The Daily Teaser — 24-6-2013: Spotting UFOs

You know, right at the moment, I’m thinking something that, verbally,  is best expressed as ‘yuch’: with ‘ch’ pronounced as in ‘Bach.’

I’m up early: unreasonably so, as the Work Programme wants me in at a stupidly early time: to the point I’ve formally complained, as the bus time tables create one HELL of a conflict.

I’m on my emergency credit on my gas meter.

What’s more … ?   My boiler’s on the blink, so it’s kettle boiling bath water time.

On the whole … ?   I’m not a happy bunny … !

Let’s move on, shall we?

BEFORE I start swearing … !

~≈Ú≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers.   Along with telling she wasn’t able to type as fast as the chap in yesterday’s video*, she also bagged five out of five.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s UFO questions, shall we?

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

Q1) 24th June, 1947, saw Kenneth Arnold make what was the first widely reported UFO sighting.   In which US state was this … ?

Q2) Near which mountain … ?

Q3) How many did he claim to have seen: seven, eight or nine … ?

Q4) What’s the collective name for a group of UFO sightings … ?

Q5) And finally … Arnold’s sighting was partly corroborated by a man called Fred Johnson: who’d been on Mount Adams, doing what?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd June, 1868, saw Christopher L. Sholes patent the world’s first commercially successful typewriter.   What was the name of the keyboard he designed to go with it … ?

A1) The QWERTY keyboard.

Q2) The design is named for the first six letters on which row: top, bottom or middle?

A2) Top.

Q3) What letter is on the right hand end of the bottom row of that keyboard … ?

A3) M.

Q4) The original Sholes Typewriter was tested to destruction by James O. Clephane of Washington D. C.   What was his job: printer, stenographer or army sniper … ?

A4) Stenographer.

Q5) And finally … what was the name of the company the typewriter design was sold to … ?

A5) Remington.

I’ll leave you with this complaint from Kenneth Arnold, himself …

“This whole thing has gotten out of hand. I want to talk to the FBI or someone. Half the people look at me as a combination of Einstein, Flash Gordon and screwball. I wonder what my wife back in Idaho thinks.”

Kenneth Arnold, speaking to interviewers on the 27th of June, 1947.

And with this tune … 

Enjoy your day … 

*        I don’t think ANYONE can type like the chap in the video, Debbi: if I’ve understood the Wikipedia entry on the song, the typewriter part is usually performed by drummers: they’re the only ones with the wrist action …