You know, you’ve probably guessed by now that, this time of the morning, I’ll usually have either the BBC News Channel or Yesterday playing in the background.
I’ll be honest, at the moment … ?
It’s the news.
Mostly because Yesterday are showing The Rag Nymph: a historical drama based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.
Now, I’m not going to complain too much.
But Catherine Cookson … ?
Really isn’t my thing …
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Let’s get moving on, shall we … ? Whilst the local news gets read out …
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers: with both managing to score 5 out of 5, it also saw Trevor putting in some fascinating quotes from Richard Attenborough, and Kaiju telling us of his personal experiences with Hurricane Katrina.
Kaiju, it sounds like that must have been one heck of a bad day …
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
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Yes, lets …
Q1) August 30th, 1976, saw which carnival end in extensive rioting … ?Q2) 30th August 1909, saw the discovery of the Burgess Shale, by Charles Doolittle Walcott: the Burgess Shale contained the world’s largest source of … what … ?Q3) According to the International Committee of the Red Cross — and others — is the International Day of the … what … ?Q4) 30th August, 1993, saw the death of actor, Richard Jordan: in which 1976 film did he play Francis 7 … ?Q5) And finally … 30th August, 1914, was the last day of which WW1 battle … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 29th August, 1541, saw a force of Ottoman Turks capture which Hungarian city: Buda, Pest or Óbuda … ?A1) Buda: saying that, all three cities make up what’s NOW called Budapest …Q2) Twenty years earlier, 29th August, 1521, saw an Ottoman Turk force capture what’s now which city … ?A2) Belgrade.Q3) 29th August, 2005, saw which storm make landfall in the USA … ?A3) Hurricane Katrina.Q4) 29th August, 1930, saw the evacuation — after various ecological privations — or which Outer Hebridean archipelago … ?A4) Saint Kilda.Q5) 29th August, 1920, saw the birth of which influential Jazz musician … ?A5) Charlie ‘The Bird’ Parker.
Enjoy those, everyone.
I’ll catch you later.
Q1 Notting Hill Carnival
ReplyDeleteQ2 Fossils
Q3 International Day of the Disappeared
Q4 Logan’s Run
Q5 Battle of Tannenberg
Trevor
“Drinking beer doesn't make you fat, It makes you lean....Against bars, tables, chairs, and poles.”
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
“A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.”
“Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.”
“I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.”
“Pretty women make us BUY beer. Ugly women make us DRINK beer.”
“The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer.”
“Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.”
Beer quotes to celebrate the death of Michael Jackson (The Beer Hunter) August 30 2007.
1. Notting Hill Carnival
ReplyDelete2. Cambrian animal fossils. The locality reveals the presence of creatures originating from the Cambrian explosion, an evolutionary burst of animal origins dating 545 to 525 million years ago.
3. The International Day of the Disappeared.
4. Logan's Run
5. Battle of Tannenberg