I know, I know …
It’s another late start.
But, play fair, it is Sunday, after all.
And I was up late, last night, finishing up a post about the Movie me, Movie Night Adrian and Squeaky managed to cat … !!
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But I’m burbling, aren’t I … ?
Lets get moving on, shall we.
Yesterday’s Teaser say Mr Strict, Trevor and Pink Fluffy all putting their answers: Trevor and Mr S both scoring 6 out of 6, and Fluff bagging 2.
It also saw both Trevor and Mr S putting in some rather interesting supplementary material, as well, which are always worth having a look at … !
Lets see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License:
Q1) According to the U. N. Development Council, July 11th is World what Day … ?Q2) 11th July, 1576, saw explorer and privateer Martin Frobisher, sight where … ?Q3) 11th July, 1955, saw which phrase added to US currency … ?Q4) 11th July, 1972, saw the start of the first game of what’s been called ‘The Match of the Century’: which game was being played.Q5) Name either of the players.Q6) More to the point, the winner of that game eventually became a passport holder in which country … ?
Q7) And finally … 11th July, 1960, saw the first publication of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird: who played Scout, in the 1962 film version of the novel … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers:
Q1) 10th July, 1925, saw the beginning of of the Scopes Trial: or the State of Tennessee vs John Scopes: what did trial find Scopes guilty of teaching … ?A1) Evolution.Q2) 10th July, 1943, saw British, Canadian and American troops invade which Mediterranean island … ?Q3) 10th July, 1940, saw the German Luftwaffe launch what later became called … what … ?A3) The Battle of Britain.Q4) 10th July, 1962, saw the operational launch of which satellite … ?A4) Telstar 1.Q5) More to the point, who composed the tune named after that satellite … ?A5) Joe Meek.Q6) And finally … 10th July, 2002, saw the painting called The Massacre of the Innocents sold for a record £49.5million: who painted The Massacre of the Innocents?A6) Peter Paul Rubens.
Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll catch you later … !
Q1 World Population Day
ReplyDeleteQ2 Greenland
Q3 In God We Trust
Q4 Chess
Q5 Robert James "Bobby" Fischer & Boris Vasilievich Spassky
Q6 Iceland
Trevor
“A man is but what he knows” - Francis Bacon
“Be obscure clearly.”
“English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.”
“Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.”
“The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.”
“There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.”
Quotes by E.B. White born July 11th 1899