Monday 14 February 2011

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 … !



4 comments:

Kaiju said...

1. The Via Flaminia was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to Ariminum Rimini on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had for travel between Etruria, Latium and Campania and the Po Valley.
2. I tried various search engines and dictionaries. This word doesn't exist? Is it spelled correctly? Or should I guess carrot, cucumber, something larger and cylindrical?
3. Mills & Boon’
4. Phoenix dactylifera is the tree or date palm tree
5. dogmatic person; person fond of opinions, especially their own
6. Paul! Where are you getting these??!! This is a fart fetish. Both nasty and bizarre! Yeech!
7. the pagan Lupercalia festival; In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus. [I do love ancient Rome tidbits...]
8. Oregon
9. Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", which denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.
10. classical guitar

Nik Nak said...

Sorry, Kaiju! I’ve just doubled checked my sources, the word should be rhaphanidosis … !

Kaiju said...

Oy! What a terrible thing to do with a radish! I wonder if they left the greenery on the end... (Reminds me of an "ER" episode...)

Debbi said...

1. Rimini
2. radish (ick!)
3. Mills & Boon
4. Phoenix dactylifera or date palm tree
5. your own opinions
6. Flatulence or (to put it simply) farts lol
7. Lupercalia
8. Oregon
9. Joseph Stalin
10. guitar