Isn’t it embarrassing when you mix up questions … ?
It is, isn’t it … ?
I’ve got to confess, yesterday’s teaser saw me get a couple of questions — q4 and q5 — in the wrong order.
D’oh!
°°°°°
Hang on, let me just boil the kettle …
Ooooh, that’s better …
°°°°°
But at any rate, I’m quietly thankful I’ve got an audience who happily twig and twig, fast … !
Yesterday’s teaser saw DjAlfy*, back for her regular dose of stumpness, and Trevor and Kaiju both bag 6 out of 6. But if it’s any consolation, Angela, you did manage to bag the official First-In-Clap … !
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) 30th May, 70 AD, saw Roman legions breach the Second Wall around which city … ?
Q2) More to the point, those legions were led by the man who — nine years later — was to become Roman Emperor: what was his name … ?
Q3) 30th May, 1972, saw members of which group go on trial in the UK for 25 different bombings?
Q4) 30th May, 1642, saw the English Parliament annul all honours granted by who … ?
Q5) 30th May, 1947, saw the death of George-Ludwig, Ritter von Trapp: which musical is loosely based on his life … ?
Q6) As today’s final question … which rank did George-Ludwig reach in the Austro-Hungarian Navy … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answer, in the order I should’ve put ’em … !
Q1) 29th May, 1453, saw the fall of which imperial city?
A1) Constantinople: or Byzantium, as it was also known.
Q2) 29th May, 1953, saw the first pair of climbers reach the summit of Mount Everest: name either of them.
A2) Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing Norgay.
Q3) 29th May, 1953, saw the birth of film composer, Danny Elfman: but what’s the name of his band?
A3) Oingo Boingo.
Q4) 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?
A4) Heysel.
Q5) Name either of the teams who were playing.
A5) Liverpool FC or Juventus FC.
Q6) 29th May, 1983, saw who make a visit to the Archbishop of Canterbury?
A6) Pope John-Paul 2nd.
There we go!
Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later … !
* Angela, I could happily tell you they are easy: but, then, I’ve got the answers sitting in front of me …
Q1 Jerusalem
ReplyDeleteQ2 Titus Flavius Vespasianus better known as Titus
Q3 The Angry Brigade
Q4 Charles I
Q5 The sound of music
Q6 KorvettenKapitan (Corvette Captain)
Trevor
“..the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
“Anything too stupid to be said is sung.”
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
“History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.”
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
“Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
“Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.”
All quotes by Voltaire
1. Second Wall of Jerusalem
ReplyDelete2. Titus
3. the Angry Brigade
4. Charles I
5. The Sound of Music
6. Captain -- He was also a Baron.