The Daily Teaser …

Phew! HELL of A Morning!!

I’m just reconnecting Allison’s laptop. AGAIN!!

Mad, isn’t it?

Given that O2 are the people selling the iPhone, you’d think the idea of writing the drivers for alternative operating systems would be a hard one to grasp.

But never mind!!

Lets move on, shall we?

Shall we?

Yes, lets!

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) August 20^th, 1975, saw NASA launch the Viking 1 Probe; to which planet was it headed?

Q2) Two years later, NASA launched what; Mariner 11, Mariner 12, or Voyager 2?

Q3) August 20^th, 1862, saw the début of which of Tchaikovski’s works?

Q4) August 20^th, 1989, saw pleasure cruiser, The Marchioness, crash with a barge; but on which river?

Q5) And finally, today in 1920, saw the death by ice-pick, of which Bolshevik leader?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

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

A1) August Cæsar. (Him, again! This mark’s the start of Rome being ruled by what’s called the Second Triumvirate, by the way; he seized sole rule in 27BC)

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

A2) Prince Charles Edward Stewart; AKA Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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

A3) Mary, Queen of Scots.

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

A4) Salem, Massachusetts.

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

A5) Indianapolis. (This was the first Indianapolis 500.)

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

A6) 1991.

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

A7) Berkshire.

Enjoy those! I’ll catch you later!