The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

Now that’s possibly not good.

I’ve got to admit, about the only long term simulation game I’ve been playing on Facebook, recently, has been My Tribe. I’ve tried checking, earlier, just to get some basics out of the way, and — seemingly — it overwhelmed my ’net connection.

Quite what was going on, there, I’m blowed if I know … !

Let’s move on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor, Kaiju, and Andy, the FSG Drone, himself, all put in their answers answers: with all three getting 8 out of 8, Trevor bagging the Official First-In-Clap, both he and Andy putting in some very very good quotes, and Kaiju making the very good point that politics — Ancient Roman, Revolutionary French, or otherwise — does get …

Messy.

Ah Hem!

And, yes, Kaiju, you’re right, ‘racy’ is a bit of an understatement, but … … !!

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) 3rd, June, 1957, saw who return to the UK, amidst accusations of tax avoidance?

Q2) 3rd June, 1979, saw a major leak at the Ixtoc 1 oil rig: in which gulf was this … ?

Q3) 3rd June, 1950, saw the birth of glam rocker, Suzi Quartro: which star of Twin Peaks is Suzi’s niece … ?

Q4) 3rd June, 1982, saw an attempted assassination of Schlomo Argov, who’s was the ambassador to Britain … from where … ?

Q5) And finally … 3rd May, 2004, saw the death of Frances Shand Kydd: whose mother was she … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 2nd June, 1834, saw P. T. Barnum start his first US tour with a circus: what’s the current name of that circus … ?

A1) Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the musical about P. T. Barnum?

A2) Barnum.

Q3) As a final question about the Prince of Humbug, what did he saw was “… born every minute” … ?

A3) A sucker.

Q4) 2nd June, 1793, saw Jean-Paul Marat give the names of 29 people to the French National Convention: what happened to most of those people … ?

A4) They were beheaded.

Q5) 2nd June, 1896, saw who patent radio … ?

A5) Guglielmo Marconi.

Q6) Ten years earlier, 2nd June, 1886, saw who become the first US President to marry in both the White House and in office?

A6) President Grover Cleveland.

Q7) 2nd June, 1840, saw the birth of which English novelist … ?

A7) Thomas Hardy.

Q8) And finally, while we’re on the subject of authors … Which racy French author was born on 2nd June, 1740 … ?

A8) Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade.

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