The Daily Teaser — 10-5-2014: I Spy For The FBI …

Hmmm … 

It has to be said, I have the radio on, at the moment: Radio 4 is — in my humble opinion — possibly the most civilised thing to have on in the morning.

They’ve just had Thought For The Day on: five minutes of a … well, a thought, from a religious personage.

Fascinating one, this morning, from a journalist from The Tablet, talking about about how the believers amongst focus on God — obviously — and forgetting or ignoring the devil.

And using both The Exorcist and The Godfather, as metaphors.

I think I got her point: without managing to catch the speaker’s name.

And also walking away thinking it’s been an age since I’ve seen The Godfather.

I might just see if I have a copy.   It means I can avoid the dread event that is … Eurovision … !

~≈í≈~

But let’s move on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and bagging eight 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) 10th May, 1924, saw J. Edgar Hoover named as the head of the FBI.   FBI stands for Federal Bureau of … what … ?

Q2) J. Edgar finally left office, on his death: in which year of the 1970s … ?

Q3) J. Edgar was — allegedly — gay: who have many named as his lover … ?

Q4) The Bureau’s headquarters is named after J. Edgar.   In which US city is that HQ … ?

Q5) Hoover famously denied that there was any such thing as the Mafia, operating in the USA.   Until a famously raided meeting of Mafia Dons, in which US state … ?

Q6) Hoover declared war on the gangster many knew as Public Enemy Number 1: organizing the task-force that killed the gangster — outside the Biograph Theatre, in Chicago — in 1934.   Who was that gangster?

Q7) The FBI is responsible to which US government department … ?

Q8) Trainee FBI agents are called New Agent Trainees.   What are they called, after they complete their training … ?

Q9) According to The Silence Of The Lambs, the FBI department that studied serial killers was the Behavioral Sciences Unit.   What’s that Unit NOW called … ?

Q10) Finally … who’s the current Director of the FBI … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 9th May is the first date someone recorded seeing Mr Punch: in which green part of London … ?

A1) Covent Garden.

Q2) More to the point, which diarist spotted Punch … ?

A2) Samuel Pepys.

Q3) In which year of the 1660s was this … ?

A3) 1662.

Q4) Who’s Mr Punch’s wife?

A4) Judy.

Q5) Mr Punch’s distinctive voice is produced by the puppeteer talking through a what … ?

A5) Swazzle: or swatchel.

Q6) That puppeteer is usually referred to as what … ?

A6) The Professor.

Q7) Mr Punch’s hat is pointy … and known as what kind of hat … ?

A7) A sugarloaf hat.

Q8) There’s no one fixed script for a Mr Punch show.   But many include a string of what … ?

A8) Sausages.

Q9) Mr Codlin and Short Trotters — a pair who run a Mr Punch show — feature in which Charles Dickens novel … ?

A9) The Old Curiosity Shop.

Q10) Finally … Mr Punch has his roots in a commedia dell’arte character: which commedia dell’arte character … ?

A10) Pulcinella.

I’ll leave you with this song …

And this thought from a well known cross dressing Freemason …

“We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody.”

J. Edgar Hoover, writing in 1956.

Have a good day … 

*        Oh, Debbi, the email I sent should be with you, by now: I hope it helps … !