Ye gods!
Lord knows how I’ve managed to get up, today: usually, you wouldn’t expect having dinner with your family to be a late one, but that’s what it turned out to be be.
It didn’t help that someone phoned me, just as I was dropping off to sleep.
Not exactly what you want, when you have to get up for work …
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Before I go into Rant mode …
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Yes, lets … !!
Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers: it saw both of them scoring 6 out of 6, with Trevor quoting the late — and very unlamented — Oswald Mosley.
Lets sees how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) 17th November, 1876, saw which piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky receive its debut?Q2) More to the point, in which city … ?Q3) 17th November, 1558, saw who succeed to the British throne.Q4) 17th November, 1973, saw President Richard Nixon tell a meeting of AP journalists “I’m not a …” what … ?Q5) 17th November, 1986, saw the assassination — by the left wing group, Action Directe — of Georges Besse: which French car company was he the head of … ?Q6) And finally … 17th November is — in Japanese tradition — Shogi Day: Shogi is the Japanese equivalent of which board game?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 16th November, 1945, saw the founding of the UN body known to many as UNESCO: what does UNESCO stand for … ?A1) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.Q2) According to UNESCO, 16th November is also the International Day of what … ?A2) Tolerance.Q3) 16th November, 1873, saw the birth of the composer known as The Father of the Blues: who was he … ?A3) William Christopher ‘W. C.’ Handy.Q4) 16th November, 1933, saw the US government establish diplomatic relationships with which country?A4) The USSR.Q5) 16th November, 1961, saw the death of of US politician, Sam Rayburn: he was the longest serving holder of which office in the House of Representatives?A5) Speaker.Q6) And finally … 16th November, 1960, saw the death of which notoriously blunt TV personality … ?A6) Gilbert Blunt: and from what I’ve read both Jeremy Paxman and Howerd Stern could’ve taken a tip or two from this chap …
Enjoy those, everyone: I think I’ll leave you with a song …
Q1 Slavonic March (Marche Slave)
ReplyDeleteQ2 Moscow
Q3 Elizabeth I of England
Q4 "I am not a crook"
Q5 Renault
Q6 Go
Trevor
“Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.”
“Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.”
“Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.”
“Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.”
“I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.”
“If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.”
Quotes by Bernard Law Montgomery (British World War II Field Marshal) born 17 November 1887
1. Slavonic March, Op.31
ReplyDelete2. Moscow
3. Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen, from the House of Tudor (according to US telepics, the term "virgin" may be relative...)
4. "...Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.” (that is DEFINITELY a relative assessment)
5. public-owned Renault
6. Japanese version of chess