The Daily Teaser …

Well, it’s official!

Tim now has … the Official Clap!

As he got his answers in, first, yesterday … ! With a nice little score of 7 out of 10; it’s just a shame that he was beaten by Trevor and Andrea, who are both looking on form!

Let’s see what happens, today, shall we?

Yes, let’s!

Here’s today’s questions, long with the ‘How To’ and the License …

Q1) 10^th November, 1938, saw the death of which Turkish political figure?

Q2) 10^th November, 1847, saw the crash of the Stephen Whitney; this resulted in the construction of which Lighthouse?

Q3) 10^th November, 1928, saw the coronation of Japan’s longest serving Emperor; what was his formal name? (That’s not necessarily the obvious one, Tim, Dave …)

Q4) 10^th November, 1980, saw who named as Labour Party leader?

Q5) And finally, today in 1871, saw Henry Stanley greet Dr David Livingstone; with — according to legend — what words?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) November 9^th, 1494, saw the Medici family become rulers of which Italian city-state?

A1) Florence.

Q2) Today in 1861 saw the first documented football match in which North American country?

A2) Canada. (Canadian Rules Football, I should stress, here … )

Q3) November 9^th, 1867, saw Tokugawa Yoshinobu end the Shogunate, by handing power to which Japanese Emperor?

A3) Emperor Meiji.

Q4) In that Japanese theme, November 9^th, 1937, saw Japanese troops invade which Chinese city?

A4) Shanghai.

Q5) One year later, November 9^th, 1938, saw which notorious Night, in Germany?

A5) Kristallnacht.

Q6) 9^th, November, 1888, saw Jack the Ripper kill his last known victim; what was her name?

A6) Mary-Jane Kelly.

Q7) 101 years later, 9^th November, 1989, saw which wall came down?

A7) The Berlin Wall. (9^th of November is sometimes called ‘The Day of Fate’, because this, and other happenings.)

Q8) Today in 1985 saw who become the world’s youngest Chess champion, by beating Anatoly Karpov?

A8) Gary Kasparov.

Q9) 9^th November, 1967, saw the first publication of which music magazine?

A9) Rolling Stone.

Q10) And finally, today in 1970, saw the death of which former general, and French President?

A10) Charles DeGaulle.

Enjoy those, everyone; let’s see who gets the First-In-Clap, shall we?