The Daily Teaser — 29-12-2013

You, I have to admit, I’m a bit of an aging role-playing-game fan, I really am.

And one that played Tunnels & Trolls, many years ago.

The game was the second hit for a then comparatively then gaming genre: and always left those in the industry thankful.   

Because it proved Dungeons and Dragons success wasn’t a fluke: and that you could make an RPG that was a heck of a lot less clunky … !

Well … I got chatting to Liz Danforth on Twitter, last night: the gaming industry veteran artist, without whom many games — including T&T — would’ve looked very different.

And according to her — someone who definitely knows — the game’s soon to be republished: by original publishers, Flying Buffalo, and its original creative team.   (Including Ms Danforth, herself.)

Think I’ll be keeping my eyes open for THAT … !

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mr Strict, Debbi* and Andy putting in their answers: with Mr S bagging 9, and Debbi and Andy scoring 10, it also saw Debbi telling us she’s working on her memoirs, and Andy pointing out — in his answers — the Eon Productions almost postponed making Skyfall.

Let’s see how they — and you — do with todays questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, license and video … 

Q1) The night of the 29th December, 1940, saw the Second Great Fire Of London: caused by a bombing raid by whom … ?

Q2) More to the point, which London Cathedral famously survived that raid … ?

Q3) 29th December, 1959, saw the Lisbon Metro start operating.  How many stations are there on the Lisbon Metro … ?

Q4) More to the point, in which European country is Lisbon … ?

Q5) 29th December, 1860, saw the launch of the first Royal Navy ironclad: what was its name … ?

Q6) That ship’s completion and launch was in response to which country launching an ironclad … ?

Q7) And finally … 29th December, 1914, saw the first chapters of A Portrait of the the Artist As A Young Man serialized: who wrote A Portrait of the the Artist As A Young Man … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 28th December, 1895, saw the first fee paying film screening: by which brothers … ?

A1) Auguste and Louis Lumière.

Q2) That screening was in the basement of which Café … ?

A2) The Grand Café.

Q3) What did the brothers call their projector … ?

A3) The Cinématographe.

Q4) The word cinema comes from a Greek word that means what: marching, movement or dancing … ?

A4) Movement.

Q5) Nat Taylor is the man credited with inventing the Multiplex cinema: in which Canadian city was his first cinema … ?

A5) Ottawa.

Q6) What cinematic device did Charles Cretors invent: the movie camera, the popcorn machine or the clapboard … ?

A6) The popcorn machine.

Q7) As of 2012, what’s Britain’s highest grossing movie … ?

A7) Skyfall.

Q8) While we on the subject: there are three linked films on Wikipedia’s Highest Grossing UK Films list, at Eight, Nine and Ten.   Name one of them.

A8) The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King.

Q9) Which Stanley Kubrick film did Stanley Kubrick describe as “the proverbial good science fiction movie” … ?

A9) 2001: A Space Odyssey.   (It, for my money, is still one of the best films ever made.)

Q10) And finally … which Orson Welles film was regarded — until 2012 — as the greatest film ever made … ?

A10) Citizen Kane.

Enjoy those, everyone: as today’s the birthday of Dr Who star, Bernard Cribbins, I’ll leave you with this quote from him.

“I remember my mother used to always make us a very special dish - string beans covered in marshmallows and cornflakes... fantastic!”

Bernard Cribbins, 29th December. 1928

And, of course with his two big UK hits … 

*        You DO realise, Debbi, I’m going to be wanting to add that to my collection … ?