Monday 7 November 2011

The Daily Teaser - 7-11-2011

You know, you can TELL it’s a Monday, can’t you … ?

Well …

I can … !

For starters, Nina — over in Finland — has already admitted to things.
And next up … ?

I’ve DEFINITELY got Radio 4 on.

The Today programme, if you must know.

Who are covering the Greek crisis and body mix-ups, just so you know …

Hmmm …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

I’ve a busy day ahead of me, today, with an interview in Billericay*, later …

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Yesterday’s Teaser was fantastically busy! Which is exactly what I like! It saw Tim, Lynn from Fife, Kaiju and Debbi all putting in their answers: with Tim scoring 4 out of 6º, Lyn bagging 5, and Debbi and Kaiju — Big Beasts that they are — both bagging 6ª.

Let’s see how they — and you — do with today’s questions’s, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video
Q1) 7th November, 1917, saw Vladimir Lenin lead the revolution that turned Russia into the USSR: on what date was this in the Russian calendar of the time?

Q2) More to the point, how was this revolution known … ?

Q3) 7th November, 1987, saw President Habib Bourguiba overthrown by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali: in which north African country … ?

Q4) 7th November, 1994, saw station WXYC make the world’s first broadcast over what … ?

Q5) 7th November, 1944, saw Franklin Roosevelt elected as US president: was this his second, third or fourth term … ?

Q6) And finally … 7th November, 1956, saw the UN call for the UK, France and Israel withdraw from where … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 6th November, 1844, saw which Caribbean country adopt it’s first constitution … ?
A1) The Dominican Republic.

Q2) 6th November, 1814, saw the birth of instrument designer, Adolphe Sax. His best known invention, the saxophone, was patented in which year: 1844, 1846 or 1848?
A2) 1846.

Q3) More to the point, is it a woodwind or brass instrument?
A3) Woodwind. (The distinction is whether the instrument uses a reed to make air vibrate — as woodwind instruments do — or have a mouthpiece that’s blown directly into, or over.)

Q4) 6th November, 1962, saw the United Nations condemn which country … ?
A4) South Africa: over it’s Apartheid policies.

Q5) 6th November, 1789, saw John Carroll named as the first Catholic bishop of which country … ?
A5) The USA.

Q6) And finally … 6th November, 1925, saw the execution of secret agent, Sidney Reilly, by the USSR’s secret police: what were they called … ?
A6) The Ob’edinennoe Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie, or OGPU. The name translates as Joint State Political Directorate or ‘All-Union State Political Administration’, depending on who you ask …
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll leave you all with the tune I (mentally) woke up to†.










* Funny thing is, I’m not actually nervous, as yet, which is possibly a bad sign. The last two interviews I had were both unsuccessful, so this one can’t be any worse …

ºrds, in other words. Oooh … ! I’m a poet, and I didn’t know it …

ª With Kaiju, as ever, giving some extra details: on the OGPU, in this case.

I’m just hoping The Barron Knight’s A Taste Of Aggro can be picked up in the US …

1 comment:

Debbi said...

Well, this Big Beast has arrived. :) Let's see how it goes ...

1. October 25
2. Red October, October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution
3. Tunisia
4. the Internet
5. fourth
6. the Gaza Strip, Sinai and the Suez Canal zone