You know, I’ve got to admit, it isn’t that often I manage to pull one over on Kaiju and Trevor.
They are, after all, possibly the best and brightest a blogging quizmaster could ask for.
Then yesterday’s Q3) happened …
1603, chaps, is all I’m saying … !
Lets move on, shall we … ?
Before I get offensively smug … !
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At any rate, yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers: it saw Kaiju edging ahead, scoring 5 out of 6, with Trevor bagging 4 out of 6, and quoting Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …
Q1) With apologies to Kaiju, here: 18th November saw the consecration of Saint Peter’s Basilica: but in which year … ?Q2) Following on … True or False, Saint Peter’s Basilica is a Cathedral?Q3) 18th November, 1883, saw the US and Canada adopt fixed timezones. As with the UK, this was to standardise what: railway timetables, weather reports, or TV listings magazines … ?Q4) 18th November, 1865, saw which Mark Twain story published in the New York Saturday Press?Q5) 18th November, 1963, saw the first push-button what go into service?Q6) And finally … 18th November, 1987, saw a fire at King’s Cross station — in London — kill how many people … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 17th November, 1876, saw which piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky receive its debut?A1) The Slavonic March.Q2) More to the point, in which city … ?A2) Moscow.Q3) 17th November, 1558, saw who succeed to the British throne.A3) No-one. (Elizabeth the 1st, on the other hand, bagged the throne of England: the throne of Great Britain was only created — initially — as a titular perk for James 1st … in 1603 …)Q4) 17th November, 1973, saw President Richard Nixon tell a meeting of AP journalists “I’m not a …” what … ?A4) Crook. (We expect politicians to fib, every-so-often, but that turned out to be a bit of a whopper, didn’t it … ?)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 … ?A5) Renault.Q6) And finally … 17th November is — in Japanese tradition — Shogi Day: Shogi is the Japanese equivalent of which board game?A6) Chess.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
Q1 326
ReplyDeleteQ2 False it’s a Papal Basilica
Q3 Railway Timetables
Q4 "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Q5 Telephone
Q6 27
Trevor
“Darwinian Man, though well-behaved, At best is only a monkey shaved!”
“And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.”
“You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself - and how little I deserve it.”
“When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.”
“Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.”
“For he might have been a Rooshian A French or Turk or Proosian, Or perhaps Italian. But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, He remains an Englishman.”
“If you wish in this world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, And blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.”
Quotes by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
(Best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan) born 18 November 1836.
Hi! Its @Euthymios! Here are the answers!Nov 18 teaser,
ReplyDelete1. 1626
2. False
3. Railway timetable
4. Jim smiley and his jumping frog
5. The telephone
6. 31 people
Cheers! ;-)
I already posted Argghhh!
ReplyDeleteNov 18 answers
ReplyDelete1. 1626
2. False
3. Railway timetable
4. Jim Smiley and his jumping frog.
5. The telephone
6. 31 people
Don}t worry, @Euthymios, it’s kind of why I moderate these things: and welcome aboard.
ReplyDeleteAnd Kaiju, I’ve got to have SOME fun … ! :D
And, hang on, Trebor, you’ve been blowing your own trumpet for years, surely … ?
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