the BBC have started the advertising for the Dr Who Christmas special.
You can usually tell it’s getting nearer.
Usually when the broadsheets start doing little articlettes about it.
Which makes for interesting reading.
Or could, if it really wanted to …
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Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets … !
Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju — bless ’em both — putting in their answers. With both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Trevor quoting Emily Carr, and Kaiju being very surprised that Richard D. Zanuck lived in LA.
In an ironic way, I should point out … !
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 14th December, 2003, saw the capture of Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, near his home town in Iraq: what was his home town … ?Q2) 14th December, 1819, saw which State of America become the 22nd to join the Union … ?Q3) 14th December, 1999, saw Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga all join … what … ?Q4) 14th December, 1969, saw the birth of actress, Natascha McElhone: in which 1998 film did she appear along-side Jim Carey … ?Q5) And finally … 14th December, 1503, saw the birth of which noted French astrologer … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 13th December, 1974, saw which island nation become a republic … ?A1) Malta. (Or the Republic of Malta, GC, if you’d like to get picky … )Q2) 13th December, 1995, saw riots break out in which London borough … ?A2) Brixton.Q3) 13th December, 1934, saw the birth of which American film producer … ?A3) Richard D Zanuck.Q4) 13th December, 2008, saw the death of actress, Kathy Staff: in which British sitcom did she play Nora Batty … ?A4) Last of the Summer Wine. (Which only saw its last series, just recently. Oh, Trevor, did you know Ms Staff’s real name was Minnie Higginbotham … ?)Q5) And finally … 13th December, 1960, saw who — temporarily — deposed, whilst on a visit to Brazil … ?A5) Haile Selassie 1st of Ethiopia.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later.
After leaving you with this …
3 comments:
Q1Tikrit.
Q2 Alabama
Q3 United Nations Organization (UNO)
Q4The Truman Show
Q5 Michel de Nostredame normally known as Nostradamus
Trevor
“Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.”
“I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor. . . but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.”
“When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . . . . There had never before been any star in that place in the sky.”
Quotes by Tycho Brahe (Danish Astronomer) born 14th December 1546. He saw the 1572 supernova. And wrote “De nova stella” which gave us the words supernova and nova.
yesterdays Q2) 13th December, 1995, saw riots break out in which London borough … ?
well Brixton is a district. The Borough which is what you asked for is Lambeth.
Trevor
1. Tikrit
2. Alabama
3. United Nations
4. The Truman Show
5. Michel de Nostredame, aka Nostradamus
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