Ah— HA!
It’s a TRAIN … !
OK, OK … It’s Thomas the Tank Engine … !
And I think we can say my nephew, Jude, had a thoroughly good time at the East Anglia Rail Museum, yesterday.
He certainly enjoy the actual train trip: and very insistent on having another go.
Despite the fact trains done up as Percy and Daisy were there.
I do know this, though: he certainly enjoyed the Punch and Judy show, there.
Which was also the first one his uncle had seen: child abuse, wife-beating, cruelty to crocodiles, police brutality, assaulting a police officer and strings of sausages … ?
Something for everyone, in other words …
~≈Â≈~
But let’s get a move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor letting us know about the above museum: and saw Debbi* putting in her answers, scoring ten out of ten.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 19th April, 1934, saw the release of Shirley Temple’s first successful film: called Stand Up And … what … ?
Q2) The first feature length film Shirley received a credit for was Red Headed Alibi: released in which year of the 1930s?
Q3) Temple’s signature tune — On The Good Ship Lollipop — featured in which 1934 film … ?
Q4) Her other well known tune — Animal Crackers In My Soup — was used in which 1935 film … ?
Q5) What — in 1949 — was Shirley’s last film?
Q6) In which year did she get a star added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame … ?
Q7) She was a three time Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade: the New Year’s Day Parade in which Californian city … ?
Q8) She also became one of the first women to speak about having contracted which form of Cancer … ?
Q9) Name either country Shirley was US ambassador to.
Q10) Finally … in which year of the 21st Century did Shirley Temple die … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 18th April, saw the publication of the first book of crossword puzzles. By which New York based publisher?A1) Simon and Schuster.
Q2) In which year … ?A2) 1924.
Q3) Name either direction that a crossword’s answers can go.A3) Across or down. (Or Horizontal and vertically, if that’s how you’re feeling.)
Q4) Crosswords are usually one of two shapes. Rectangular: and what else … ?A4) Square.
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?A5) Numbers.
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 … ?A6) Shropshire.
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 … ?A7) Fifty-eight. (So you know, it was the name ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’: a large village in Wales. Apparently, the clue was an anagram.)
Q8) What was the name of the 2006 documentary about a crossword tournament, directed by Patrick Creadon?A8) Wordplay.
Q9) What name is given to the Japanese puzzle, that involves placing the numbers one to nine, in a nine by nine grid?A9) Sudoku.
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 … ?A10) Scrabble.
I’ll leave you with this rather appropriate thought …
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”Shirley Temple.
And this tune …
Have a good day …
* Debbi, you never know WHAT’LL happen … !
2 comments:
Thomas the Tank engine is a Locomotive not a Train.
Please read this article for a definition of a Train.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train
Check out tomorrow's post! Should be fun.
1. Cheer
2. 1932
3. Bright Eyes
4. Curly Top
5. A Kiss for Corliss
6. 1960
7. Pasadena
8. breast
9. Ghana
10. 2014
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