Ye GODS, but the clocks going forward at springtime is a pain!
It really is!
I mean I actually got up at nine …
OK, granted I had a good night’s sleep, but I do like to get up nice and early.
ARRGGHH!
What was I gonna say next … ?
I’ve completely forgotten!
At any rate, yesterday’s Teaser saw Tim getting the Antibiotic from Trevor.
They’d both managed to get 6 out of 6, but Tim had beaten Trevor to the Official First-In-Clap …
By a good ten minutes … !
Let’s see what everyone does with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 29th March, 1961, saw Congress ratify the 23rd Amendment: this allowed residents of Washington DC to do what for the first time?
Q2) March 29th, 1943, saw the birth of which member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
Q3) More to the point, which of that Monty Python team member’s songs has been covered by Green Day, Harry Nilsson, Bruce Cockburn and Art Garfunkel and lots of football fans?
Q4) 29th March, 1899, saw the birth of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria: during the reign of Josef Stalin, which notorious organisation did Beria lead?
Q5) 29th March, 2004, saw Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia all join what?
Q6) 29th March, 1981 was the first time which London sporting event take place?
Q7) And finally … 29th March, 1886, saw Dr John Pemberton brew up the first batch of which drink?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 28th March, 1979, saw the start of a radioactive leak: at which US nuclear power-plant?
A1) Three Mile Island.
Q2) In which US state is that power-plant?
A2) Pennsylvania.
Q3) On that same day in 1979, the House of Commons passed a Vote of No Confidence: in who's government?
A3) That of James Callaghan.
Q4) 28th March, 1990, saw President George Bush Snr award a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal to which US athlete?
A4) Jesse Owens.
Q5) 28th March, 1819, saw the birth of Sir Joseph Bazzalgette: he was the civil engineer for creating which important structure in central London?
A5) The sewer system.
Q6) And finally … 28th March, 1969, saw the death of the 34th President of the USA. What was his name?
A6) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll catch you later … !
Q1 Vote in Presidential elections
ReplyDeleteQ2 Eric Idle
Q3 Always look on the bright side of life
Q4 The People’s commissariat for Internal affairs abbreviated to NKVD
Q5 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Q6 London Marathon
Q7 Coca Cola
Trevor
Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad.
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle,
Don't grumble, give a whistle,
And this'll help things turn out for the best, and..
Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show,
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is
Q1. Vote for the President
ReplyDeleteQ2. Eric Idle
Q3. "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
Q4.Head of the Transcaucasian Republics and Director of Soviet Secret Police
Q5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
Q6. The London Marathon
Q7. Coca-Cola
Andrea
So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
Part of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
“As long as there are innocent nickels to be made from the gullible, Python-starved public, I shall be out there dressed in silly frocks and singing filthy lyrics. I'm coming your way in search of ancient dollars.”
~Eric Idle quote