The Daily Teaser …

You know, I’ve GOT to admit, I’m rather pleased!

The Teaser’s been First Footed!

Bless him, Andy — FSGDrone, in other words — is Scottish, and, as well as bagging yesterday’s First in Clap and getting 10 out of 11, managed to be the first comment in 2010.

All I need now, is a lucky lump of coal, and I’m laughing!

Oh, and I’ve also found out that Exposé will show you not only show you active programme window’s, but also anything that’s been docked.

Handy!

At any rate, let’s move on, shall we?

Yes, let’s!

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

Q1) 2^nd January, 1492, saw Muslim held Grenada fall to the King and Queen of which country?

Q2) January 2^nd, 1980, saw President Jimmy Carter postpone the SALT 2 talks, after the Soviet Union invaded which country?

Q3) 2^nd January, 1969, saw Rupert Murdoch gain control of his first Fleet Street newspaper: which newspaper?

Q4) 2^nd January, 1920, saw the birth of which literary biochemist?

Q5) And finally, today in 1833, saw the UK, establish control over which islands?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Who released the single, New Year’s Day, in January of 1983?

A1) U2. (&Me. OrU. &I. Sorry, bad punctuation pun’s …)

Q2) More to the point, who’s that band’s drummer?

A2) Larry Mullen, Jr. (Right, now, drummer jokes … )

Q3) New Year’s Day was celebrated for the first time in 45BC: when Julius Cæsar introduced a new … what?

A3) A new calendar. (The Julian calendar, to be exact.)

Q4) New Year’s Day also see’s the Rose Parade: in which Californian town is this held?

A4) Pasadena.

Q5) When did New Year’s Day become the first day of the year, in the UK and its (then) colonies?

A5) 1752.

Q6) Twenty years’s later, 1^st January, 1772, saw the first what go on sale, in London?

A6) Travellers Cheques.

Q7) Eleven years ago, 1^st January, 1999, saw what become official currency?

A7) The Euro. (€) (Most European countries phased out their currencies in 2002.)

Q8) 1^st January, 1995, saw which serial killer found hanged in his cell?

A8) Fred West.

Q9) January 1^st, 1804, saw the first black republic — and second country on the American continent, and only sovereign state founded after a successful slave revolt — officially declared, after the end of French rule. Which country is it?

A9) Haiti.

Q10) 1^st January, 1959 saw which dictator driving out of Cuba?

A10) Fulgencio Batista.

Q11) And finally … New Year’s Day, 1818, saw the first publication of which iconic horror novel?

A11) Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus.

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