Isn’t that strange …
I’ve got the BBC’s news channel on in the background — mostly because The House Of Elliot, over on Yesterday doesn’t appeal — and they’ve just done the review of the Sunday newspapers.
Turns out there’s a bit of a crisis in Britain’s choirs.
Voices are breaking, earlier …
Let’s leave that there, shall we … ?
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Trevor putting in their answers: with both bagging 7 out of 7, yesterday also saw them both quoting John Lennon.
After all, had he survived that bullet, 29 or so years ago, he would’ve been 70, yesterday. Which actually only seems like yesterday …
Lets get a shift on, shall we … ?
And see how everyone does with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 10th October, 1967 saw the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies — or Outer Space Treaty, for short — come into force: as of today, how many countries have signed and ratified it … ?Q2) Which Hollywood couple remarried on 10th October, 1975?Q3) 10th October, 1970, saw which Island nation become independent?Q4) 10th October, 1957, saw the world’s first major nuclear accident take: at which UK nuclear plant … ?Q5) And finally … According to the WFMH, today is World … what … Day?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 9th October, 1989, saw Soviet news agencies report that what had been sighted in Voronezh? A1) A UFO.Q2) 9th October, 1919, saw the Cincinnati Reds win the 1919 World Series: their opponents, the Chicago White Sox, had been accused of what, in what became known as the Black Sox Scandal?A2) Match fixing.Q3) 9th October, 1959, saw Harold Macmillan lead the Conservative Party to victory in that year’s General Election: how was Supermac known, after receiving an Earldom … ?A3) The 1st Earl of Stockton.Q4) More to the point, which future PM was first elected to Parliament — as MP for Finchley — that year?A4) Margaret Thatcher.Q5) 9th October, 1991, saw the first what tournament held outside Japan in a millennium and a half … ?A5) Sumo tournament.Q6) More to the point, where was that event held … ?A6) The Royal Albert Hall.Q7) And finally … late in the night of 9th October, 1940 — late enough to be almost the 10th — saw the Luftwaffe unsuccessfully bomb which Anglican cathedral?A7) Saint Paul’s.
Enjoy that lot.
Oh, and before I forget … ? If your using Ubuntu Linux, you mite want to keep your eyes on their site: Ubuntu 10•10 sees its release, today …
1. As of 1 January 2008, 98 countries are states-parties to the treaty, while another 27 have signed the treaty but have not yet completed ratification
ReplyDelete2. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
3. Fiji
4. Windscale, Cumberland's nuclear reactor caught fire on its graphite core
5. World Mental Health Day
Q1 98 countries with another 27 yet to complete ratification.
ReplyDeleteQ2 Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
Q3 Fiji
Q4 Windscale
Q5 World Mental Health Day
Trevor
“All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.”
“Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?”
“I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.”
“I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.”
“It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.”
“The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.”
“This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.”
Quotes by Harold Pinter born 10th October 1930
1. 3,017, including Blorp, Zorigi, Dweeble and Mini-Mars.
ReplyDelete2. Burton and Taylor
3. Great Britan - finally!
4. I've no idea, but I'll bet the locals are displeased about it.
5. Sunday. Duh.
Blorp and Dweeble, too? So who knew. Didn't know they were that advanced.
ReplyDeleteKaiju, you’d be surprised how quickly some of these pung fruit Republic’s can get going …
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