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Sunday 20 September 2009

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


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


Q3) Moving on, but staying with battles, September 20th, 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 20th, 1946, saw the very first in a long successful run of which Film Festival?


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


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) September 19th is International what Day?

A1) International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

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

A2) President James Garfield.

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

A3) New Zealand.

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

A4) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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

A5) Aliens.

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

A6) Ilya Kuryakin.

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

A7) Twiggy.

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

A8) The Beatles.


Enjoy those, folks …



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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousSun Sept 20, 12:28:00 pm BST

    pj......
    found todays fairly easy ( he says getting them all wrong )

    q1 attilia the hun
    q2 jerusalem
    q3 billie jean king
    q4 sir john phillip william dankworth
    q5 cleo laine
    q6 cannes
    q7 qe2

    keep em coming m8

    Tim

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