The Daily Teaser …

Right …

Tea …

Done … !

TV …

On, in the background … !

Toast … ?

Hmmm …

I think I’ll do that in a bit …

Actually, talking of the TV, I’ve got Yesterday on, who are showing an old episode of Who Do You Think You Are: focusing on newsreader, Natasha Kaplinsky.

Quite emotional, actually.

Seems her family are Jewish.

And her great grand-parents …

Were in Soviet Belorus when it was invaded by the Nazis.

Yeah …

Not nice to find out …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Debbi* putting in their answers: with both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Kaiju and Debbi highlighting the exact act Emma Goldman had violated, in giving her speeches on contraception.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 12th February, 1912, saw the abdication of the last Emperor of … where … ?

Q2) 12th February, 1968, saw the birth of actor, Josh Brolin: in which Coen Brothers film did he play Llewelyn Moss?

Q3) 12th February, 1954, saw the founding of the UKAEA: this was set up to oversee Britain’s … what … ?

Q4) 12th February, 1816, saw the Teatro di San Carlo — Europe’s oldest working opera house — destroyed by fire: in which Italian city is the Teatro di San Carlo … ?

Q5) 12th February, 2001, saw the NEAR Shoemaker probe become the first human object to land on what … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11th February, 1916, saw noted Anarchist, Emma Goldman, arrested after giving a lecture about … what … ?

A1) Birth Control.

Q2) 11th February, 1978, saw the People’s Republic of China lift bans on Aristotle, Shakespeare … and who else … ?

Q2) Charles Dickens.

Q3) 11th February, 1979, saw who in charge of Iran, after being put in charge of its capital … ?

A3) Ayatollah Khomeini.

Q4) 11th February, 1987, saw who found innocent of controlling prostitutes … ?

A4) Cynthia Payne. (It still amazes me what a Luncheon Voucher will get you … )

Q5) And finally … 11th February, 1956, saw two of the notorious Cambridge Four appear in Moscow, after going missing for some five years: name either …

A5) Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !

* Cheers, Debbi, much better: but worried enough to want to have a quiet word with me doctor …