Hmmm …
Well, that’s a thing!
I’ve just been text messaged by Brentwood Library: hopefully, that’ll be the biography of Steve Jobs I ordered …
At any rate, let’s move on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets …
Q1) 15th June, 1996, saw a bomb explode just outside the Arndale shopping centre: in which British city is that shopping centre … ?Q2) 15th June, 1846, saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established the border between two countries: name either.Q3) 15th June, 1215, saw King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta: what’s the Magna Carta’s full name … ?Q4) More to the point, how does that translate into English … ?Q5) 15th June, 1911, saw the formal incorporation of one of the companies that went on to form IBM: what does IBM stand for … ?Q6) And finally … 15th June, 1909, saw the founding of the International Cricket Council: What aspect of Cricket does it govern: the rules, Cricket tournaments, or domestic Cricket?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 14th June, 1966, saw the Vatican abolish … what?Q2) 14th June, 1822, saw Charles Babbage propose his Difference Engine to the Royal Society: which Countess famously wrote one of the first algorithms for its successor machine, the Analytical Engine … ?Q3) More to the point, who was she the daughter of … ?Q4) 14th June, 1942, saw who begin to keep a diary … ?Q5) 14th June, 1789, saw the Reverend Elijah Craig, produce the first batch of what, in Kentucky … ?Q6) And finally … 14th June, 1952, saw the keel laid for the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine: what was it called … ?
Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later … !
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