The Daily Teaser …

Whoah! I’m up, about, and getting myself going!

Which, after getting up at 11, yesterday … !

But, at rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 28^th September, 48 BC, saw which Roman leader assassinated by the King of Egypt?

Q2) 28^th, September, 1066, saw William the Conqueror invade England, on the first Day of the Norman Conquests; where in Kent did his fleet land?

Q3) More to the point, what nickname was William given, by his fellow Frenchmen?

Q4) September 28^th, 1928, saw who develop penicillin, as a result of seeing a mould growing in his lab?

Q5) And finally, today in 1985, saw riots break out in which area of London?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Today in 1590, saw the death of Urban 7^th, after one of the shortest reigns in papal history; he was one of the first people to introduce what; a smoking ban, VAT, or a retirement pension?

A1) A smoking ban.

Q2) Fifty years earlier, 27^th September, 1540, saw the initial chartering of which priestly order?

A2) The Society of Jesus; or Jesuits, as they’re also known.

Q3) 27^th September, 1822, saw Jean-François Champollion announced he’d translated what?

A3) The Rosetta Stone.

Q4) In a similar scientific vein, 27^th, 1905, saw the publication of which famous equation?

A4) E=MC².

Q5) 27^th September, 1940, saw three countries sign the Tripartite Pact, in Berlin; name any of the three countries involved.

A5) Germany, Italy and Japan.

Q6) Which musical opened on 27^th September, 1968?

A6) “Hair”. (Funnily enough, one day AFTER the abolition of censorship in the theatre.)

Q7) Today in 1995, saw the US government release its re-designed what; $20 bill, $50 bill or $100 bill?

A7) The $100 bill.

Q8) 27^th September, 2008, saw an astronaut from which country perform a space-walk?

A8) China. (His name was Zhai Zhigang, and technically, he was a taikonaut; the Chinese term for ‘astronaut.’)

Q9) One century earlier, 27^th September, 1908, saw the first examples of which car roll off the production line?

A9) The Model T Ford.

Q10) And finally, today in 1964, saw the publication of the Warren Report; whose death was that a report into?

A10) President John F. Kennedy.

Enjoy those, folks, I’ll catch you later!