I’ve got to confess, I couldn’t resist it …
Just to be different, I’ve put the poster on the other side of the page, today.
Hang on, be right back …
Right, got the second cuppa of the day sorted … anyone got any sugar … ?
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Hmmm …
Just as a thought, the BBC News channel has just had a piece on Chief Treasury Secretary, David Laws: looks like he’s had the expenses scandal bit him in the bum …
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At any rate, let’s move on, shall we … ?
Yes, let’s …
Yesterday’s teaser saw Trevor managing to bag 7 out of 7, and put in some rather good quotes from Neville Chamberlain. Including the notorious one about ‘peace in our time’.
Always surprises me that politicians can get it wrong …
At any rate, let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 29th May, 1453, saw the fall of which imperial city?
Q2) 29th May, 1953, saw the first pair of climbers reach the summit of Mount Everest: name either of them.
Q3) 29th May, 1953, saw the birth of film composer, Danny Elfman: but what’s the name of his band?
Q4) Name either of the teams who were playing.
Q5) 29th May, 1985 saw 39 fans die during riot, after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Brussels: what was the name of the stadium?
Q6) 29th May, 1983, saw who make a visit to the Archbishop of Canterbury?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 28th May, 1910, saw the birth of one of the pioneer’s of the electric guitar: what was his name … ?
A1) T-Bone Walker.
Q2) Which 1947 song was his most famous hit … ?
A2) Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad).
Q3) 2 years earlier, 28th May, 1908 saw the birth of which English spy novelist … ?
A3) Ian Fleming.
Q4) What’s the only childrens book that novelist wrote … ?
A4) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Q5) 28th May, 1967, get home from his round-the-world trip: what was the name of his boat … ?
A5) The Gypsy Moth 4
Q6) 28th May, 1937, saw President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally open which bridge … ?
A6) The Golden Gate Bridge.
Q7) And finally …28th May, 1937, saw who named as British PM?
A7) Neville Chamberlain.
Enjoy those, everyone. And if you were at the head of the queue, yesterday … ?
You Jammy Sod!
Blarg... de blarg why can't you have some simple questions? LOL I've failed once again!
ReplyDeleteQ1 Constantinople
ReplyDeleteQ2 Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Q3 Oingo Boingo
Q4 I assume you mean who was playing at q5 answer : - Liverpool and Juventus
Q5 Heysel Stadium Brussels
Q6 Pope John Paul II visited in 1982 not 1983
Trevor
“There is never enough time, unless you're serving it.” – Malcolm Forbes
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. “ – Bob Hope
“Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong. “ – Bob Hope
“Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued. “ – Bob Hope
“They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood. “ – Bob Hope
“Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation” – Bob Hope
1. Constantinople
ReplyDelete2. Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tenzing Norgay (Okay. You asked for only one, but I'm anal today...)
3. Oingo Boingo
4. ? Name either of the teams who were playing.?? The Lakers? Or the Liverpool-Juventus matchup? Just guessing the intended question...
5. Heysel Stadium
6. Pope John Paul II
Kaiju, Trevor, what can I tell you … ?
ReplyDeleteApart from the fact I’d had a long day … ?
My editing’s getting worse, I swears: but yes, I put q4 & 5 in the wrong order.
Alfy, slap me!!
Oh, and slap Trevor, he’s used the wrong ‘there’ …