You know, I’ve got to confess, I’m writing with Yesterday playing gently in the background. They’ve a fascinating programme on about the WW2 Battle of the Pacific.
Or fascinatingly gruesome, I should maybe say.
Turns out a few of the various islands that were fought over looked very familiar to one of the war reporters there.
Who swore blind it reminded him of the trenches of WW1.
There’s probably a lot I could say, there.
But it is early, isn’t it?
Let’s move on to what we’re here for, shall we?
Yes. lets!
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Simon, Andrea and Trevor all bagging 7 out of 7, with Simon getting the Official First-In-Clap. But slacking a bit, quotewise, as Andrea and Trevor both managed to put in some good ones! Including one each from the late Douglas Adams.
Where can you go wrong?
Q1) 9th March, 141BC, saw Liu Che assume the throne of Imperial China: he was the first Chinese Emperor of which dynasty?
Q2) 9th March, 1967, saw Svetlana Stalin — Josef’s daughter — defect to the West: in which country did she first seek asylum in the US Embassy?
Q3) 9th March, 1956, saw Archbishop Makarios deported to his home country: which island was that?
Q4) 9th March, 1892, saw the birth of which literary gardener?
Q5) 9th March, 1796, saw who marry Joséphine de Beauharnais?
Q6) And finally … 9th March, 1908, saw the foundation of which European football team?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 8th March, 2001, saw whose speedboat recovered?
A1) Donald Campbell’s.
Q2) More to the point, what was the name of that boat?
A2) Bluebell.
Q3) Equally to the point, which Cumbrian lake was that boat recovered from?
A3) Coniston Water.
Q4) According to the UN, today is International what Day?
A4) International Women’s Day.
Q5) 8th March, 1942, saw the death of Chess player, José Raúl Capablanca: which country was Capablanca from?
A5) Cuba.
Q6) 8th March, 1979, saw electronics company, Phillips, publically demonstrate which invention? (You’ve probably got an example, nearby, right now … )
A6) Compact Discs.
Q7) And finally … 8th March, 1978, saw the original UK broadcast of the first episode of which science-fiction series?
A7) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Enjoy those, everyone! I’ll catch you later.
Q1 Han Dynasty
ReplyDeleteQ2 United States Embassy in India
Q3 His Home Country was Cyprus he was deported to The Seychelles.
Q4 Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson
Q5 Napoleon Bonaparte
Q6 Football Club Internazionale Milano commonly called Inter Milan
Trevor
(The English Channel) is a mere ditch.
England is a nation of shopkeepers.
Masters of the Channel for six hours, we are masters of the world.
Two powers like France and England, with a good understanding between them, might govern the world.
All quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte