The Southpaw’s Teaser …

Tea?

Check.

Mug of Diet cola?

Check!

Toast, with Marmite … ?

Check!

Right … !

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Now I’ve got to confess, I couldn’t — literally couldn’t — resist today’s subject, I really couldn’t … !

Now, you may or may not know it, but I’m left-handed: southpaw, cack-handed, whatever!

So it’s always something I’m happy to burble on about.

Lord, isn’t it just … ?

To date, I’ve managed at least a couple of posts — and one teaser — about it, and frankly … ?

I’d like to do more.

Here’s what I’d like to ask you …

If you’re a fellow lefty, I’d like to hear about it: your experiences at school, work, where ever. I’d like to post about. 600 to 700 words … ?

Cheers, folks!

I’d be interested to hear from you all …

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Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !!

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju going head to head: with both scoring 5 out of 5, Kaiju getting his answers in first, and Trevor putting in some interesting quotes from Cleopatra 7th: yeah, her, the one with the asp and the tendency to — AHEM — befriend the odd Roman or two … ?

Let’s see how they and you do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License*

Q1) Who was the first, recorded, left-handed president of the USA?


Q2) More to the point, who is the most recent left-handed President … ?

Q3) Which left-handed singer-songwriter was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta … ?

Q4) Name either of the two left-handed Italian artists — and rivals — who are contenders for the title of ‘Renaissance Man’

Q5) Which left-handed tennis player once famously — and very assertively — said “You can NOT be SERIOUS” … ?

Q6) Which left-handed painter and draftsman was nicknamed “The Soul of Montmartre” … ?

Q7) Which left-handed painter and mathematician carved a famous 1515 wood-cut of a rhinoceros … ?


Q8) Which famously black-clad figure was at the 2010 World Cup final … ?

Q9) ‘Sinister’ is derived from the word ‘sinestra’, an ancient word for ‘left’: from which language does the word ‘sinestra’ come … ?

Q10) And finally … We all know that Babe Ruth, the world’s most famous Baseball player, was left handed: who played him in the 1948 film, The Babe Ruth Story?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 12th August is the traditional date for the start of the Grouse hunting season in the UK: which species of grouse in particular … ?


A1) The Red Grouse, or Lagopus lagopus scoticus.

Q2) 12th August is — according to the UN — International what Day … ?

A2) International Youth Day.

Q3) On the subject of days, 12 August is Sea Org Day, a feast day in which modern religion … ?

A3) The Church of Scientology.

Q4) 12th August, 1851, saw who granted a patent for his model of sewing machine … ?

A4) Isaac Singer.

Q5) And finally … 12th August, 1883, saw the death of the last known example of which species at a zoo in Amsterdam … ?


A5) The Quagga.

And, finally, here’s today’s 60 question set for struggling pub quiz masters …

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ROUND ONE. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) Which mythical North American beast is also known as the Sasquatch

A1) Bigfoot. (Do NOT accept Yeti, or Abominable Snowman; that’s from Tibet.)

Q2) Raymond Baxter, Adam Hart-Davies, and Maggie Philbin all former presenters of which TV show?

A2) Tomorrow’s World.

Q3) What sort of creature was Dougal, in the Magic Roundabout?

A3) A dog.

Q4) What professional would be a member of RIBA?

A4) An architect.

Q5) In the Christian calendar, what day of the week is described as Ash?

A5) Wednesday.

Q6) In a standard deck of playing cards, how many black cards are there, excluding jokers?

A6) 26.

Q7) Early Giant, Nantes and Figaro are what kind of vegetable?

A7) Carrots.

Q8) What word links a stone with a seaside confection?

A8) Rock.

Q9) In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, what’s the name of the computer?

A9) HAL 9000. (Accept HAL.)

Q10) Which actor appeared in Titanic, The Man In The Iron Mask and The Beach?

A10) Leonardo DiCaprio.

ROUND TWO. GARDENING.

Q11) What’s the most common colour for a domesticated daffodil?

A11) Yellow.

Q12) What material is decking usually made from?

A12) Wood.

Q13) Which vegetable can be Globe or Jerusalem?

A13) An artichoke.

Q14) Where does a cloche go?

A14) Over plants.

Q15) Elderflowers turn into what fruit?

A15) Elderberries.

Q16) What do lilies grow from, bulbs or seeds?

A16) Bulbs.

Q17) Hybrid Tea, Polyantha and Floribunda are examples of which plant?

A17) The Rose.

Q18) What word describes cutting a lawn?

A18) Mowing.

Q19) Which peas are a decorative plant?

