The Daily Teaser — 16-10-2012

Well, it’s OFFICIALLY official.

I have had to crack out the emergency trousers!

As I think I’ve already mentioned, I’ve an interview, today: in London.

What’s annoyed me is the simple fact that — bless ’em — Marks & Spencer managed to not deliver the trousers I’d ordered: hence digging up the emergency pair.

Hey-ho.

Here’s hoping that doesn’t affect my chances too much.

Let’s get moving in, shall we?

Let’s … !

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Yesterday’s teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and, along with admit she found the plural of TARDIS* a tricky one, 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 October is, of course, World Food Day.   What’s the theme of this years’sWorld Food Day: farmers co-ops, biodiversity or food security … ?

Q2) More to the point … Which UN organisation organizes World Food Day … ?

Q3) 16th October, 1984, saw the debut of Britain’s longest running police show: what was it called … ?

Q4) 16th October, 1996, saw the British government ban handguns, after the Dunblane Massacre: which famous Scottish tennis player survived that massacre … ?

Q5) 16th October, 1967, saw singer, Joan Baez, arrested at a Vietnam War protest: what was her biggest UK hit … ?

Q6) And finally … 16th October, 1793, saw Marie Antoinette guillotined at the height of the French Revolution: which French King was she married to … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 15th october, 1888, saw investigators receive a letter from where … ?

A1) Hell.

Q2) More the the point, who — apparently — wrote that letter … ?

A2) Jack the Ripper.

Q3) 15th October, 1956, saw which programming language available to programmers: FORTRAN, Basic or Python … ?

A3) FORTRAN.

Q4) 15th October, 1964, saw which Russian, suddenly retire … ?

A4) Nikita Khrushchev.

Q5) 15th October, 1987, saw Sir Penaia Ganilau resign as Commonwealth Governor General of where … ?

A5) Fiji.

Q6) And finally … 15th October, 1987, saw the Great Storm of 1987 hit the UK.   How much did this eventually cost insurers: £2 billion, £3 billion or £4 billion … ?

A6) £2 billion.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll leave you with this quote from Angela Lansbury …

“A sitcom. I hate that word.”

Angela Lansbury, born 16 October 1925.

And with this song from birthday girl, Icelandic singer, Yohanna … 

*        I’ll be honest, Debbi, I can never work out if it’s TARDISeseseseses or TARDISii.   One Djini, many Djinii.   Debbi, is it me or can we milk this for years … ?