The Daily Teaser — 26-2-2013

Hmmm … 

You know, it has to be said, it sounds like the Liberal Democrats are in trouble, at the moment.

A senior member, Lord Rennard, has been accursed of various degrees of sexual harassment: with the added twist of various accusations of who knew what, when.

The story gets nastier: as it seems the police are now involved.

This could make the Eastleigh by-election go a bit pear-shaped … 

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with being flattering about yesterday’s quotes and videos, 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 are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video … 

Q1) 26th February saw the birth of Jeans designer, Levi Strauss: in which year of the 1820s … ?

Q2) His firm, Levi Strauss and Co., opened for business in which Californian city: Los Angeles, Berkeley or San Francisco … ?

Q3) More to the point, in which city is the firm’s Asian arm headquartered … ?

Q4) Traditionally, jeans are which colour … ?

Q5) Levi’s Jeans did and do feature rivets: made from which metal … ?

Q6) And finally … Shorts made from cut-off jeans are informally know as Daisy Dukes: after a character in which TV show … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 25th February 2013, is a Monday.   When was the last year Monday fell on the 25th February … ?

A1) 2008.

Q2) Which US band had a 1986 hit with Manic Monday … ?

A2) The Bangles.

Q3) Is ‘Monday’ a valid word in Scrabble … ?

A3) No.

Q4) What’s the name of the 1988 film to star Sting, Sean Bean and Melanie Griffith … ?

A4) Stormy Monday.

Q5) Boomtown Rats song, I Don’t Like Mondays was inspired by the school shootings carried out by whom … ?

A5) Brenda Spencer

Q6) And finally … which resident of Muncie, Indiana, famously loves lasagna and hates Mondays.

A6) Garfield.

I’ll leave you with this rather clever tune … 

And this quote from Yves Sant Laurent

“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”
Yves Saint Laurent.

And as a final thing … ?   I’ll ALSO leave you with THIS old Levi’s ad: Shaggy really owes  Levi a BIG thank you … !

*        Gee, thanks, Debbi … !   (I’ll be honest, though, yesterday was nice and easy to put together: it literally rolled off the keyboard.   The real stunners — from where I’m sitting — are some of the regular ones.   I tend to try not to repeat a question, so it means taking some REAL turns, putting something together … !)   Oh, by the way … ?   I meant to try and tweet this past you …