The Daily Teaser …

Tough one, Tim?

I think yesterday’s teaser must’ve been, as Tim managed 5 out of 7, yesterday; not a bad result, but I know he can do better!!

Let’s see if he — and you — can do better, today. (Ooh, instructions on how to comment are here, by the way.)

Anyway, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 12^th, October, 1216, saw King John — the ‘Phoney’ king of England, according to the Disney version of the story of Robin Hood— lose his what, in the Wash?

Q2) 12^th October, 1823, saw Charles Mackintosh sell the first waterproof what?

Q3) Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet wear bombed at the Tory Party conference, on this day in 1984; in which English city?

Q4) Today in 1986, saw the Queen become the first British monarch to visit which Republic?

Q5) October 12^th, 1978, saw which member of the Sex Pistols arrested for the murder of his girlfriend?

Q6) Today in 1945, saw Private Desmond Doss receive the US Congressional Medal Of Honour*, for his work as a medical orderly in WW2; he was the first what to do so?

Q7) And finally; today in 1492, saw Christopher Columbus land in which islands in the New World?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) October 11^th, 1811, saw the Juliana begin its active life as a ferry; it was the first powered by what?

A1) Steam.

Q2) 11^th October, 1852, saw the founding of Australia’s oldest University; in which Australian city is it?

A2) Sydney.

Q3) Because of the introduction of the new Gregorian Calendar, 11^th October, 1582, doesn’t exist in the calendar’s of four European countries; name any of them.

A3) Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain.

Q4) October 11^th, 1910, saw which former US President become — in a demonstration organised by the Wright Brothers — the first to fly in an aeroplane?

A4) Theodore Roosevelt.

Q5) This day in 1962 saw Pope John 23^rd call the first ecumenical council organised by the Vatican for 92 years; how is the council better known?

A5) The Second Vatican Council; AKA Vatican 2.

Q6) Today in 1968 saw NASA launch the first manned Apollo mission; which Apollo mission was it?

A6) Apollo 7.

Q7) And finally, and still with a space theme; today in 1984 saw Kathryn D Sullivan become the woman to do what in space?

A7) Walk in Space. (See? It didn’t involve any kind of object … !)

Enjoy those, folks; I’ll catch you later.

* As far as I’m aware, The Congressional Medal of Honour is the US equivalent of the UK’s Victoria Cross; THE highest honour someone can receive.