You know, that’s weird!!
My copy of Safari is — as you might possibly be able to guess, if you’re using it, on a Mac — now, officially working, again!
Definitely strange, that!
Let’s get moving …
I’ve got to admit, I’m sort of thankful Simon’s as sharp-eyed as he is.
Because I made a bit of a typo, with yesterday’s teaser: in Q7, instead of putting 1982 as the required year, I put 1882.
Leaving Simon to think I’d initially got the date of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s death a touch wrong!
Something easily corrected, but a bit embarrassing for me!
At any rate, it does get him a BIG Thank You, for pointing it out.
No extra actual points, but a definite BIG Thank You!
Because one thing I do know about yesterday’s Teaser is that — while both Simon and Andrea got 7 out of 7, with Simon bagging the First-In-Clap — is that Andrea managed to bag some serious quote!
Q1) 3rd March, 1845, saw which state admitted as the 27th sate of the USA?
Q2) 3rd March, 1875, saw the début performance of which opera by Georges Bizet?
Q3) 3rd March saw the official end of the year long Miners Strike, in the UK: in which year of the 1980s was this?
Q4) More to the point, who was the leader — at the time — of the National Union of Mineworkers?
Q5) Three years earlier, 3rd March, 1982, saw the Queen open which theatrical complex?
Q6) And finally … 3rd March, 1857, saw Britain and her ally, France, start the Second Opium War, by declaring war on which country?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 2nd March, 1969, saw the maiden test flight of which aircraft?
A1) Concorde.
Q2) 2nd March, 1933, saw the debut of which film, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall?
A2) King Kong.
Q3) More to the point, who played the part of Ann Darrow, in the film?
A3) Fay Wray.
Q4) 2nd March, 1902, saw the birth of Theodor Geisel: how was he better known?
A4) Dr Seuss.
Q5) 2nd March, 1970, the the Prime Minister of Rhodesia declare his country to be an independent republic: what was his name?
A5) Ian Smith.
Q6) 2nd March, 1919, saw the first meeting — in Moscow — of what?
A6) The Communist International, also known as the ComIntern.
Q7) And finally … 2nd March, 1982, saw the death of which noted US author?
A7) Phillip K. Dick. (Who once famously said “Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.”)
Enjoy those, everyone! I’ll catch you later!
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