The Daily Teaser — 16-5-2012

Right, that’s the Snow Leopard version of Safari 5·1·7 in action, is it … ?

You know, it’s slowly getting better.

But … ?

I’ll be honest, it still seems to be throwing itself into White Flash mode: especially when I have multiple tabs open.

And especially when one of those tabs is an upload to YouTube.

Hmmm … 

Now … 

Bar opening another browser up … ?

I’m just wondering what sort of work-around is available … 

Let’s get moving right along, shall we?   Before I go and start looking … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome — putting in her answers: and, along with admitting she wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition*, also bagging 6 out of 6.

Let’s 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 May, 1868, saw which US president acquitted in an impeachment trial … ?

Q2) More to the point, by how many votes … ?

Q3) 16th May, 2005, saw the Kingdom of Kuwait permit women to what: wear trousers, attend university or vote … ?

Q4) 16th May, 1968, saw three people killed in East London killed as one corner of a what collapsed … ?

Q5) 16th May, 1951, saw the first transatlantic flights between Heathrow Airport: and which New York airport … ?

Q6) More to the point, what’s that airport now called … ?

Q7) And finally … 16th May, 1966, saw the Chinese government release the 16th May Notification: what did this see the start of … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 15th May, 1836, saw the first observation of what: Baily’s Beads, Barney’s Blobs or Dewhurst’s Droplet’s … ?

A1) Baily’s Beads.

Q2) More to the point, what was this during: a tornado, a meteor shower, or an eclipse … ?

A2) Eclipse.   (The beads in questions are sunlight coming through gaps in the lunar landscape … )

Q3) 15th May, 1941, saw the first flight of a British jet plane: who was the engine’s designer … ?

A3) Frank Whittle.

Q4) 15th May, 1718, saw James Puckle patent the world’s first machine gun: which sub-machine gun was informally known as the Chicago Piano … ?

A4) The Thompson.

Q5) 15th May, 1918, saw the end of which country’s civil war … ?

A5) Finland’s.

Q6) And finally … 15th May, 1252, saw Pope Innocent 4th issue the Bull that allowed the Inquisition to torture who: blasphemers, heretics or unbelievers … ?

A6) Heretics.   (Which is a cue … )

Enjoy those, everyone: as Emiliana Torrini celebrates her birthday, today, I’ll mark it with her performance of Gollum’s Song, possibly the saddest song I’ve ever heardº … 

*        Can I be frank, here, Debbi … ?   NO-ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition … !   Their chief weapons are fear … fear and surprise … fear and surprise and nice red uniforms … !   No, this is getting very silly … !

º        That ‘We are lost, we can never go home’ line?   Well …