You know, that’s a weird thing to see happen.
Well …
Weird … and sad …
That Democrat Representative, Gabrielle Giffords, had been shot, whilst do some constituency work: something she called ‘Congress on your Corner’.
I can only offer my sympathies to her family.
But where it seems strange to me , is that the timing seemed vaguely foreboding.
And it’s the first instance I can think of, of a politician here in the west, being shot.
For whatever reason, I should add.
According to the BBC’s Mark Mardell, there’s already been some frantic internet action, mostly blaming Sarah Palin.
US politics definitely makes democracy in the UK look tame, I know that.
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Trevor and Kaiju putting in their answers. With both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Trevor quoting Marco Polo, and Kaiju reminding me, at least, who owned Sun Record.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 9th January, 1799, saw Prime Minister William Pitt Younger introduce what?Q2) More to the point, this was to raise money for a war against France: who was France led by, at the time … ?Q3) 9th January, 2001, saw Apple introduce which piece of ubiquitous software … ?Q4) 9th January, 1923, saw Juan de la Cierva make the world’s first flight in what: an autogyro, a helicopter or a light aeroplane … ?Q5) 9th January, 1908. saw the birth of which noted French philosopher and feminist … ?Q6) And finally … 9th January, 1957, saw who resign as British PM … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 8th January, 1912, saw the founding of which South African political group … ?A1) The African National Congress*.Q2) 8th January, 1940, saw Great Britain introduce what: food rationing, WW1 reparations or war reporting … ?Q2) Food rationing.Q3) Five years earlier, 8th January, 1935 saw the birth of Elvis Presley: which record label released his first single, That’s All Right, Mama … ?A3) Sun.Q4) 8th January, 1959, saw Charles De Gaulle named as the President of France: was this the 4th, 5th or 6th French Republic?A4) 5th.Q5) And finally … 8th January, 1963, saw which painting exhibited in the USA, for the first time … ?A5) The Mona Lisa.
Enjoy that lot, folks: I’ll catch you later!
* There’s an old gag I’m reminded of, here: I went to the Free Nelson Mandela Concert, few years ago. I never did get around to claiming my Free Nelson. Yeah. You can see why they call ’em gags …
"And it’s the first instance I can think of, of a politician here in the west, being shot."
ReplyDeletewhat about 2 US Presidents and 1 British Prime Minister?
Abraham Lincoln
John F Kennedy
Spencer Perceval
all come to mind.
also I think Ronald Regan was shot at.
Trevor
"And it’s the first instance I can think of, of a politician here in the west, being shot."
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Where have my quiz answers gone ? Trevor
ReplyDeleteQ1 Income Tax
ReplyDeleteQ2 Napoleon Bonaparte
Q3 iTunes
Q4 Autogyro
Q5 Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir
Q6 Sir Anthony Eden
Trevor
“Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.”
“My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul.”
“Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.”
“Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.”
“Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.”
Quotes by Karel Čapek (Czech write who made the word ROBOT popular) born 9th January 1890.
Would you believe it, Trevor, Google thought they were spam … !
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