Friday 27 July 2018

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-7-2018: A wild Hare.

27th July, 2018.


It is — I’m told — Furnace Friday.

I’ve got Radio Four’s Today programme on in the background: which is something of a tradition, for me.

So on top of the Amber warning the Met office have issued?

There’s the possibility of thunderstorms.


We could be looking at flood warnings.

Although I’d rather just have the thunderstorms.

We need to get the air cleared.

~≈§≈~

On top of that … ?

On top of that, we’re expecting a Blood moon, tonight: a Lunar eclipse, in other words.

Given the timings?

It’ll hopeful be visible on the way home from work.

Assuming, of course … 

That the skies are clear.

Oy!

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

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

Q1) 27th July saw the release of A Wild Hare: the first cartoon to feature Bugs Bunny.   In which year was the short released?
Q2) The ’toon was distributed by Vitaphone: and which other movie company?
Q3) Bugs uses his famous catchphrase for the first time, in A Wild Hare.   That phrase is “What’s Up … ” who?
Q4) Bugs was being hunted in the cartoon.   By whom?
Q5) Finally … who provided Bugs’ voice?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 26th July, 1945, saw the signing of the Potsdam Declaration.   It was signed by whom: the Allies or Axis Powers?
A1) The Allies.
Q2) Strictly?   It was signed by the leaders of three nations.   Name any one of the three nations.
A2) The UK, US or Nationalist China.
Q3) It demanded the surrender of which belligerent nation?
A3) Japan.
Q4) More to the point: was that surrender to be conditional or unconditional?
Q5) Finally … Potsdam is in which country?
A5) Germany.
Here’s a thought …
“Be vewy quiet...I’m hunting wabbits.”
Bugs’ opponent in A Wild Hare.
And a video: a few bars of this tune were used in A Wild Hare … 


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.





*        Ah HA!   Sounds like we need to swap the baseball bat for the comfy chair, Olga!   No one expects … ya da, ya da … !   :D   That book certainly needs a looking at!   funny you should mention comics.   I grew up on 2000AD, the comic that was home to Judge Dredd.   They had a villain in one of the strip, Nemesis the Warlock, called Tomás de Torquemada: named after the former head of the Spanish Inquisition.   (The character’s a bit nasty.   Possibly not as nasty as the original, though.)


†        Hmmm … don’t know if angels swear, Debbi, vocally or otherwise!   Which reminds me, I’ll have to sit down with Attack the Block, again, I really am!   It’s a fun little movie.   Which reminds me, you’ve got a little something in your inbox!   Enjoy!

2 comments:

Olga said...

Q1) 1940
Q2) Warner Bros. Pictures
Q3) Doc
Q4) Elmer
Q5) Mel Blanc
The comic Torquemada looks pretty interesting. There is this time-travelling (sort of, the idea is that there is a Ministry, the Ministry of Time, with doors that open to different times in history, where their agents have to go and try and sort things out if somebody is interfering) Spanish called the Ministry of Time and one of the characters who travels around was an inquisitor once. He is fascinating and the series, in general, is pretty good. (Some episodes work better than others, but the good ones are amazing. And there is a lot of treachery and inside politics as well).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ministerio_del_Tiempo
https://www.netflix.com/es-en/title/80064235

Debbi said...

I look forward to watching that! :)

BTW, I just interviewed one of your countrymen on the Crime Cafe. Have you ever read an underground comic called "2000 AD"? He mentioned it as an influence.

We also had a bit of chat about Doctor Who!! :)

1. 1940
2. Warner Brothers
3. What's up Doc? :)
4. Elmer Fudd
5. Mel Blanc