The Daily Teaser — 19-4-2014: Don’t Tall Me Shirley … !

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 … 

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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?

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

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 … !