Wednesday 5 October 2011

The Daily Teaser — 5-10-2011

Hmmm …

That’s a bit of an annoyance, that … !

Seemingly … ?

Well, seeming YouTube — bless their digital socks — are in “Read Only Mode”.

Site maintenance, apparently.

It’s only mildly annoying because there’s work-arounds for it.

But annoying, none the less: especially as I’ve something a little … ahhh … special lined up for today.

Actually … ?

Let’s get moving on, shall we, and see what’s what.

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Debbi and Nina putting in their answers: AND saw 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 (possibly) video

Q1) 5th October, 1962, saw the release of the Eon Productions James Bond movie, Dr No: was Dr No the 2nd, 3rd or 4th James Bond novel … ?

Q2) In which year did Eon Productions release the first James Bond novel as a film?

Q3) More to the point, what was the name of that film … ?

Q4) EQUALLY to the point, who played M in that film?

Q5) And who played M in Dr No … ?

Q6) Moving on … 5th October, 1968, is generally agreed to mark the start of The Troubles: in which part of the UK?

Q7) 5th October, 1969, saw the broadcast of the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus: who was the first member of the team to appear on screen?

Q8) 5th October, 2000, saw opposition protestors storm which country’s parliament building … ?

Q9) And FINALLY … 5th October, 1984, saw who become the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle challenger … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 4th October, 1985, saw the founding of the Free Software Foundation, in Massachusetts: by whom?

Q2) 4th October saw SpaceShipOne win the prize for being the first private space ship to go into space: in which year?
A2) 2004.

Q3) 4th October, 1957, saw the launch of Sputnik 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome: that launch site is now in what’s which independent state?

Q4) 4th October, 1976, saw the launch of the British Intercity125. This had a top speed of 125 mph: how much that km/h?
A4) 201 km/h.

Q5) And finally … 4th October, 1993 saw the skirmish in Somalia that was later turned into the film, Black Hawk Down: who directed that film?
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you after I’ve played you the tune I woke to find banging around in my head … (He say’s, hoping it’s working … !)

2 comments:

Nina, the Wonder-Wench said...

My life literally ain't a knees up at the mo' (12 days of sick leave and crutches, thank you very much!) so I'm just happy to have the Teaser to entertain myself...

1) The 6th, actually...
2) 2006
3) Casino Royale
4) Dame Judi Dench
5) Bernard Lee
6) Northern Ireland
7) Michael Palin? He is the "It's..." guy, isn't he?
8) Yugoslavia
9) Marc Garneau

Debbi said...

Nice tune! I'm glad you got it to work. :)

1. the 6th, according to this source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_novels
2. 2006
3. Casino Royale
4. Judi Dench
5. Bernard Lee
6. Northern Ireland
7. Michael Palin
8. Serbia
9. Marc Garneau