Well, that seemed to work!
I’ve got to admit, I’ve managed to pick up a new Apple Mighty Mouse — from work, as the discount’s rather good — and it’s rather nice to know that I now have one with a functioning scroll ball!
Phew!
The one on the original mouse I’d bought the same time I got my Mac Mini is showing its age!!
But let’s move on, shall we … ?
Before I start telling you what I want for Christmas!
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answer: with both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Trevor quoting Roy Rogers, and Kaiju telling us exactly how to pronounce 嫦娥一号, the name of the first Chinese Lunar probe.
Let’s see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 6th November, 1861, saw who elected as the President of the Confederate States of America … ?Q2) 6th November, 1935, saw Parker Brothers acquire the patents for The Landlords Game from Elizabeth Magee: The Landlords Game was a forerunner to which other Parker Brothers game … ?Q3) 6th November, 1944, saw the Hanford Atomic Facility produce the world’s first what?Q4) 6th November, 1814, saw the birth of which Belgian inventor … ?Q5) And finally … 6th November, 1956, saw French and British troops seize control of what … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 5th November famously saw Guy Fawkes arrested — in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament — for his part in the Gunpowder Plot: but in which year … ?A1) 1605.Q2) 5th November, 1688, saw the start — in England — of the Glorious Revolution: who did this see named as King of England … ?A2) William of Orange.Q3) 5th November, 2007, saw China put its first lunar satellite into orbit around the Moon: what was the name of that satellite … ?A3) Chang’e 1.Q4) 5th November, 1913, saw the birth of which English actress … ?A4) Vivien Leigh.Q5) And finally 5th November, 1892, saw the birth of which Scottish geneticist … ?A5) J. B. S Haldane.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later!
Q1 Jefferson Finis Davis
ReplyDeleteQ2 Monopoly
Q3 Plutonium
Q4 Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax
Q5 Egypt's Canal Zone (The Suez Canal)
Trevor
“In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.”
“It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.”
“The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.”
“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.”
Quotes by L. Sprague de Camp (American Science Fiction & Fantasy writer) died 6 November 200
1. Jefferson Davis
ReplyDelete2. Monopoly
3. world’s first facility to extract plutonium from irradiated fuel rods
4. Adolph Sax, saxophone inventor (too cool!)
5. Suez Canal
Isn’t it just, Kaiju … ?
ReplyDeleteAnd I’ve got to confess, I think the sax solo on Hazel O’Conner’s song, Will You? is one of the best on the planet … !
Oh, and Trevor, did I tell you I found L. Sprague de Camp’s Wikipedia entry … ? Fascinating stuff: apparently, his grandfather was a Volapükist. There’s an app. for that, I think …