The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 17-7-2013: The Fall Of The Romanovs

You know, it HAS to be said, I’ve been … ah … loaned copies of season three of Game Of Thrones.

I have to admit, I’m impressed.

OK, granted, there’s a hell of a lot of going on in the series: and it’s a shame it’s not on any of the free-to-air TV services.

But it’s good old eye-opening fun.

And they haven’t even dug up any elves, yet … !

Ahem … !

~≈†≈~

At any rate … 

At ANY rate, today’s Wednesday: which means it’s time for the Weekly Gazette Teaser, covered, here, by the Creative Commons License*.

Here’s this week’s 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 … ?

And here’s last week’s questions and answers: the links are on the Gazette’s two sites.

Questions.

Q1) 10 July, 1903, saw the birth of writer, John Wyndham.   Which of his novels features giant walking plants … ?

Q2) In which year was it originally published: 1951, 1953 or 1955 … ?

Q3) That novel was also made into a TV series starring Dougray Scott, Eddie Izzard and which member of the Redgrave family … ? 

Q4) One of Wyndham’s novel’s is about an anti-aging treatment that works.   Its title is ‘The Trouble With’ what: algae, lichen or fungi … ?

Q5) ‘Chocky’ — televised on ITV, back in the 1980s — was all about a little boy whose imaginary friend turns out to be real.   What’s the imaginary friend’s name?

Q6) His novel, ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’ has been turned into two films: both film versions are called ‘The Village of the’ … what?

Q7) More to the point, the book — and films — are about a small village whose female residents all simultaneously become … what?

Q8) Which of Wyndham’s novel’s is set on the Northeastern coast of Canada: ‘Chocky’, ‘The Kraken Wakes’ or ‘The Chrysalids’

Q9) Which of Wyndham’s novels tells of an invasion of Earth by unseen water dwelling aliens?

Q10) And finally … John Wyndham wrote some of his early works under what name: John Benyon, John Bunyon or Jean Beeny … ?

Answers.

A1) ‘Day of The Triffids’.

A2) 1951.

A3) Joely Richardson.

A4) ‘The Trouble With Lichen’.   (Is it just me, or is a genuine way of halting aging, a mildly disturbing idea … ?)

A5) ‘Chocky’.

A6) Damned.

A7) Pregnant.

A8) ‘The Chrysalids’.   (Labrador, to be precise.)

A9) ‘The Kraken Wakes’.

A10) John Benyon.

Enjoy the week.

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