The Daily Teaser …

It’s getting chilly, isn’t it?

It is, isn’t it … ?

At least we can be thankful for radiators, can’t we … ?

Ooh, I do know I managed to do a little bit of tinkering with a copy of some of the Tiger desktop pictures, buried in Hard drive>Library>Desktop Pictures. Saving the relevant pictures to my desktop, I managed to use Gimp to do some tinkering with the various colour values. And using Preview to send the three colours on a Union Jack let me produce the results!

I know Allison liked it; feel free to copy and paste, if you feel likewise!

At any rate, let’s move on, shall we?

Shall we?

Yes, let’s!

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) September 5^th, 1698, saw Tsar Peter the Great put a tax on what?

Q2) September 5^th saw a group of Israeli athletes kidnapped by Palestian terrorists; at which year’s Olympics?

Q3) What was the name of that terrorist group?

Q4) In which German city were those Olympics held?

Q5) More to the point, what is the German name of what city?

Q6) September 5^th, 1969, saw Lt William Calley charged over a incident he led during the Vietnam War; which notorious incident was it?

Q7) Moving on, September 5^th, 1836, saw Samuel Houston become President of which Republic?

Q8) September 5^th, 1997, saw the death of Mother Theresa of Calcutta; which European country was she born in?

Q9) September 5^th, 1877, saw the death of which Native American chief; Sitting Bull, Crazy Hors, or Geronimo?

Q10) And finally, 5^th September, 1992, saw the death of fantasy writer, Fritz Leiber; what were the names of his two most famous fantasy characters?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) September 4^th, 476, saw Romulus Augustus deposed as Emperor of where; the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire, or the Byzantine Empire?

A1) The Western Roman Empire.

Q2) Talking of emperors, Napoléon 3^rd of France, was deposed, on 4^th, September, 1870; who, in 1848, was the (titular) first president of France?

A2) Believe it or not, Napoléon 3^rd. (And I always used to think Italian politics was messy …)

Q3) Today in 1886, saw which Apache leader surrender, to US government forces?

A3) Geronimo.

Q4) Two years later, September 4^th, 1888 saw George Eastman register which trademark?

A4) Kodak.

Q5) Today in 1957, saw the publication of the Wolfenden Report, which recommended decriminalising what, between consenting adults?

A5) Homosexual activity.

Q6) September 4^th, 1951, saw the birth of English drummer, Martin Chambers; with which US New Wave band did he find fame?

A6) The Pretenders.

Q7) Nine years later, September 4^th, 1960, saw the birth of which Afro-American actor and comedian?

A7) Damon Wayans.

Q8) In 1954, Queen Elizabeth opens what was then the world’s longest suspension bridge; which bridge is it?

A8) The Forth Suspension Bridge.

Q9) September 4^th, 1998, saw two Stanford University students found which well known website?

A9) Google.

Q10) And finally, September 4^th, saw the death of Australian naturalist, Steve Irwin; but in which year of this century?

A10) 2006.

Enjoy those; I’ll catch you later!