The Daily Teaser …

I’ve got to confess, I’m in a bit of a rush, this morning …

Bit I’ve got Yesterday — the TV channel — playing in the background. They’re showing a documentary about Auschwitz.

Depressing.

It should be the case, at my age, but it still amazes me that humanity can

be that efficiently cruel to the parts of itself that it perceives as different.

Oy … !

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yes …

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) September 20^th, 451AD, saw the Roman General Flavius Aetius defeat who, at the Battle of Chalons?

Q2) September 20^th, 1187, saw which Saladin start a siege of which city?

Q3) Moving on, but staying with battles, September 20^th, 1973, saw Bobbie Riggs beaten by who, in the Battle Of The Sexes?

Q4) Today saw the birth, in 1927, of the first British Jazz musician to receive a knighthood; was is he?

Q5) More to the point, who was he married to?

Q6) September 20^th, 1946, saw the very first in a long successful run of which Film Festival?

Q7) And finally, September 20^th, 1967, saw the launch of which cruiser?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) September 19^th is International what Day?

A1) International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Q2) September 19^th, 1881, saw the death of which US President?

A2) President James Garfield.

Q3) On September 19^th, 1893, which country became the first to give women the vote?

A3) New Zealand.

Q4) September the 19^th, 1900, saw the first robbery committed by which pair?

A4) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Q5) September 19^th, 1961, saw Betty and Barney Hill claimed that they’d been kidnapped by whom?

A5) Aliens.

Q6) September 19^th, 1933, saw the birth of actor David McCallum; which character did he play in “The Men From UNCLE”?

A6) Ilya Kuryakin.

Q7) September 19^th — 1949 — is the birthday of model, Leslie Hornby-Lawson. How is she better known?

A7) Twiggy.

Q8) And finally, September 19^th, 1934, saw the birth of manager Brian Epstein; which British band was he famously the manager of?

A8) The Beatles.

Enjoy those, folks …