The Daily Teaser — 18-4-2014: Never A Crossword … !

Ooops … !

It’s Good Friday … !

And once again, I’ve near enough missed the fact … !

Still … I can always do a Good Friday Teaser, next year … !

THIS year, on the other hand … ?

THIS year, I’m helping my kid sister, Ruth: by taking my nephew, Jude, to see Thomas the Tank Engine.

SHOULD be fun … !

I’ll try and post some photos, later.

Between now and then, though … ?   Let’s get a move on … !

~≈Ê≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and scoring eight out of ten.

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

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

Q1) 18th April, saw the publication of the first book of crossword puzzles.   By which New York based publisher?

Q2) In which year … ?

Q3) Name either direction that a crossword’s answers can go.

Q4) Crosswords are usually one of two shapes.   Rectangular: and what else … ?

Q5) Cipher crosswords — also known as codewords, code breakers, and various similar names — are crossword puzzles where letters are represented as a series of 26 what: numbers, shapes or colours?

Q6) According to the Guinness Book Of Records, the world’s most prolific crossword compiler is Roger Squires of Ironbridge.   In which English county is Ironbridge … ?

Q7) Mr Squires also set the record for using the longest word in a crossword.   How many letters did it have: forty-eight, fifty-eight or sixty-eight … ?

Q8) What was the name of the 2006 documentary about a crossword tournament, directed by Patrick Creadon?

Q9) What name is given to the Japanese puzzle, that involves placing the numbers one to nine, in a nine by nine grid?

Q10) Finally  … which well-known board-game is played by up to four players, placing words, crossword style, in a 15 by 15 square board … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 17th April, 1897, saw a UFO spotted over the small US town of Aurora: in which US state is Aurora … ?

A1) Texas.

Q2) According to reports, what was the UFO shaped like: a saucer, a cigar or a triangle …?

A2) A cigar.

Q3) In which newspaper was the incident first reported: the Dallas Morning News, the El Paso Times or the Galveston Daily News … ?

A3) The Dallas Morning News.

Q4) Back on to our subject: what does UFO stand for … ?

A4) Unidentified Flying Object.

Q5) The earliest known British UFO sighting was near which Essex town:  Witham, Basildon or Rochford … ?

A5) Rochford.

Q6) In which year of this century did the Ministry of Defence close its UFO investigation department … ?

A6) 2009.

Q7) The US Army Air Force apparently captured a UFO, and its pilot, in Roswell, New Mexico.   In which year of the 1940s … ?

A7) 1947.

Q8) Which former US President saw a UFO, in 1969 … ?

A8) Jimmy Carter.

Q9) What’s the name of the Gerry Anderson series, about an organization called SHADO, bravely fighting UFOs … ?

A9) UFO.

Q10) Which US series follows two FBI agents, chasing UFOs, aliens and strange cases … ?

A10) The X-Files.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“I went through two wars, WWII and the Korean War, and I’m still here. I got more marks on my body than the average crossword puzzle from knives, bombs, bullets, and being cut in half by a Japanese colonel in a prisoner of war camp.”

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.

And this song … 

Have a good day … !

*        Going TOTALLY off the subject, Debbi … ?   Did you know there’s alternative versions of Arrival and Chimes of Big Ben knocking around?   Thought I’d mention …