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Wednesday 19 August 2009

The Daily Teaser.

Phew!!

I’m off to work, again, today, and I must confess, I’m hoping my foot behaves! Gout. GOUT! I ASK you! I’m 41, Gout only happens to wrinkly people!

But, at any rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) August 19th, 43BC, saw who named as Consul of Rome?


Q2) A few years further on, August 19th, 1745, saw the start of the 2nd Jacobite Rebellion; who was it lead by?


Q3) August 19th, 1561, saw which Queen return to Scotland?


Q4) August 19th, 1692; One woman, and four men were executed for witchcraft. In which US town?


Q5) August 19th, 1909 saw the very first motor race, at which racetrack?


Q6) August the 19th also saw the start of a coup aimed against Mikhail Gorbachev; in which year of the 1990s?


Q7) And finally, August 19th, 1987, saw Michæl Ryan shoot 14 people, during the Hungerford Massacre; in which English county is Hungerford?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 18th August, 1920, saw the USA introduce the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. The 19th Amendment guaranteed women’s what; votes, university degrees, or rights?

A1) Votes.

Q2) In 1964, August 18th saw which country banned from the Olympic Games?

A2) South Africa.

Q3) Today in 1634, saw Father Urbain Grandier burnt alive, in the French town of Loudun, after being accused of witchcraft; which 1971 Ken Russell film was this made into?

A3) “The Devils”.

Q4) Today is also Long Tan Day, in Australia; this commemorates the Australian veterans of which war?

A4) The Vietnam War.

Q5) Jimi Hendrix played the ‘unofficial’ last day, at Woodstock Festival, today in 1969; what was Jimi Hendrix’s middle name?

A5) Marshall; appropriately enough, given his preferred choice of amplifier.

Q6) And finally, today in 1877, saw Asaph Hall discover which of the moons of Mars?

A6) Phobos.


Enjoy those! I’ll catch you later!




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