The Daily Teaser: 20-6-11

You know, I’ve got to be honest, my nephew, Jude … ?

Is now on YouTube!

I’ve got to admit, I put up the footage, last night: I’m just hoping Ruth doesn’t mind!

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And just as an EXTRA opening point, for a cloudy Monday morning … ?

Bless her, I managed to catch this post from Debbi, today, after opening my favourite RSS reader: seems she’s found a nice little list of trivial things about the English language. How accurate it is, I don’t know.

But I do know it missed out the fact that ‘facetious’ is the only word in the language with all five vowels in alphabetical order …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Debbi, and the welcomed back Suzie — EuthYmios73, on Twitter — both putting in their answers …

And both bagging 5 out of 5.

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) 20th June, 1975, saw the original US release of which Steven Spielberg film … ?

Q2) 20th June, 1837, saw Queen Victoria ascend to the throne of the UK: how old was she, when this happened … ?

Q3) 20th June, 1963, saw the famed Hotline established between the White House and the Kremlin: in which year was its first use … ?

Q4) 20th June, 1984, saw Education Secretary Keith Joseph announce that O-Levels were to be replaced by what … ?

Q5) And finally … 20th June, 1928, saw the birth of actor, Martin Landau: in which Gerry and Sylvia Anderson series did he play Commander John Koenig … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 19th June, 1978, saw which cartoon character make his first appearance … ?

A1) Garfield.

Q2) 19th June, 1990, saw the initial signing of the Indigenous and Tribal People’s Convention: which European country was the first to sign it … ?

Q2) Norway.

Q3) 19th June, 1974, saw a female resident of Bellevue — in Washington State — become the first person on record to have been saved by what … ?

A3) The Heimlich Maneuver.

Q4) Many Afro-American’s celebrate 19th June as Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, commemorating the day in 1865, when slaves were freed: in which US state … ?

A4) Texas.

Q5) And finally … 19th June, 1970, saw who become Prime Minister, after winning a General Election … ?

A5) Edward Heath.

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

After I’ve left you with a tune* from birthday boy, Brian Wilson and his mates …

* Let me know if that’s a BIG clue for Q1 … !