The Daily Teaser …

Phew!

Joint effort from Tim and Adele, yesterday; nicely done, there, chaps, 10 out of 10, there! And I’ve got to admit, I got reading up about Japanese playing cards. And, BOY, they sound complicated.

I mean, TWELVE suits … ?

I should cocoa!

Or possibly carbon, Adrian, let me know … !

But, anyway, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 24^th September, 622, saw which religious figure complete a famous journey?

Q2) 24^th September, 1789, saw the USA create which government post?

Q3) 24^th, 1664, saw the Dutch Republic surrender which city to England?

Q4) 24^th September, 1998, saw the government of Iran officially distance itself from a death sentence issued against whom?

Q5) And finally, today in 1890, saw the Mormon church renounce what?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) September 23^rd, 1846, saw Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and John Couch Adams discover which planet?

A1) Neptune.

Q2) A few years later, 23^rd September, 1889, saw Fusajiro Yamauchi found which games company?

A2) Nintendo.

Q3) More to the point, what what type of games device did that company originally make?

A3) Playing cards. (The Japanese one’s are called Hanafuda.)

Q4) 23^rd September usually sees the vernal equinox; but on which of the Earth’s hemisphere’s?

A4) The Southern. (It’s the spring equinox in the southern hemisphere., in other words.)

Q5) Today in 1987, an Australian court lifted its ban on the publication of which book?

A5) “Spycatcher”, by Peter Wright.

Q6) The 2000 Sydney Olympics saw who win their fifth gold medal?

A6) Sir Steven Redgrave.

Q7) 23^rd September, 1215, saw the birth of which Mongol Emperor?

A7) Kublai Khan.

Q8) 23^rd September saw who play the last concert, before his death, in 1980?

A8) Bob Marley.

Q9) More to the point, in which US city was that concert?

A9) Pittsburgh.

Q10) And finally, today in 1875, saw the first arrest of which notorious outlaw?

A10) Billy the Kid.

Enjoy those, folk’s, I’ll catch you later … !