The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 14-11-2011: World Diabetes Day

Hmmm … 

I’m thinking, here, that I’m going to have to rush, here … !

Frankly … ?

Frankly, Damon Albarn’s going to have the biggest radio audience of his LIFE, helping the BBC’s radio service — ALL of it! —  celebrate its 90th birthday.

So … 

Without much ado, here’s this week’s Gazette Teaser: written by yours truly!

Q1) 14th November is World Diabetes Day.   Diabetes is caused by a shortage of which hormone … ?

Q2) More to the point, that hormone is usually produced by what: the liver, the pancreas or the kidneys … ?

Q3) The shortage of that hormone leads to too much what: sucrose, glucose or fructose … ?

Q4) The full name of Diabetes, is what … ?

Q5) Noted 80s singer, Mari Wilson famously suffers with Type 1 Diabetes: in spite of that, she clocked up a UK № 8, with what song … ?

Q6) Fellow sufferer, Halle Berry famously won her Best Actress Oscar for which 2001 film … ?

Q7) Actress and diabetes sufferer, Mary Tyler Moore, does a lot of work for diabetes charities in the US: during the 1960s, she famously played the wife of which actor … ?

Q8) Author, H. G. Wells also suffered with the condition: which of his novels was turned into an album by Jeff Wayne … ?

Q9) Wells, Wilson, Berry and Moore all shared their condition with the Godfather Of Soul.   Who was the Godfather Of Soul … ?

Q10) And finally … Author and Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, suffered with diabetes: his one well known novel was turned into which Jack Nicholson film … ?

And here’s last week’s questions and answer: links are on the Gazette’s version of this page.

Questions.

Q1) 7th November, 1996, saw NASA launch its Mars Global Surveyor: NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space … what … ?

Q2) More to the point … the Mars Global Surveyor was launched from NASA’s Cape Canaveral Airbase: in which US state is Cape Canaveral … ?

Q3) Moving on, slightly … in which year did the Mars Global Surveyor reach Mars: 1997, 1998, or 1999 … ?

Q4) Mars, of course is known as the what planet: red, white or blue … ?

Q5) More to point, name either of Mars’ moons … 

Q6) The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is on Mars.   What’s its name: Tartarus Mons, Chronus Mons or Olympus Mons … ?

Q7) More to the point … Is that mountain a volcano: yes or no … ?

Q8) While we’re being Martian … science fiction classic, War Of The Worlds, was all about a Martian invasion of Earth.   Which English wirter wrote that novel… ?

Q9) Which recent film told us all about the adventure of John Carter of Mars … ?

Q10) And finally … Bugs Bunny cartoon, ‘Haredevil Hare’ saw the first appearance of which cartoon character: Martin the Martian, Marvin the Martian or Michelle the Martian … ?

Answers.

A1) Administration.

A2) Florida.   (Apparently, it’s separated from the nearby Merritt Island by the Banana River.   Well … it made me smile … )

A3) 1997.

A4) The Red planet.

A5) Phobos and Deimos.   (The names mean ‘Fear’ and ‘Terror’, in English: the two moons were named for the Roman God of War’s two sons.   Mars also has a daughter called Clancy: although I don’t know the Latin translation …)

A6) Olympus Mons.

A7) Yes: it’s what’s called a shield volcano.

A8) H. G. Wells.

A9) John Carter.   (Pay attention, everyone … )

A10) Marvin the Martian.

Have a GOOD week … !