Pages

▼

Saturday 6 June 2009

The Daily Teaser.

Well, here we go; today’s questions!   And boy, was it hard to avoid mentioning the war!

Not that I managed that …

At any rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 6th June, 1844 saw the foundation of the YMCA; what does it stand for?


Q2) And, more famously, which Disco band sang “YMCA”?


Q3) Which London bridge was opened today, in 1921?


Q4) June 6th also saw the founding of which now bankrupt car company?


Q5) And finally, which invasion began on June 6th, 1944?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) June 5th, 70 AD, saw the Roman Emperor Titus, invade which Middle Eastern city?

A1) Jerusalem.

Q2) Today in 1956 saw Elvis make his notorious “Elvis the Pelvis” TV appearance; what song did he perform??

A2) “Hound Dog”.

Q3) June 5th, 1963 saw which UK government minister resign as a result of a sex scandal?

A3) Minister for War, Johm Profumo.

Q4) June 5th, 1959, saw the first independent government of which East Asian country sworn in?

A4) Singapore.

Q5) And finally, June 5th, 1984 saw Indira Gandhi order an attack on the Golden Temple, in Amritsar; which Indian religion is the Golden Temple the home of?

A5) Sikhism.


Enjoy those.



•••••

I should add at this point, that I’m also planning to try and see if I can transfer my quiz database I built up, over the years, to the Performa.

That’s actually quite a job, as I’ve — currently — no available CD’s I can burn it to.   Which means emailing the file to myself, and — as the Mini has no floppy drive — head up to Brentwood Library and transfer them to floppy disc, there.

Which does have an upside.   I get some exercise, and I can use the older version of Microsoft Office that the library uses can save them in an older format the Performa can read; usually Excel 3.x, or 4.x format files.

Knew there was a use for Microsoft, somewhere …
at

No comments:

Post a Comment

I love it when someone comments. But, having had anonymous comments I feel may be libellous, actionable or just plain offensive, over the years?

I’d appreciate you* leaving your name — with a link to your website or social-media profile†, for preference — before you post a comment.

Should you choose to use a pseudonym/name, I’d appreciate it if that name were to be polite and inoffensive. I’d rather you kept it clean, and relatively grown up. Comments left with a pseudonym will be posted at my discretion: I really prefer a link.

Contentious, actionable or abusive posts left anonymously will not be posted. Nor will comments using offensive pseudonyms or language, or that are abusive of other commenters.

Thank you.

*   I know many value their online privacy. I respect that. But hope you respect my wish to see who’s commenting on my blog: and my wish for you to introduce your self to me, and to your fellow commentors.

†   Your Facebook, X/Twitter, Blogger, Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn profile are acceptable. I also like seeing folks webpages.