The Daily Teaser — 10-12-2012

Sir Patrick Moore.

Oh, now that’s sad: it seems noted astronomer and TV presenter, Patrick Moore has died, at the age of 89.

Which is sad.   The man presented The Sky At Night continously for over half a century, influenced me in me (admittedly vague) interest in science, most of Britain’s astronomer’s — amateur and professional — into their work … AND provided the moon maps that NASA and the Soviet space agency used to explore.

Britain might not have got to the moon: but a British giant help humanity get there, and should be honoured as such.   If nothing else, by say RIP.

Let’s move on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with telling us she’ll be starting her publishing project*, she also managed to bag 6 out of 6.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?   Here they area, along with the ‘How To’, license and video … 

Q1) 10th December saw the first Nobel Prizes awarded: in which year … ?

Q2) More to the point, who won the first Nobel Physics Prize … ?

Q3) More to the point, who — in 1989 — won the Nobel Peace Prize … ?

Q4) How many Nobel Prizes, currently, are there … ?

Q5) Name one of them … 

Q6) Albert Nobel, the man who founded the Prizes, owned which armaments company: Bofors, Bushmaster Firearms or Lürssen … ?

Q7) Nobel famously invented dynamite: in which year of the 1860s did he patent it … ?

Q8) More to the point, in which year of the 1850s did he register his first patent … ?

Q9) Moving on … In which country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded … ?

Q10) And finally … who won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 9th December, 1922, saw Gabriel Narutowicz named as the first president of the Second Republic … of where … ?

A1) Poland.

Q2) 9th December, 1960, saw the broadcast of the first episode of the world’s longest running TV soap opera: what’s it called … ?

A2) Coronation Street.

Q3) More to the point, the soap is set in a fictional area of where: Greater Manchester, Greater London or Greater Birmingham … ?

A3) Greater Manchester.

Q4) 9th December, 1952, saw heavy fog clear after 4 days: in which British city?

A4) London.

Q5) 9th December, 1965, saw an apparent UFO crash in Pittsburgh.   What — in 2005 — did NASA admit it was … ?

A5) A crashed Russian satellite.

Q6) And finally … 9th December, 1851, saw the first YMCA open in North America: in which Canadian city … ?

A6) Montreal.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll leave you with a quote from Alfred Nobel, himself …

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”   

Alfred Nobel, 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896

And with A. R. Rahman’s Jai Ho: as he popped up at the Nobel Peace Concert, a few years ago … 

*        Would a new cover be out of the question, Debbi … ?   I can’t help but think something that matches Least Wanted and Riptide would be an idea.   You know, with a block colour background, and some sort of symbol … ?   Just a thought …