The Daily Teaser …

Hmmmm …

You know, I’ve got to confess, I’ve got the news on, this morning.

And bless ’em, the BBC News channel’s just had a piece about how internet scammers have found a new way of exploiting people.

Quite simply …

By using internet dating sites.

Seemingly, one of the regional news-programmes had an article on the subject, last week: today’s was something of a follow up, telling us of a man and a woman who’s been conned.

Makes you think, doesn’t it … ?

Certainly adds a new terror to the internet, I know that much …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser was a quiet one, with just Debbi putting in her answers: saying that, Debbi managed both to score 5 out of 5, and put in a lot of detail about the UK’s Atomic Energy Authority, and let us know what she thought of No Country For Old Men.

Lets see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 13th February, 1978, saw who named as ITN’s first female newsreader … ?

Q2) 13th February, 1942, saw the birth of which member of The Monkees … ?

Q3) More to the point, which instrument did he usually play … ?

Q4) 13th February, 1961, saw the announcement that Patrice Lumumba was dead: which African nation had he been Prime Minister of … ?

Q5) 13th February, 2004, saw the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announce the discovery of white dwarf star, BPM 37093: also known as ‘Lucy’, BPM 37093 is the largest known what to science … ?

Q6) And finally … 13th February, 1970, saw the release of what’s considered to be the world’s first Heavy Metal album: what was that album’s title … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

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

A1) China.

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

Q2) No Country for Old Men.

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

A3) Use and development of atomic energy.

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 … ?

A4) Naples.

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

A5) An asteroid. (433 Eros, to be exact.)

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