The Daily Teaser …

Whoooah!!

Think we’ve got a tie …

For Second …

Tim, Trevor, I did ask about the virus, yesterday, rather than the actual condition!

Which means that Simon’s earnt the Official Smug Git award: he’s the got both the official Clap, and 7 out of 7 … !!

Phew!

Gonna be fun, seeing what happens with today’s!!

Speaking of which, here’s today’s questions, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) December 2^nd, 1867, saw which author make his first US public reading?

Q2) Seventy-five years later, 2^nd, 1942, saw Enrico Fermi demonstrate the first nuclear fission reaction, in an unused basement what, at the University of Chicago?

Q3) 2^nd December, 1954, saw the US Senate condemn who for “ … bringing the Senate into dishonour and disrepute”?

Q4) 2^nd December, 1995, saw Nick Leeson jailed for his part in which bank’s downfall?

Q5) And finally, today in 2001, saw which US company file for bankruptcy?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers, everyone …

Q1) 1^st December saw the (then) British Government accept the Beveridge Report, which recommended the establishment of the Welfare State; in which year of the 1940s?

A1) 1942. (It was actually published the following day.)

Q2) Which US company introduced the first moving assembly lines, on 1^st December, 1913?

A2) Ford.

Q3) 1^st December, 1949, saw the birth — in Columbia — of the world’s one time seventh richest man*; who was he?

A3) Drug baron, Pablo Escobar.

Q4) 1^st December, 1955, saw who shoot to international prominence, after refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus?

A4) Mrs Rosa Parks

Q5) 1^st December, 1981, saw the first official recognition of which virus?

A5) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, which leads to AIDS.

Q6) Today in 1990, saw the last drilling work completed, in which Anglo-French construction project?

A6) The Channel Tunnel.

Q7) And finally … ! 1^st December, 2001, saw the ending of entrance fees in 13 major British museums. Name any of them …

A7) The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The Victoria & Albert, The National Railway Museum in York, The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, the National Maritime Museum, the National Railway Museum, The Imperial War Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, The Museum of London, The Royal Armouries and the Theatre Museum.

Enjoy those, folks!

* Or, at least, seventh Richest man, in 1989, according to Forbes Magazine, who generally know about these things.