Tea … ?
Made.
Router … ?
Working …
Googlemail account … ?
Seemingly secure, after the trouble I had, yesterday … !
I had a bit of a situation: seems someone had hacked my Googlemail account over the weekend. Easy enough to deal with, all I had to do was reset my password.
But had to have a word or two with some of my relatives about email etiquette, and using the BCC field … !
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets … !
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju going head-to-head. It saw Kaiju bagging 4 out of 5 and Trevor scoring 5 out of 5: it also saw Kaiju getting his answers in with a good half an hour’s head start, and Trevor quoting British writer, Saki.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 15th November, 1515 saw which English political figure receive a promotion to Cardinal … ?Q2) 15th November, 1923, saw Germany issue which version of its currency?Q3) 15th November, 1963, saw the birth of which tennis player and television presenter … ?Q4) 15th November, 1971, saw Intel release its first single chip microprocessor: what model of chip was it … ?Q5) And finally … 15th November, 1708, saw the birth of the 1st Earl of Chatham: how was he better known … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 14th November, 1948, saw the birth of which member of the Royal Family … ?A1) Prince Charles.Q2) 14th November, 1959, saw the birth of Paul McGann, the 8th actor to play Dr Who: who preceded him in the role … ?A2) Sylvester McCoy.Q3) According to the World Health Organisation, today is World what Day … ?A3) World Diabetes Day.Q4) 14th November, 1991, saw a worker for which US body go on a shooting rampage, in Royal, Michigan … ?A4) US Postal Service. (Hence the phrase, Going Postal.)Q5) And finally … 14th November, 1977, saw the death of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: the Hare Krishna movement he founded is more formally called what … ?A5) The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
Q1 Thomas Wolsey
ReplyDeleteQ2 German Rentenmark
Q3 Andrew Nicholas Castle
Q4 Intel 4004
Q5 William Pitt, the Elder
Trevor
“Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.”
“Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.”
“I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.”
“It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.”
“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”
Quotes by Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (Welsh Labour Minister & founder of National Health Service) born 15 November 1897.