The Daily Teaser — 2-2-2014: New York, New York

Thank heavens for that … !

I managed to catch a film, last night!

Just in case you missed me mentioning it, I woke up with a couple of songs from West Side Story, playing their way through my head, yesterday.

And managed to get it out of my system — as I had the evening free — by sitting down with the film.

I’ll have the write up posted, later: but it was nice to see it, as it’s something I’d never actually watched.

I think I’d appreciate feedback, as and when I get it up.

So to speak!

Either way … ?

Let’s move on … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with letting us know she felt she had a lot to learn, also bagging five out of five.

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

Here it is, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 2nd February, 1653, saw the original municipal founding of what’s now New York: what name was then used for it … ?

Q2) On which New York island was the city founded … ?

Q3) That island is now one of five boroughs of New York: name one of the other four …

Q4) New York — the USA’s, and the world’s — two largest stock markets are on New York’s Wall Street.   Name either.

Q5) New York’s two Major League baseball teams are the New York Mets and the New York Yankees: which now Los Angeles based team, was once the based in the city … ?

Q6) Who’s New York’s current mayor?

Q7) New York born Allen Stewart Konigsberg set many of his films in New York: including Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters.   How is Allen Stewart Konigsberg better known … ?

Q8) Well known comic-book and film, Watchmen starts with the murder of  The Comedian, in New York.   Who was the writer of Watchmen comic-book?

Q9) Which rabbit-like part of New York contained quite a few hotels and amusement parks … ?

Q10) Finally … which blood-drenched cocktail is said to have been invented in a New York bar in the 1930s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 1st February, 1884, saw the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, published.   What’s the first entry in the Oxford English Dictionary … ?

A1) A.

Q2) 1st February, 1946, saw the Parliament of Hungary declare Hungary to be a republic: after abolishing what …?

A2) The Hungarian Monarchy.

Q3) That same day — 1st February, 1946 — saw Trygve Lie of Norway appointed as the first Secretary General of what … ?

A3) The United Nations.

Q4) 1st February is also the feast day Saint Brigid of Kildare.   She’s a patron saint of Ireland, and what else: printing presses, keyboards or computers … ?

A4) Printing presses.

Q5) Finally … 1st February, 2003, saw the deaths of the seven crew-members of the Space Shuttle Columbia.   Name any of them.

A5) Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William C. McCool and Ilan Ramon.

Enjoy those.

I’ll leave you with this tune from U2 … 

And this observation from Douglas Adams …

“The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.”

Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless.

Have a good day … !

*         I know EXACTLY what you mean, Debbi … !   (Actually, you know the beer glass image I use in the posters, and as part of the blog’s background?   That was a royalty-free, photo Shutterstock were giving away, via Macworld.   It’s REALLY handy … !)