The Daily Teaser …

Whoah!!

It’s almost here …

Right at the moment, I’ve bit of a confession to make, here.

Right at the moment, I’ve a video uploading to YouTube that I’m going to embed into this post.

Here’s the good bit.

It’s today’s Teaser …

Nut I’ll be writing it up, as well …

But I’m happily waffling, to give it time to stew …

At any rate, yesterday’s Teaser saw Simon and Andrea going head to head, with both getting 6 out of 6 and both putting in a relevant quote.

But saw Simon pipping Andrea to the Official First-In-Clap.

You know, I could be making gags about the two of you rubbing in ointment, but that would be rude, wouldn’t it?

Or ambiguous, at any rate. (I’m tempted to put in a smiley, but … )

At any rate, let’s see what people make of today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License* …

Q1) Which US public holiday falls on January 19^th, this year?

Q2) More to the point, in which year did all 50 US states celebrate this holiday?

Q3) 19^th January, 1977, saw the only recorded fall of snow in which East Coast US city?

Q4) 19^th January, 2006, saw NASA launch the New Horizon’s probe: to which planet is this probe headed?

Q5) And finally … 19^th January, 1983, saw Apple, Inc, introduce the LISA: this was the first computer to use a what?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 18^th January, 1778, saw Captain James Cook and his crew becaome the first Europeans to visit which islands?

A1) The Hawaiian Islands. (Which he iniatially named the Sandwich Islands.)

Q2) 18^th January, 1919, saw the start of the conference that formally brought World War one to an end: in which French city was this?

A2) Versailles.

Q3) Today in 1882, saw the birth of which English author?

A3) Alan Alexander Milne: he of Winnie the Pooh fame.

Q4) 22 years later, 18^th January, 1904, saw the birth of which English actor?

A4) Cary Grant.

Q5) 18^th January, 1967, saw who sentenced to life imprisonment for murder?

A5) Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler.

Q6) And finally … Today in 1963 saw the death of which Labour party leader?

A6) Hugh Gaitskill.

Enjoy those, everyone …

Oh, and enjoy the Pigbag tune. There’s a bit of history, there …