The Daily Teaser …

You know, I’ve got to admit, I love a lazy Sunday, sometimes, I really do.

Especially after a night like last night: not that the movie night finished late.

Comparatively.

Or that I finished the blog post about Blood Diamond late.

Or later than usual.

But I think the fact that some of my neighbours were … AHEM … vocally enjoying themselves ’til about three, definitely didn’t help …

Oy veh … !!!!

But let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, LETS … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor putting in answer, and here’s where I’m thinking I’m going to be a little strict: in giving him 4 out of 5.

I did, after all ask what the Japanese term for shogunate, rather than shogun: in that sense, Trevor got the right term, but it wasn’t exactly what I was after …

At any rate, lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 22nd August, 1952, saw the closing of which island Penal colony … ?


Q2) More to the point, that colony is the coast of which South American country … ?

Q3) Following on, which autobiographical (unless you ask the French) novel tells of a successful escape from that penal colony … ?

Q4) 22nd August, 1971, saw J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce they had arrested 20 of the protestors known as the Camden 28: what were the Camden 28 protesting against … ?

Q5) 22nd August, 1989, saw the death of which of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party … ?

Q6) 22nd August, 1914, saw the death of left-leaning Roman Catholic bishop, Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi: Bishop Radini-Tedeschi’s secretary, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was later to become which Pope … ?

Q7) And finally … 22nd August, 1962, saw the world’s first nuclear powered cargo ship complete its maiden voyage: what was that ship’s name … ?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 21st August, 1192, saw Minamoto Yoritomo become the first — in the modern sense — Shogun of Japan: what’s the Japanese word for Shogunate … ?


A1) Bakufu. (Which translates loosely as ‘tent government’.)

Q2) 21st August, 1983, saw the opposition Leader of the Philippines shot, after returning from exile: what was his name … ?

A2) Benigno Aquino.

Q3) 21st August, 1968, saw a Soviet-led clamp-down on dissident forces in which country … ?

A3) Czechoslovakia.

Q4) August 21st, 1905, saw the birth of animator, Friz Freleng: which character did he introduce in the 1935 cartoon, I Haven’t Got a Hat?

A4) Porky Pig.

Q5) And finally … August 21st, 2005, saw the death of which pioneer of electronic music … ?

A5) Dr Robert Moog, designer of the Theremin and Moog synthesiser.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later!