Blimey …
I’ve got to admit, I’ve got Yesterday on in the background, and they’re showing the fascinating David Dimbleby series, The Seven Ages of Britain.
He’s got to the fascinating stuff about Alfred the Great: possibly the only king in English history to be known as ‘the Great’.
And it’s just as fascinating to go through his Wikipedia entry: all of that lot, and what do we remember him for … ?
Knackering some cakes …
Puts royalty into perspective, doesn’t it … ?
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Lets move on, shall we … ?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju going head-to-head: with both bagging 5 out of 5, Trevor putting in some good quotes from a certain Mr Lugosi.
Let’s see how they, you and possibly AlexandraFunFit do with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) By being part of the winning 4⊗100 team, Michæl Phelps became — on 17th August, 2008 — the first Olympic athlete to win how many gold medals in one Olympic Games … ?Q2) 17th August, 1988, saw which Pakistani politician killed in a plane crash … ?Q3) 17th August, 1953, saw the birth of singer-songwriter, Kevin Rowland: which band was he the frontman for … ?Q4) 17th August, 1980 saw the disappearance of the child who which lead to the most publicised trial in Australian history: what was the name of that child … ?Q5) More to the point, what was the name of the Meryl Streep film about the disappearance and subsequent trial … ?Q6) And finally … 17th August, 1601 — or 1607. Or 1608, depending on who you ask — saw the birth of which French lawyer and amateur mathematician … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 16th August, 1896, saw fisherman George Carmack find what in a creek in the Klondike River area of Canada … ?A1) Gold.Q2) 64 years later, 16th August, 1960, saw which island gains its independence from the UK … ?A2) Cyprus.Q3) 16th August, 1984, saw which former car maker cleared in an LA drug trial … ?A3) John DeLorean,Q4) 16th August, 1945, saw which royal figure captured by Soviet troops?A4) Pǔ yí: the last Chinese Emperor, and puppet ruler of Manchuria.Q5) And finally … 16th August, 1962, saw who replaced by Ringo Starr?A5) Former Beatles drummer, Pete Best.
Enjoy those, everyone. I’ll catch you later …
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1. 8 Gold medals
ReplyDelete2. President Muhammad Zia ul-Haq
3. Dexys Midnight Runners
4. Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain - unfortunately becoming a running punchline in the U.S. ("A dingo ate my baby!")
5. A Cry in the Dark
6. Pierre de Fermat
In honor of Alexandra, I did answer two questions without the assistance of neither the canine nor feline!
1. All of them. Plus an extra one for SWS - Swimming While Stoned (you do remember the pot, don't you?)
ReplyDelete2. The dead one. Indira Gandhi maybe.
3. I think he "fronted" for the Mafia. Smuggling cymbals.
4. Baby Brown.
5. Mother Brown gets accused of all kinds of bad stuff, including "kneecapping" all the other nominees of the Best Actress award 10 years in a row.
6. Who cares if he can't even mathematically compute when he was born. What a loser!
Q1 8 gold medals
ReplyDeleteQ2 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q3 Dexys Midnight Runners
Q4 Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain
Q5 Evil Angels (in Australia) or A Cry in the Dark (outside Australia)
Q6 Pierre de Fermat
Trevor
“Be always sure you are right - then go ahead.”
“Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.”
“The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.”
“Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.”
“We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.”
“We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.”
“You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
Quotes by Davy Crockett born August 17 1786
Oh, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps#Allegations_of_performance_enhancing_drug_use”>THAT</a> was him was it, Alexandra … ?
ReplyDeleteBut one thing I know I’m doing is eyeballing the timestamps, here, folks: Alexandra, you do know you and Trevor have whaled in at the same GMT … ?