The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

Well, that’s something …

The BBC News Channel has gone from being Vatican TV, back to some straight reporting.

And telling more about the British troops pulling out of Sangin, and the Liberal Democrat party conference.

But I’ve a funny feeling that the Match fixing scandal’s going to be all over the place.

There’s been more allegations …

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But let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor, Oliver Townsend — nice to see you back, Oliver — and Freda — my Mum, in other words, so be polite, folks — all putting in their answers: it saw Trevor bagging 10 out of 10, Oliver scoring 9, and me Mum bagging 5.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 20th September, 1857, saw the end of the Indian Rebellion of 1857: with the capture of which major Indian city … ?

Q2) More to the point, by forces of what: the British government, the British East India Company or the last Murghal Emperor … ?

Q3) Moving on, 20th September, 1967, saw the launch of the Queen Elizabeth 2nd: which company owned the QE2?

Q4) 20th September, 1946, saw the very first Cannes Film Festival: what’s the name of its ‘Best Film’ award … ?

Q5) 20th September, 2000, saw the Real IRA (apparently) attack 85, Vauxhall Cross: whose Headquarters is this building … ?

Q6) And finally … 20th September, 2005, saw the death of which Holocaust survivor and Knight Commander of the British Empire … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 19th September is, obviously, International Talk Like a Pirate Day: which English naval figure was a notorious privateer who — according to legend — famously insisted on finishing a game of Bowls … ?


A1) Sir Francis Drake.

Q2) What — in popular tradition — is the pirate flag … ?

A2) The Skull and Crossbones, or Jolly Roger.

Q3) On which Adam and the Ants album would you find the song, Jolly Roger … ?

A3) Kings Of the Wild Frontier.

Q4) Which pirates operated from the North African coast … ?

A4) Barbary pirates.

Q5) Which Swedish website — according to some sites — is the World’s 91st most popular?

A5) The Pirate Bay.

Q6) What’s the name of the Johnny Depp character, in the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films … ?

A6) Captain Jack Sparrow.

Q7) As a final pirate question: what was the real name of Blackbeard … ?


A7) Edward Teach.

Q8) Moving on … 19th September, 2006, saw a military coup in which Far-Eastern country?

A8) Thailand.

Q9) 19th September, 1959, saw Nikita Khrushchev barred from where … ?

A9) Disneyland. (I’m not going to swear to this, but I think this could explain a little issue that cropped up in Cuba a few years later … )

Q10) And finally … 19th September, 1796, saw a speech by whom published as an open letter to the people of the USA … ?

A10) George Washington.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll catch you later!