You know, I think — think — I’m going to have to check to see if I’ve left a window open, I really am.
Not to put it mildly … ?
It’s bloody freezing in here … !
All thing’s considered … ?
It was actually warmer for those of us having a crafty smoke, outside the Indian restaurant in Romford were we went for the staff do, last night.
Remind me to tell you about that, sometime, if I get the chance: first time I’d been ten-pin bowling for years, and I manage to put in a respectable final score of 113 … !
About third, I seem to recall …
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Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
Before I start telling you about back-spin and Granny Style …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor — all on his ownsome, again — putting in his answers: and, along with quoting singer, Billy Bragg, he managed to bag 5 out of 5.
Let’s see how he — and you — manage with today’s questions, shall we … ?
Q1) 21st December is Forefathers Day: but in which Massachusetts town … ?Q2) 21st December, 1967, saw the death of Louis Washkansky, 18 days after he became the first person to receive … what … ?Q3) 21st December, 1913, saw the birth of Werner Von Trapp, of the Von Trapp Family Singers: what was the name of his character, in The Sound of Music … ?Q4) 21st December is also the feast day of which of the apostles … ? (Sorry, Kaiju … )Q5) And finally … 21st December, 1879 — or 1878, depending on who you ask — saw the birth of dictator, Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი, in his native Georgian). How was he better known … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 20th December, 2005, saw the first same-sex civil partnership celebrated: in which country of the UK … ?A1) Scotland.Q2) 20th December, 1957, saw Elvis Presley drafted into the US army: who — possibly apocryphally — once quipped “Elvis died in the army” … ?A2) John Lennon.Q3) That same day — 20th December, 1957 — saw the birth of which English singer/songwriter … ?A3) Billy Bragg.Q4) 20th December, 2007, saw a painting by which Spanish artist stolen from an art museum in Brazil … ?A4) Pablo Picasso.Q5) And finally … 20th December, 1862, saw the death of surgeon, anatomist and zoologist, Robert Knox, MD FRCSEd FRSEd. Who were his most notorious employees … ?A5) Bodysnatchers, Brendan “Dynes” Burke and William Hare.
Enjoy those, everyone.
Now, if you’ll excuse me … ?
I’m going back to bed: it was a late night, last night …
2 comments:
Q1 Plymouth, Massachusetts
Q2 cardiac transplantation or Heart Transplant
Q3 Kurt
Q4 Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas
Q5 Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Trevor
“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.”
“Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.”
“God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.”
“Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.”
“Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.”
“The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.”
Quotes by Cicely Isabel Fairfield (pen name Rebecca West) – English Author - born 21st December 1892.
Darn! I did it again! Wrong Teaser. Oh, well. I'm posting my responses anyway!
1. Plymouth, Massachusetts, primarily
2. Louis Washkansky (1913 – 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant.
3. Kurt
4. Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus (meaning "Twin") [At least it wasn't an obscure Feast Day!]
5. Joseph Stalin
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