The Daily Teaser - 24-10-2011

Hmmm …

You know, I don’t know what’s grabbing my attention more, at the moment.

The fact there’s been a rather large earthquake in Turkey*.

Or the fact that PM David Cameron is facing the biggest parliamentary revolt.

Or the fact that the Today programme has just interviewed musician, Thomas Dolby, who has a new album out.

And as a side issue … ?

Invented the synthesiser software in Nokia mobile phones.

There we go …

At least we know who to blame for the really irritating ringtones.

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Lets move on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and, along with being equally amazed about Wang Mang, also bagging a (debatableº) 5 out of 6.

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) 24th October, 1945, saw the formal start of the United Nations: in which US city was the inauguration ceremony … ?

Q2) More to the point, who’s the current UN Secretary General of the UN?

Q3) 24th October, 1949, saw the laying of the cornerstone of the UN’s head-quarters: in which city is that HQ?

Q4) Moving on … 24th October, 2003, saw the last flight of Concorde: that flight landed at which airport … ?

Q5) 24th October, 1901, saw Annie Edson Taylor become the first person to survive going over the Niagara Falls … in a what … ?

Q6) And finally … 24th October, 1933, the birth of which notorious pair of twins … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd October, 2001, saw the first introduction of the Apple iPod: but was the maximum capacity 5, 10 or 20 gigabytes … ?

A1) 10 Gigabytes.

Q2) On that same date — 23rd October, 2001 — saw who begin decommissioning weapons?

A2) The Provisional IRA.

Q3) 23rd October, 1958, saw the debut of the Smurfs. What’s the word for ‘Smurf’, in the version of French used in Belgium … ?

A3) Les Schtroumpfª. (The Wikipedia entry on Smurfs says “The Smurfs’ community generally takes the form of a cooperative, sharing, and kind environment based on the principle that each Smurf has something he or she is good at, and thus contributes it to Smurf society as he or she can. In return, each Smurf appears to be given their necessities of life, from housing and clothes to food without using any money in exchange.” The tree-hugging, Commie Subversives … ! We’re gonna Round ’em up … !)

Q4) More to the point, who directed the 2011 The Smurfs movie … ?

A4) Raja Gosnell.

Q5) 23rd October, 1157, saw the Battle of Grathe Heath: the last battle of which country’s Civil War … ?

A5) Denmark.

Q6) And finally … 23rd October, 1739, saw the start of The War Of Jenkins’ Ear: between Great Britain and where … ?

A6) Spain.

Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll leave you with Francisco Tárrega’s Gran Vals. Bars 13 to 16 … ? Trust me, you’ll know them …

* Seemingly, quite a LOT of people have camped out, overnight, amidst subzero temperatures. And that’s that’s just the Conservative backbenchers, what the Lib-Dem and Labour rebels are doing …

º It all hinges on whether you go with the maximum capacity, on introduction, or the maximum capacity: which is what I went with …

ª Yeah, that was right: and it had me worried, as well.