Wednesday 2 March 2011

The Daily Teaser …

Ye gods, but I am TIRED …

Mind you, I know whose fault that is: mostly mine.

After all, it was Movie Night, last night.

Which finished a touch on the late side. If nothing else, though, I’ll have the post done, later … !

He says, yawning, gently … …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Shall we … ?

Yes, lets

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi, Kaiju and Mr Strict all putting in their answers.

With all three bagging 7 out of 7, it also saw Kaiju offering us the etymology of the word ‘Welsh’, Mr S showing us this, and Debbi leaving me a comment, here: seems like her first novel is hitting Essex Libraries, soon …

At any rate, lets move on, and see how everyone does with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video

Q1) 2nd March, 1717, saw the début performance of The Loves of Mars and Venus, the first what to be performed in England … ?

Q2) 2nd March, 1969, saw the maiden flight of Concorde: is Concorde the French or English spelling of the word … ?

Q3) 2nd March, 1983, saw the first commercial CDs and CD players go on sale, outside of Japan. What’s the nickname of the manual that first described CDs technical specifications: the Red Book, the Green Scroll or the Yellow Pamphlet … ?

Q4) 2nd March, 1978, saw Vladimar Remek become the first non-American or non-Russian to go into Space: what was his nationality, at the time … ?

Q5) And finally … 2nd March, 1939, saw Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected as possibly one of history’s more controversial popes: under what name did he assume the Papal throne … ?
And here’s yesterday’s mildly themed questions …
Q1) In which year did the Welsh Assembly declare Saint David’s Day to be a public holiday … ?
A1) 2000.

Q2) What’s the name of the National Welsh Music festival … ?
Q2) The National Eisteddfod.

Q3) S4C — Britain’s only Welsh language TV station — started in which year … ?
A3) 1982.

Q4) ‘Wales’ and ‘Welsh’ are derived from an Anglo-saxon word meaning … what … ?
A4) ‘Foreigner’.

Q5) Moving on … 1st March, 1950, saw Klaus Fuchs jailed for spying: for which country … ?
A5) The USSR.

Q6) 1st March, 1873, saw E. Remington and Sons begin production of the world’s first practical what … ?
A6) Typewriter.

Q7) And finally … 1st March, 1781 saw the US Continental Congress issue what: the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, or the US Constitution … ?
A7) The Articles of Confederation.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …


2 comments:

Kaiju said...

1. ballet
2. Ah. A learning opportunity! It's French. Kinda.
"The name means armony, peace. remeber that being that airplane a collaboration between 2 countries with different languages, the name had to be a word that is the same in the 2 languages, or at least not very different. for a short period there was a discussion if call it "Concord" or "Concorde", the first is the English word, the second is the French word.
Then they chose "Concorde" and in England the final "e" is justified as the first letter of England."
3. red book
4. Czechoslovak
5. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli became Pope Pius XII. Pacellli was arguably the most dangerous churchman in modern history. As Pontiff during World War II, not only did he fail to speak out against Hitler's Final Solution, but he personally made the Final Solution possible!

Debbi said...

1. ballet
2. French
3. Red Book
4. Czechoslovakian
5. Pope Pius XII