The Daily Teaser — 16-10-2011

Hmmmm …

You know, I’ve GOT to admit, I’m left-wing enough to actually like the Occupy Wall Street movement that seems to be kicking off across the world.

Seriously …

Or at least the idea of it.

But on the OTHER hand … ?

On the OTHER hand, I’m also wondering exactly how representative these things are.

After all, from the media coverage I’ve seen of the Occupy London end of things … ?

The people running it are incredibly young, and really very posh.

I’m wondering if there’s any of them who’d be happy to call themselves working class.

Hmmm …

Never mind …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi, bless her, putting in her answers: and, along with being freaked by yesterday extra video, bagged 7 out of 7.

Lets see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 16th October, 1996, saw the British government ban what … ?

Q2) That ban was in response to which incident … ?

Q3) 16th October, 1949, saw diplomatic relations established between the USSR … and where … ?

Q4) 16th October, 1967, saw singer Joan Baez arrested in a anti-Vietnam War protest: what was her biggest UK hit … ?

Q5) 16th October, 1987, was the morning after Britain saw the worst storms since … when … ?

Q6) And finally … 16th October, 1978, saw Wanda Rutkiewicz become the first Pole — and first European woman — to reach the summit of which mountain?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 15th October, 2001, saw NASA’s Galileo probe pass close to the Solar system’s most geologically active body: which body is it … ?

A1) Io.

Q2) More to the point, which planet is that body a moon of … ?

A2) Jupiter.

Q3) Moving on … 15th October, 1764, saw writer, Edward Gibbon saw a group of monks singing in the ruined Temple of Venus in Rome: which book did this inspire him to write … ?

A3) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (In six quarto sized volumes, I should add: rather than — for example — double-elephant folio)

Q4) 15th October, 1815, saw who begin a famous exile on an obscure Atlantic island … ?

A4) Napoleon 1st.

Q5) More to the point, what was the name of the island … ?

A5) Saint Helena.

Q6) 15th October, 1964, saw Nikita Khruschev step down as head of the USSR’s government: apart from Chairman of the Council of Ministers, what other senior post did he hold … ?

A6) First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR. (Debbi, why on EARTH does the phrase ‘mouthful’ spring to mind … ?)

Q7) And finally … 15th October, 1917, saw the execution of (possible) spy, Mata Hari: in which European country?

A7) France.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll leave you with the two tunes that have been playing away in my head since I work up, this morning.