The Daily Teaser …

Oh, well, now …

That’s either a bit of a coup for The King’s Speech.

Or that’s a heck of a lot of favouritism.

I don’t know if you follow the UK’s BAFTA awards, but they were on, last night: with The King’s Speech, along with its stars, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter and Geoffrey Rush all doing rather well for themselves.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve been interested in catching the film, ever since I’d heard of it: this, though … ?

Definitely adds a bit of incentive.

Think I’ll be mentioning it to Kevin D, Movie Night Adrian and Tootles Sarah …

This one could be good …

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Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

Yesterday’s teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with bagging six out of six, she also managed to give us a few extra details about long-term Monkee, Peter Tork.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s St. Valentine’s Day questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) Saint Valentine is — apparently — buried on the Via Flaminia: the Via Flaminia goes from Rome to what is now which Italian city … ?

Q2) Rhaphanidosis was an Ancient Greek punishment for Adultery and consisted of putting a vegetable where it certainly wouldn’t photosynthesize: which vegetable … ?

Q3) Which romantic publisher’s saw it’s 100th anniversary, in 2008?

Q4) What tree does a date grow on?

Q5) If you’re a philodox, you’re in love with … what?

Q6) If you’re an Eproctphiliac, it mean’s you get aroused … by what … ?

Q7) 14th February is also the second day of which ancient Roman fertility holiday … ?

Q8) Moving on, 14th February, 1859 saw which state admitted as the 33rd state of the USA … ?

Q9) 14th February, 1956, saw the start of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR: saw saw a secret speech by Nikita Khrushchev, denouncing who … ?

Q10) And finally … 14th February, 1778, saw the baptism, and earliest records of musician Fernando Sor: which instrument did he help popularize … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

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

A1) Anna Ford.

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

Q2) Peter Tork.

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

A3) Bass guitar.

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

A4) The Republic of the Congo.

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 … ?

A5) Diamond.

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 … ?

A6) Black Sabbath. By Black Sabbath, obviously …

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