The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 24-7-2013: Machu Picchu

Blimey … 

Looks like Yours Truly gets a mention in this weeks Brentwood Gazette.

Mostly as a result of getting heavily talked to, by reporter, Piers Meyler, yesterday: all about anti-socail behaviour in Rollason Way.

Although it’s a shame they’ve not managed to post it on the actual website, as yet.

Which shouldn’t be too long, at any rate.

At least … I think it won’t … !

Either way … I’m just hoping I don’t get that much in the way of negative feedback from the neighbours … 

~≈Ì≈~

Either way … ?

Either way, it’s Wednesday: which means it’s time for the Gazette’s Weekly quiz.

Here’s the questions: covered as ever by the Creative Commons License* …

Q1) 24th July saw the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu.   In which year of the 20th century: 1910, 1911 or 1912?

Q2) More to the point, by a man called Hiram Bingham the what: 3rd, 4th or 5th … ?

Q3) Which Native American empire was Machu Picchu a part of: Aztec, Toltec or Incan … ?

Q4) The Empires in Q3 had a calendar that predicted the end of the world on 21st December of which year … ?

Q5) The heart of that empire was in what’s now which country: Peru, Mexico or Ecuador … ?

Q6) Machu Picchu translates into English as what: Tall Peak, Young Peak or Old Peak … ?

Q7) Either way, Machu Picchu is on a peak: in which mountain range … ?

Q8) What was the name of the Conquistador who brought down the empire Machu Picchu was part of … ?

Q9) What European country were the Conquistadors from … ?

Q10) What’s the name of the — rather violent — Mel Gibson directed film about Native South American empires … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 17th July saw the death of Tsar Nicholas 2nd, and his family.   In which year … ?

Q2) During the Revolution in which country … ?

Q3) In which town: Engels, Yekaterinburg or Ostrov … ?

Q4) Name any of the Tsar’s family, killed that day.

Q5) What was the name of Tsar Nicholas’ dynasty … ?

Q6) The family were executed by Communist revolutionaries known as what: Mensheviks, Bolsheviks or Hetsheviks … ?

Q7) What was the name of the ‘Mad Monk’ famously associated with the Tsar’s family … ?

Q8) Notorious fakir, Anna Anderson, claimed to be which member of the family … ?

Q9) What was the name of the 1971 film about Tsar Nicholas and his family … ?

Q10) And finally … In which year was the body of Tsar Nicholas’ son discovered: 2005, 2007 or 2009 … ?

Answers.

A1) 1918.

A2) Russia.

A3) Yekaterinburg.

A4) The Tsar, himself, his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, also known as Alix of Hesse, the four Grand Duchesses — Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia — and the Crown Prince, Tsarevich Alexei.

A5) Romanov.

A6) Bolsheviks.

A7) Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin.

A8) Anastasia.

A9) ‘Nicholas and Alexandra’.

A10) 2007.

Enjoy those: I’ll see you next week … 

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