Thursday 31 March 2011

The Daily Teaser …

You know, I’ve got to admit, I had a bit of a late night, last night.

And, no, it’s not what you think, either … !

Blimey, I’m glad I caught that, I almost put know, there.

At ANY rate, thew reason for the late night … ?

Was I was posting about the film I, Movie Night Adrain, Kevin D and Tootles Sarah, managed to see the night before!

Kick Ass, just in case you’re wondering.

And I’ve got to confess, it was rather entertaining …

Foul-mouthed …

But entertaining … !

Lets get moving on, shall we … ? Before I start doing me Hit Girl impersonation …


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Hang on, let me grab another cuppa …

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Oh, that’s better

Now where was …

Oh, yeah … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju, Debbi, and newcomer, Becky — officially my youngest commentor, bless her — all putting in they answers: with Kaiju and Debbi scoring 5 out of 5, and Becky 4, it also saw Kaiju admitting Eraserhead* was a personal favourite, Becky suddenly realising she’d got the first two questions in the wrong order, and Debbi happily admitting she’s planning to repost the Kick Ass trailer.

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) 31st March, 1998, saw the Netscape corporation release its web browser under an open-source license: how is that browser now known … ?

Q2) 31st March, 1949, saw which British dominion become the 10th Province of Canada … ?

Q3) 31st March, 1930, saw the Motion Picture Production Code go into force, in Hollywood: what did Hollywood nickname this code … ?

Q4) 31st March, 1921, saw the initial founding of which Commonwealth countries airforce … ?

Q5) And finally … 31st March, 1910, saw six north Staffordshire towns join together to form which English town … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 30th March, 1858, saw Hymen Lipman patent pencils with attached erasers: in which David Lynch film does a character have a dream featuring someone making this sort of pencil … ?
A1) Eraserhead.

Q2) 30th March, 1296, saw Edward 1st of England, sack which town, as part of his war against Scotland … ?
Q2) Berwick Upon Tweed.

Q3) 30th March, 1962, saw the birth of the Reverend Stanley Kirk Burrell: how is he better known … ?
A3) The notorious large-trouser-wearing … MC Hammer.

Q4) 30th March, 2002, saw the death of HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother: how old was she when she died … ?
A4) 101.

Q5) And finally … 30th March, 1853, saw the birth of which Dutch artist … ?
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later, after I’ve left you with this clip …




* Kaiju, Debbi, I would frankly love to try talking Kevin and Adrian to sitting down with both this, and some of Lynch’s other work. But, Lordy, they’re hard to persuade, they really are … ! And Becky, I think you’ve GOT to catch this … !


2 comments:

Kaiju said...

Paul, you all should catch David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. And then explain it to me! Har!

Debbi said...

1. Mozilla
2. Newfoundland and Labrador
3. the Hays Code
4. Australia
5. Stoke-on-Trent