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?

A1) Richard Stallman.

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?

A3) Kazakhstan.

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?

A5) Ridley Scott.

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 … !)