Bleaurgh …
You can can I’m still on my first cuppa of the day, can’t you … ?
Well, it was definitely a late one, last night: and one that generated a lot of gas … !
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But lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Shall we … ?
Yes, lets … !
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor scoring 6 out of 6, and putting in some fascinating quotes from Isaac Singer.
Lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 25th July, 1965, saw Bob Dylan famously — and scandalously — offend the audience at the Newport Folk Festival by playing what …?Q2) 25th July, 1755, saw the British Governor of New Brunswick order the deportation of who from his Canadian region … ?Q3) 25th July, 1915, saw RFC Captain Lanœ Hawker recieve what, after shooting down two German aircraft on the same day … ?Q4) 6 years earlier, and whilst we’re aviating, 25th July, 1909, saw Louis Blériot made the first crossing of what in a heavier-than-air aircraft … ?Q5) And finally … 25th July saw the opening of the Barcelona Summer Olympics: the first, in the modern era, in which it could be said that every nation of the Earth took part. After the splitting of the USSR, lifting of several bans, and a lack of politically based boycotts. In which year of the 1990s was this … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 24th July, 1974, saw the US Supreme Court order President Richard Nixon hand over taper recorded discussions about which political scandal … ?A1) The Watergate Affair.Q2) How many US government officials were either jailed or indicted, after that scandal … ?A2) Forty. (40.)Q3) 24th July, 1927, saw the formal unveiling of which War Memorial in Ypres … ?A3) The Menin Gate.Q4) July the 24th, 1701, saw Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac found a trading post at Fort Pontchartrain: how is the trading point now known … ?A4) Detroit, Michigan.Q5) 24th July, 1911, saw the discovery of the ancient city of Manchu Picchu: but was it Incan, Aztec or Toltec … ?A5) Incan.Q6) And finally … 24th July, 1897 saw the birth of which female aviator … ?A6) Amelia Earhart.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !
1. Electric guitar
ReplyDelete2. George Washington
3. Victoria Cross
4. English Channel
5. 1992
Q1 "went electric" by playing electric guitar
ReplyDeleteQ2 The Acadians (French Colonists)
Q3 The Victoria Cross (VC)
Q4 la Manche (The English Channel)
Q5 1992
Trevor
Kubla Khan: -
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:-
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
Parts of Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge died July 25 1834
1. He played with backing from Mike Bloomfield on Guitar and others from an electric blues/rock and roll band known as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
ReplyDelete2. Acadians
3. Victoria Cross. Britain's first ace.
4. English Channel
5. 1992