A19) Sweet peas.

Q20) Which aromatic plant takes its name from the Latin word, Lavo, meaning “I Wash”?

A20) Lavender.

ROUND THREE. TV DINNERS.

Q21) Which MASH star was born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto d’Abruzzo?

A21) Alan Alda.

Q22) In Bread, Father Oswald was married to which character?

A22) Aveline.

Q23) Conundrum was the last episode of which US series: Friends, Dallas or Star Trek?

A23) Dallas.

Q24) John McCririck is a TV pundit on which sport?

A24) Horse-racing.

Q25) Who replaced Paul Daniels, on Wipeout?

A25) Bob Monkhouse.

Q26) TOTP 2 was a rerun of which show?

A26) Top of the Pops.

Q27) London’s Burning was all about which emergency service?

A27) The Fire Brigade.

Q28) In Frasier, what’s Frasier's surname?

A28) Crane.

Q29) In which show would you be eating Tubby Toast?

A29) Teletubbies.

Q30) Trisha Goddard shifted from ITV1, to which other terrestrial channel?

A30) Channel 5.

ROUND FOUR. ’ROUND THE World.

Q31) Georgia, Latvia and Uzbekistan are former what?

A31) Soviet states.

Q32) In which sea is Jamaica?

A32) The Caribbean.

Q33) Port Stanley is the capital of which Islands?

A33) The Falkland Islands.

Q34) The Dumbarton, San Rafael and Golden Gate Bridge are in which US city?

A34) San Francisco.

Q35) Madras is to the west and Calcutta to the north of which massive Indian bay?

A35) The Bay of Bengal.

Q36) Mogadishu is the capital of which African country?

A36) The Somali Republic.

Q37) Buenos Aires, Cape Town, or Brisbane; - which is furthest north?

A37) Brisbane.

Q38) Beijing, Seoul, or Bangkok; - which is furthest east?

A38) Seoul.

Q39) Saudi Arabia has its western coast on which Sea?

A39) The Red Sea.

Q40) Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park are in which Californian mountain range?

A40) Sierra Nevada.

ROUND FIVE. MUSIC AND LIGHTS.

Q41) Name either of the bands who had an 1980s hit with Only You. (Two points for both.)

A41) Yazoo or the Flying Pickets.

Q42) Who had a hit with I’m a Believer.

A42) The Monkees.

Q43) Dance hall hit Oh Carolina was the debut hit for which Jamaica artist?

A43) Shaggy.

Q44) All Kinds Of Everything was a hit for which Irish politician?

A44) Dana. (She was Ireland’s president, for about 5 years)

Q45) Name either of the artist’s who’ve had a UK hit with American Pie. (Two points for both.)

A45) Don McClean, & Madonna.

Q46) Mike Flowers Pops had a hit with which Oasis song?

A46) Wonderwall.

Q47) Name Golden Earring’s only UK hit.

A47) Radar Love.

Q48) (It’s Such) A Perfect Day was — originally — the B-side of which Lou Reed hit?

A48) Walk On The Wild Side.

Q49) Never Ever was the biggest UK hit for which girl band?

A49) All Saints.

Q50) Suicide Blonde was a hit for which band?

A50) INXS.

ROUND SIX. GENERAL IGNORANCE.

Q51) In printing, what name is given to three full stops in a row?

A51) An ellipsis.

Q52) Who is — still — Britain’s most shoplifted author?

A52) Terry Pratchett.

Q53) In which British resort was Billy Butlin’s first holiday camp?

A53) Skegness.

Q54) Which ska band is the only one to have registered on the Richter Scale?

A54) Madness, at the first of their Madstock gigs. (They managed 3.2: in the middle of what Wikipedia classes as minor, light enough to not cause damage, but heavy enough to be felt.)

Q55) Gary McKinnon is awaiting extradition to the US, after hacking into whose computer’s,

A55) Both the Pentagon’s and NASA’s.

Q56) Which American comedian directed the film Matchpoint?

A56) Woody Allen.

Q57) Elections to the US Congress, & Senate are usually on which day of the week?

A57) Tuesday.

Q58) On a standard UK Monopoly board, which is the first station reached, after you pass Go?

A58) King’s Cross.

Q59) According to the title of the play, Sir Thomas More was A Man For All … what?

A59) Seasons.

Q60) Who was the lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine?

A60) Gloria Estefan.

Enjoy those, everyone.

And, just as it is International Left-handers Day, I’m also going to give you one final challenge, for the right-handers reading this.

Set your mouse up left handed for today.

See how how us lefties feel, for today. And let me know how you feel about that …

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