The Daily Teaser — 18-5-2012

Hmmm …

You know, it looks like it’s going ahead.

Facebook officially goes on sale, today.

Or, I should say, Facebook shares are going on sale, today.

With this batch valued at $104 billion.  Some £66 billion, if I’ve got the conversion right.

You know, I think I’d like to ask Mark Zuckerberg one thing, if I ever get the chance.

“Can I have some of that money, please?”

After all, I — and quite a few others — are what makes Facebook so attractive to the advertisers also lurking on FB.

Just a thought for you … 

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and, along with confirming which sketch was what*, also bagged 8 out of 8.

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) 18th May, 1152, saw Henry 2nd marry his queen: who was she … ?

Q2) More to the point, was Henry the queen in question’s first, second or third husband?

Q3) Nearer today … 18th May, 2009, saw the end of which country’s civil war … ?

Q4) 18th May, 1756, saw the formal start of the Seven Years’ War, when Great Britain declared war … on which country … ?

Q5) 18th May, 1991, saw who become the first Briton into space … ?

Q6) And finally … 18th May, 1804, saw which Corsican named as Emperor of the French … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) The night of the 17th May, 1943, saw an RAF raid on dams on 3 German rivers: name any of them.

A1) The Möhne, Sorpe and Eder: the Sorpe is also known as the Ruhr …

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the operation … ?

A2) Operation Chastise.

Q3) Equally to the point, what was the name of the RAF squadron … ?

A3) No 617 Squadron RAF.

Q4) Who designed the famous bombs used for it … ?

A4) Sir Barnes Wallis.

Q5) As a FINAL one … what was the name of the 1955 film about the raid … ?

A5) The Dam Busters.

Q6) Moving on … 17th May, 1997, saw Zaire officially change its name to what … ?

A6) The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Q7) 17th May, 1970, saw Thor Heyerdahl begin his attempt to cross what in the Ra 2?

A7) The Atlantic Ocean.

Q8) And finally … 17th May, 1978, saw who’s stolen body found, in Switzerland … ?

A8) Charlie Chaplin’s.   (It had been stollen, a week and a half, earlier, in a blackmail attempt.)

Enjoy those, everyone: in memory of the late Ian Curtis, I’ll leave you with this … 

Oh … And as Debbi mentioned Enya, yesterday, I’ll have to admit, the only other tune I can remember her being involved with — if I’m right — was the TV theme tune to Robin of Sherwood.

I’ll leave you with that, shall I … ?

*        Was that me, Debbi, or is ‘which sketch was what’ a bit of a mouthful … ?