Morning, everyone …
Says I …
I’ve got to admit, it’s just gone 7•30, and I’m still feeling tired.
Tired, but quite good, after seeing something of a gem, last night: if you get the chance, folks, check out the uteer gem that is the 2009 film, Heartless, it’s a bit good!
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Shall we … ?
Yes, lets!
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Indeedy …
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor and Kaiju going head-to-head: with Trevor bagging 7 out of 7 and Kaiju bagging 6 out of 7.
Although I’ve a funny feeling Kaiju might well have had one of Leonard Nimoy’s more notorious hits in mind …
At any rate, let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 22nd September, 1915, saw the birth of which star of Dad’s Army?Q2) More to the point, what was his character, in Dad’s Army?Q3) 22nd September, 1965, saw the end of the Second Kashmir War: name either of the countries who fought it.Q4) 22nd September, 1515, saw the birth of which of Henry 8th’s wives?Q5) More to the point, was her marriage to Henry 8th ended by an axe or an annulment?Q6) And finally … 22nd September, 2001, saw reporter John Simpson smuggled into which country?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 21st September, 1937, saw the first UK publication of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: what’s the book’s sub-title … ? A1) There And Back, Again.Q2) More to the point, who played Bilbo in the 1968, Radio 4 audio version of The Hobbit?A2) Paul Daneman.Q3) Equally to the point, we know the Lord of the Rings trilogy was the follow up to The Hobbit: but what was the name of the posthumously published prequel … ?Q4) 21st September, 1792, saw the French government abolish … what … ?A4) The monarchy. (They’d got sick of Marie-Antoinette’s cakes … )Q5) 21st September, 1957, saw the birth of which of the Coen Brothers?A5) Ethan Coen.Q6) 21st September, 1952, saw the birth of Exorcism victim, Anneliese Michel: name either of the movies that have been made of the event.A6) The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requiem.Q7) And finally … 21st September, 1952 saw the birth of keyboard player and guitarist, Dave Gregory: with which English band did he find fame … ?A7) XTC.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later!
1. Arthur Lowe
ReplyDelete2. Capt. George Mainwaring
3. India and Pakistan
4. Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg)
5. annulment
6. smuggled into the Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Simpson and his cameraman, both over 6 feet tall, donned burqas. Simpson said they worked "superbly".
"Merely putting on the burqa, I found, has an extraordinary effect - it seems to make you disappear," he said.
"Behind their burqa, women have become an invisible sex in Afghanistan." -- John Simpson
(How's that for a quote. Sad commentary on the plight of women in Afghanistan, as it is.)
Q1 Arthur Lowe
ReplyDeleteQ2 Captain George Mainwaring
Q3 Anne of Cleves
Q4 annulment
Q5 Afghanistan
Trevor
“Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.”
“The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.”
“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”
“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, / Just like the ones I used to know.”
“The world would not be in such a snarl,/ had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.”
“The song is ended / But the melody lingers on.”
“A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day Just like the strain Of a haunting refrain She'll start upon A marathon And run around your brain”
Quotes by Irving Berlin dies 22 September 1989