The Daily Teaser

Phew!

Well, this should be interesting; I’ve got Allison over, this morning, happily Facebooking away on the Ubuntu’d Toshiba; mite be able to see what she thinks, later, we’ll let you know.

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

Q1) 26^th 1803, saw the opening of the Surrey Iron Railway, the world’s first public railway; name either of the two (then) Surrey towns it connected.

Q2) July 25^th, 1936, saw the Axis powers decide to intervene in which war?

Q3) Today saw the (much delayed) results of the UK’s 1945 General Election; who’s party lost that?

Q4) And on the same day in 1945, saw the signing of which WW2 Declaration?

Q5) July 25^th, 1956, saw Egypt seize control of what?

Q6) July 25^th, 1989, saw Robert T. Morris be the first person in the US to be prosecuted for releasing what?

Q7) And finally, today in 1856, is the birthday of which Irish writer and Nobel Laureate?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) And in 1994, Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that ended the state of war that had existed between them since which year of the 1940s?

A1) 1948.

Q2) 25^th July, is also the feast day — in the western churches — of Saint James the Apostle; which European country is he the patron saint of?

A2) Spain.

Q3) 25^th July, 1978, also saw the birth of the world’s first test tube baby; what’s her name?

A3) Louise Brown.

Q4) 25^th July, 1946, saw two Hollywood stars perform their first comedy routine at Club 500; name either of those stars.

A4) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Q5) In 1997, K.R. Narayanan became the 10^th President of India, and the first what to hold the office?

A5) Untouchable.

Q6) And finally, July 25^th, 2000, saw Air France Flight 4590 crash just outside Paris. What kind of plane was it?

A6) A Concorde.

Enjoy those!

I’ll catch you later!