Busy, busy, busy.
Well …
Busyish: at least, that’s how today looks at the moment.
I’ve got to sign on at the local job centre: that’s at two thirty.
Oh … and do at least three posts.
Which is on top of my usual job-hunting.
I’d better get a move on, hadn’t I … ?
Here we go …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbiº putting in her answers: along with writing up her own Teaser*, also managed to bag 6 out of 6.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s Teaser, shall we?
Q1) 30th January saw the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi: in which year … ?
Q2) More to the point, by an extremist of which religion … ?
Q3) 30th January, 1965, saw which World War Two leader receive a state funeral … ?
Q4) In which year was that leader named as ‘the Greatest Briton’ by a BBC survey … ?
Q5) 30th January, 1972, saw 13 people killed in the ‘Bloody Sunday’ protests: in which Northern Irish city … ?
Q6) And finally … 30th January, 1969, saw the last performance by which band … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 29th January saw the first publication of Poe’s The Raven. In which New York newspaper … ?A1) The New York Evening Mirror.
Q2) More to the point, in which year was this … ?A2) 1845.
Q3) 29th January, 1856, saw Queen Victoria institute the Victoria Cross. It’s usually announced in the London Gazette: with one exception. Whom … ?A3) The American Unknown Soldier, in 1921.
Q4) During World War 1, 29th January, 1916, saw Paris bombed by what kind of German aircraft … ?A4) Zeppelins.
Q5) 29th January. 1976, saw the West End of London bombed by which terrorist group … ?A5) The IRA.
Q6) And finally … 29th January, 1819, saw Sir Stamford Raffles land on which island … ?A6) Singapore.
We’ll mark the Great Soul’s death with this quote …
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”Mohandas K. Gandhi 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948
And with a tune from birthday boy, Phil Collins …
* Ohh … ! I think I’ll be having a look at that, later, Debbi! Although I doubt I’ll match you scores, here … !
º On a more SERIOUS note … ? I’m going to have to look up that other post: it sounds rather good … ! (You know, I’m blowed if I can remember where I read it, but BBC America were supposed to be doing something for the 50th anniversary. I’ll try and Tweet/FB it to you, if I can dig it up … !)
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