The Daily Teaser …

You know I’ve got to admit, I’ve got some of the incident music from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil floating around my head at the moment.

I know why, as well …

I had it on in the background, yesterday, while I was writing up the next few days Teasers.

And that samba-style incidental music … ?

Does tend to stay in the head.

Either way … ?

I think I’m going to suggest it to the movie night gang. Anything that’s sees Robert DeNiro as a plumber has to be worth watching …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ? Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor putting in his answers, and bagging 6 out of 6. It also saw Kaiju telling us that he’d actually used one of the alternative names for Emperor Diocletian, on Saturday, just gone.

I’ll be honest, Kaiju, I’m on finding references to a town in Croatia …

Lets move on, shall we … ? And see how everyone does with today’s set: here they are, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 22nd November, 1963, saw the death of President John F. Kennedy: what was the name of the Governor of Texas who was also seriously injured, that day … ?

Q2) 22nd November, 1997, saw the death of which Australian rock star … ?

Q3) 22nd November, 1913, saw the birth of English composer, Benjamin Britten: which of his operas premiered in 1945?

Q4) 22nd November, 2005, saw who elected as the very first female German Chancellor … ?

Q5) And finally … 22nd November, 1974, saw the UN grant Observer status to who … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 21st November, 1985, saw the closing of strategic talks between the US and the USSR: these generally finished well, but with still no agreement on what?


A1) The Strategic Defence Initiative: otherwise known as the Star Wars project. (Say what you want about Mikhail Gorbachev, he was one of the first people to point out how bloody silly Jar-Jar Binks was … )

Q2) 21st November, 1932, saw the birth of the Liverpool-born author who won the Whitbread prize in 1977 and 1996: who was she … ?

A2) Beryl Bainbridge.

Q3) More to the point, how many times was she nominated for the Booker Prize … ?

A3) 5 times.

Q4) 21st November, 1924, saw the birth of author — and youngest son of J. R. R. Tolkien — Christopher Tolkien: which of his father’s works did he edit and release in 1977 … ?

A4) The Silmarillion.

Q5) 21st November, 1960, saw the first permanent ARPANET link, between UCLA … and where else … ?

A5) The Stanford Research Institute.

Q6) And finally … 21st November, 1695, saw the death of which English composer … ?

A6) Henry Purcell.

Enjoy those, everyone. Now, if you’ll excuse me … ? I’m going to have a samba …