Well, that poster, yesterday, seemed to work, didn’t it?
I don’t know about you, but I feel a bit snotty about that; unlike the pic of the beer glass I used as a logo, which seems to work as intended. Quite why that is, I’m not sure, although I think it may be to do with the simple fact that it’s a very different pair of background colours.
Oh, well.
Anyway, here’s today’s questions.
Q1) Wild Bill Hickok was born, today, in 1837; what card game was he famously playing, when he was shot?
Q2) May 27th, 1933, saw Disney release “Three Little Pigs” cartoon; what was the name of that cartoon’s famous song?
Q3) Which Irish poet was imprisoned for Sodomy, today, in 1895?
Q4) On the birthday front, today saw the birth of rapper, André Lauren Benjamin; which member of OutKast is he?
Q5) And finally, who became the first PM of Kenya, today, in 1963?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers.
Q1) 26th May saw the EU officially adopt the European flag; in which year of the 1980’s?
A1) 1986.
Q2) In 1998, the US Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island — where many immigrants to the US would have first landed — was officially in which US state?
A2) New Jersey.
Q3) May the 26th, 1940, saw the start of the evacuation from where?
A3) Dunkirk.
Q4) Alse Young was hanged, on May 26th, in Conneticut; what was she alleged to be?
A4) A witch.
Q5) Talking of death, May 26th, 1703, saw the death of which famous diarist?
A5) Samuel Pepys.
Q6) Today in 1908 saw the first oil strike in the Middle-East; but in which Middle-Eastern country?
A6) Persia; what’s now Iran.
Q7) John Wayne, George Formby, and Peter Cushing were all born on the 26th of May; but which of them is the oldest?
A7) George Formby, born 26th May, 1904. (John Wayne 26th, 1907, and Peter Cushing 26th May, 1913)
Q8) Which British travel company was privatised, on May 26th, 1972?
A8) Thomas Cook.
Q9) Hazel Irvine was born on 26th May, 1965; what sports show was she the youngest ever presenter of?
A9) “Grandstand”.
Q10) And finally, today in 1894, saw the coronation of Nicholas 2nd; he was the last ever Tsar of which country?
A10) Russia.
Enjoy them.
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