The Daily Teaser — 30-4-2014

Ohh … 

It’s officially foggy.

Which is nice.

Actually, that’s possibly sounding a touch more sarcastic than I intended it to.

Despite how it might sound … ?   I actually like mild fog: it’s usually cools things down, in summer, adds a tang to the air in winter.

And … ?

Well, it has managed to lift my nerves, and confidence, today.

Which is helpful.

Especially when you consider that — for the first time in some two years — I’ve got an interview!

Frankly … ?   While it would be nice to get the job … ?

It’s also nice to get the interview.

It means I’m doing SOMETHING right … !

~≈®≈~

Moving on … 

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

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s Teaser, shall we?   Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 30th April, 1975, saw the end of the Vietnam War: as the Vietnamese government, in the country’s capital, surrendered.   What WAS the then capital?

Q2) 30th April is also International Jazz Day: the celebrations, this year, kick off in which Japanese city … ?

Q3) 30th April, 2013, saw the abdication of Queen Beatrix: in favour of her son, Willem Alexander.   Both are — or were — monarchs of which European country … ?

Q4) 30th April is ALSO the day Queen Beatrix ascended the throne: in which year of the 1980s?

Q5) 30th April, 311, saw the end — in the Roman Empire — of the Diocletianic Persecution: of whom … ?

Q6) Finally … 30th April, 1812, saw the Territory of Orleans become the 18th State of the USA.   Under which name … ?

Here’s yesterday’s teaser …

Q1) 29th April, 2010, saw the death of Alexander S. Douglas: generally credited with inventing the first graphical computer game.   The game shared its name with which brand of gravy granules … ?

A1) OXO.

Q2) The game was a version of which pen-and-paper game … ?

A2) Noughts and Crosses: or tic-tac-toe, as it’s also known.

Q3) Douglas designed and released the game in which year of the 1950s … ?

A3) 1952.

Q4) The games was released for the EDSAC computer, a large early computer in the Maths Laboratory of which University: Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol or Manchester?

A4) Cambridge.

Q5) What was the the first home video game console: Odyssey, Ulysses or Homer … ?

A5) Odyssey.

Q6) The first coin operated computer game was called Computer Space: designed by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.   The two men later went on to found which computer game company: Atari, Namco Bandai or Taito … ?

A6) Atari.

Q7) Pong — one of the first successful video games — was built by that company: and was a simulation of which game … ?

A7) Table Tennis: also known as ping pong and whiff whaff.

Q8) 1981, saw Nintendo release Donkey Kong: the game that introduced which character … ?

A8) Mario: known at the time, as Jumpman.

Q9) That same year saw Konami release a game in which players played a frog trying to cross a road, and a river … ?

A9) Frogger.

Q10) Finally … 1991 saw the release of the first game with which bright blue character from Sega … ?

A10) Sonic The Hedgehog.

As today is International Jazz Day … ?

I’ll leave you with this tune … 

And THIS tune … 

Oh, and THIS song … 

It seems like an anticlimax to conclude with this …

“Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school. I was always leaving to make a movie then coming back in.”

Kirsten Dunst, born 30th April, 1982.

Enjoy the day … !

*        Ooh … I thought you had something pencilled in for the next Sam MacRae book … ?   That’s me getting the wrong end of the stick … !   (You used a games company in Least Wanted, didn’t you … ?   As a MAJOR plot point!   If you’ve got anything that makes brains work better, I’d LOVE to hear about it … !   To the point where I need an Igor … !)