The Daily Teaser …

Bleargh …

Says I … !

Which will possibly give you an idea of how much of a late night the Saturday Night Movie can be, sometimes …

Oy!

Let’s move on, shall we … ?

Yes, let’s … !

Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and — Bless her! — Angela putting in answers.

And — for the first time — I can honestly DjAlfy has the Official First-/in-Clap.

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The round of applause someone gets for getting an answer in first, just so you know, Angela!

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Angela managed to bag 1 out of 6, with Trevor bagging all 6.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) April 1th, 1868, saw the final abolition of what, in Japan?

Q2) 37 years later, 11th April, 1905 saw Albert Einstein publish which version of the Theory or Relativity?

Q3) 71 years after that 11th April, 1976, saw the release of which computer?

Q4) 11th April, 1990, saw the UK’s HM Custom’s and Excise seize parts of a large gun on its way to which country?

Q5) And finally … April 11th, 1961, saw the start of the warcrimes trial of whom, begin?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 10th April, 1925, saw the original publication of which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?

A1) The Great Gatsby.

Q2) More as a point, what did the F stand for, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s name?

A2) Francis.

Q3) 10th April, 1962, saw the death of art student, Stuart Sutcliffe: with which band had he been bass guitarist?

A3) The Beatles. (Sutcliffe left The Beatles during they’re Hamburg years, to enrol at the Hamburg College of Art, and died in Germany of a brain hæmorrhage.)

Q4) 10th April, 1998, saw peace talks where end with a historic agreement?

A4) Northern Ireland. (This, of course, was the famed Good Friday Agreement.)

Q5) 17 years earlier, 10th April, 1981, saw whom elected as MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone?

A5) Robert Gerald ‘Bobby’ Sands.

Q6) And finally … 10th April, 1864, saw Archduke Maximilian of Hapsburg elected as Emperor of where … ?

A6) Mexico. (And don’t those Hapsburgs get around? I swear they’ve invaded my bathroom. And as for the Dukes of Lower Saxony camped under the kitchen sink … )

Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll catch you later … !