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| Sir Patrick Moore. |
Oh, now that’s sad: it seems noted astronomer and TV presenter, Patrick Moore has died, at the age of 89.
Which is sad. The man presented The Sky At Night continously for over half a century, influenced me in me (admittedly vague) interest in science, most of Britain’s astronomer’s — amateur and professional — into their work … AND provided the moon maps that NASA and the Soviet space agency used to explore.
Britain might not have got to the moon: but a British giant help humanity get there, and should be honoured as such. If nothing else, by say RIP.
Let’s move on, shall we … ?
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with telling us she’ll be starting her publishing project*, she also managed to bag 6 out of 6.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they area, along with the ‘How To’, license and video …
Q1) 10th December saw the first Nobel Prizes awarded: in which year … ?
Q2) More to the point, who won the first Nobel Physics Prize … ?
Q3) More to the point, who — in 1989 — won the Nobel Peace Prize … ?
Q4) How many Nobel Prizes, currently, are there … ?
Q5) Name one of them …
Q6) Albert Nobel, the man who founded the Prizes, owned which armaments company: Bofors, Bushmaster Firearms or Lürssen … ?
Q7) Nobel famously invented dynamite: in which year of the 1860s did he patent it … ?
Q8) More to the point, in which year of the 1850s did he register his first patent … ?
Q9) Moving on … In which country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded … ?
Q10) And finally … who won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 9th December, 1922, saw Gabriel Narutowicz named as the first president of the Second Republic … of where … ?A1) Poland.
Q2) 9th December, 1960, saw the broadcast of the first episode of the world’s longest running TV soap opera: what’s it called … ?A2) Coronation Street.
Q3) More to the point, the soap is set in a fictional area of where: Greater Manchester, Greater London or Greater Birmingham … ?A3) Greater Manchester.
Q4) 9th December, 1952, saw heavy fog clear after 4 days: in which British city?A4) London.
Q5) 9th December, 1965, saw an apparent UFO crash in Pittsburgh. What — in 2005 — did NASA admit it was … ?A5) A crashed Russian satellite.
Enjoy those, everyone.Q6) And finally … 9th December, 1851, saw the first YMCA open in North America: in which Canadian city … ?A6) Montreal.
I’ll leave you with a quote from Alfred Nobel, himself …
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”Alfred Nobel, 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896
And with A. R. Rahman’s Jai Ho: as he popped up at the Nobel Peace Concert, a few years ago …
* Would a new cover be out of the question, Debbi … ? I can’t help but think something that matches Least Wanted and Riptide would be an idea. You know, with a block colour background, and some sort of symbol … ? Just a thought …
