Whoah …
It’s another lazy Sunday … !
You can tell, can’t you … ?
Say’s I, grinning … !
You can usually tell if I’ve had a late night, by the time stamp on the relevant post …
Let’s move, shall we?
Yes, lets …
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor getting 6 out of 6, AND bagging the Official-Clap. And putting in some very good quotes.
Let’s see how he — and everyone else — does with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 7th March, 321AD saw which Roman Emperor decree Sunday to be a day of rest?
Q2) More to the point, what did that emperor call Sunday?
Q3) 7th March, 2007, saw the House of Commons make what elective?
Q4) 7th March, 1958, saw the birth of one half of the comedy act called The Dangerous Brothers: which half?
Q5) And finally … 7th March, 1969, saw Israel elect its first female PM: who was she?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 6th March, 1987, saw a British registered ferry capsize, killing 193 people in the process: what was the name of the ferry?
A1) The MS Herald of Free Enterprise.
Q2) 6th March, 1899, saw pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer and Co patent which drug?
A2) Aspirin.
Q3) 6th March, 1992, saw the first appearance of a computer virus named after which Renaissance artist?
A3) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. (Otherwwise just known as Michelangelo, to those of us who don't speak Renaissance era Italian ... )
Q4) 6th March, 1619, saw the birth of which noted French dramatist and poet? (Quotes, please folks!)
A4) Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.
Q5) More to the point, in Dordogne town is that poet buried?
A5) Sannois.
Q6) And finally … 6th March, 1961, saw the death of which noted, Lancashire-born entertainer?
A6) George Formby.
Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later.
Q1 Caesar Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus better known as Constantine I
ReplyDeleteQ2 Solis Invicti (Sun-day)
Q3 The House of Lord to be 100% elective
Q4 Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall
Q5 Golda Meir
Trevor
"You don't leave the trenches ... [S]elfishness is one thing, being a c**t is another. I mustn't start that war again.” - Rik Mayall after Stephan Fry suddenly left the play Cell mates and fled to Belgium.
“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Trust only those who stand to loose as much as you when things go wrong..."
— Sol