25th July, 2025: Galicia.
Right …
It’s officially Friday.
And … ?
We’re obliged to float ’round, making ‘Yay’ noises.
Gosh … !
~≈🙌≈~
I’ve just realised: I’m going to have to move like lightning!
I have to be at Brentwood hospital, today: for a blood test!
Hopefully?
I’ll get there on time!
Let’s move on.
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s Galician questions, shall we?
Q1) 25th July is the National Day of Galicia. Where is Galicia: France, Spain or Portugal?Q2) What’s Galicia’s capital: Vigo, Ourense or Santiago de Compostela?Q3) That capital is named after which apostle: James the Great, Simon Peter or Matthew … ?Q4) Name either one of Galicia’s official languages.Q5) Galicia has been described as “… the land of a thousand” what: rivers, bays or trees?Q6) The Xunta de Galicia is Galicia’s regional what: government, high court or parliament?Q7) Galicia’s parliament has deputies: MPs, in other words. How many deputies: seventy-three, seventy-five or seventy-seven?Q8) The Galician derby is played between Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña. The Derby is a game of what: football, rugby league or Twenty20 cricket?Q9) Galicia’s coat of arms features a golden chalice, and a silver host. On what colour shield … ?Q10) Finally … ? Avelino Cachafeiro played the gaita. In other words, he played the Galician what: guitar, bagpipes or oboe?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) Mary Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate on 24th July, 1567. She was replaced by her one year old son. Who was he: James 6th and 1st, Charles 1st or Charles 2nd?A1) James 6th and 1st.Q2) Boris Johnson became Prime Minister on 24th July, 2019. As a result of winning a what: a general election, leadership election or by-election?A2) A leadership election.Q3) Writer, Robert Graves, was born on 24th July, 1895. His Count Belisarius was about a general from where: the Byzantine Empire, the Chinese Empire or the British Empire?A3) The Byzantine Empire. (The article on Belisarius tells us he was Byzantine. The article on Justinian 1st, Belisarius’s boss, tells us Justinian was a Roman emperor: whilst Wikipedia’s List of Roman Emperors tells us Justinian was Byzantine. One day, Wikipedia will be a co-ordinated whole …)Q4) Jennifer Lopez was born on 24th July, 1969. She dated a Hollywood star between 2002 and 2004, married him in 2022 and divorced him in 2025. Dated, married and divorced whom?Q5) Finally … ? The Bluenose II launched on 24th July, 1963. It’s a what: racing car, sailing ship or locomotive?A5) A sailing ship.
Here’s a thought …
“Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the [ … ] autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north.”From the Wikipedia entry on Galicia …
And a regional anthem …
The next ten question set is on 27th July: it’s about Norfolk.
Comments will be published, tomorrow morning.
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* A card reader … ? A card reader, Olga: the ones you’d see built in to some types of keyboard? Or something similar to the ones banks hand out? Because I can see the cost of either causing problems! (My bank hands card readers out to customers for free, so we can do online banking: but I don’t see a government doing that.)
I think online government services have to be done carefully: and in small steps. But with as much pre-planning as possible.
Did you ever see Die Hard? Willis is very good in that: although I don’t know if it’s up your street. (The loopers of the title are modern-day assassins whose victims are sent back in time from the future.)
† Hello, Mum!
‡ The way James’ numbers work, Debbi, is that he was James 6th of Scotland, and James 1st of England. He got called James 6th and 1st, as he becomes the King of Scotland, first: before he was King of England. The Scottish title took seniority, in other words. (That’s why there was a lot of discussion about the Queen Elizabeth 2nd’s title in Scotland. Elizabeth 1st hadn’t ruled in Scotland, just in England.)
I’ll pass on the lorry message, shall I … ?
3 comments:
1 Spain
2 Santiago de Compostela
3 James
4 Galician
5 Trees
6 Parliament
7 77
8 football
9 Blue
10 Bagpipes
Q1) Spain
Q2) Santiago de Compostela
Q3) James the Great
Q4) Galician (Gallego in Spanish, Galego in Galician. OK, and Gallec in Catalan)
Q5) rivers (It has plenty of all of them, but I’m sure there are more than a thousand trees, even with the fires… There are very old chestnut trees there. I visited one reputedly over 1000 years old, not far from my Dad’s birthplace).
Q6) government
Q7) seventy-five
Q8) football
Q9) Azure (blue)
Q10) bagpipes (Nobody in the family has ever played them, although I had some relatives who played the accordion, and one of my cousins lent to play it as a child, but never plays it now).
Yes, Die Hard I enjoyed, although the never ending sequels got boring after a while. He was one of those actors whose wives on the screen where always put in risky situations (the same used to happen to Mel Gibson, and now, perhaps the best example would be Liam Neeson, whose whole family tends to be in danger in most of the movies he plays in).
Yes, that type of card reader that came in some of the keyboards. I think the idea was that very few people would need to use it, and, at the time, not many official things could be done online. Now it has changed, but I'll need to wait to get my new ID before I get a certificate that can be used online now. Well, or you can request one, but it is too lengthy a process and not worth the bother, I don't think.
Got it. Interesting.
1. Spain
2. Santiago de Compostela
3. James the Great
4. Spanish
5. rivers
6. government
7. 75
8. football
9. blue
10. bagpipes
Whew! That was a workout! :)
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