The Daily Teaser …

Bleugh …

I’ve decided, officially …

That I hate it when it’s snowing … !

I’ll be honest, I went out to get some food shopping, yesterday.

Just before the snow started, yesterday.

And, by the time I’d finished … ?

We’d had three inches of the stuff.

Or a blizzard, depending on how you want to define it!

Either way, I think my feet suffered …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers. It saw Trevor bagging 5 out of 5, with Kaiju bagging 4 out of five: it also saw Trevor putting in some quotes from Betty Grable, and Kaiju mentioning the Christmas classic that was The Fairytale of New York, possibly the only Christmas tune to call the late Ms MacColl a ‘cheap slut on junk’ and get away with it.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 19th December, 1972, saw who issue an ultimatum to British workers in Uganda … ?

Q2) 19th December, 1997, saw which Conservative party leader get married … ?

Q3) 19th December, 1915, saw the birth of Édith Giovanna Gassion: how was she better known … ?

Q4) Staying with singers, 19th December, 1958, saw the birth of English singer, Limahl: with which 80s pop band did he find fame … ?

Q5) And finally … 19th December, 2003, saw Libya announce it was to give up what: chemical weapons, atomic weapons or its national football team … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 18th December, 218BC, saw a Roman army defeated at the Battle of the Trebia: by whose Carthaginian army … ?


A1) Hannibal.

Q2) 18th December, 1993, saw the death of actor and director, Sam Wannamaker: he famously helped to rebuild which London theatre … ?

A2) Shakespeare’s Globe.

Q3) 18th December, 2000, saw the death of singer/songwriter, Kirstie MacColl: what was her biggest solo UK hit?

A3) Her version of Billy Bragg’s A New England …

Q4) 18th December, 1972, saw the birth of Latvian American DJ, Leor Dimant: better known as DJ Lethal, of Limp Bizkit, he first came to prominence in which rap band … ?

A4) House of Pain*.

Q5) And finally … 18th December, 1943, saw the birth of which member of The Rolling Stones … ?

A5) Keith Richards. (Whether he remembers it’s his birthday is a whole other matter … )

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll hopefully catch you later …

* One question, though: how on Earth did a nice Latvian-American boy end up in a Irish American rap band …