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Thursday 13 January 2011

The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

You know, I’ll be honest, just for once, I’ve got the Yesterday channel on.

Fascinating little series. Earth Story’s a sort of potted history of the science of geology, along with major incidents and theories along the way: presenter Aubrey Manning’s interviewing a scientist about fumeroles.

Amazing the amount of stuff you get out of them …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Before I get the opportunity to use the word schist* …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju — all on his ownsome — putting in his answers and bagging 6 out of 6. Lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video

Q1) 13th January, 2009, saw the death of Anglo-American actor, Patrick McGoohan: what was the name of his famous 1967/68 ITV series … ?

Q2) 13th January, 1968, saw Johnny Cash record a live concert at Folsom State Prison: what was the name of the resulting live album … ?

Q3) 13th January, 1931, saw the birth of actor, Ian Hendry: in which 1980 film did he play the character of Hitchens?

Q4) More to the point, who played the title character in the film … ?

Q5) 13th January, 1939, saw the Black Friday bush fires take place: in which country … ?

Q6) And finally … 13th January, 1942, saw Henry Ford patent what: a plastic car, a diesel engine or an electric æroplane?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 12th January, 1895, saw the founding of which UK non-government-organisation … ?
A1) The National Trust.

Q2) 12th January, 2001, saw the first foreign manager to take charge of the England football team go into post: what was his name … ?

Q3) January 12th, 1872, saw the coronation of Yohannes 4th of where … ?
A3) Ethiopia.

Q4) 14th January, 1976, saw the death of the world’s most popular writer: who was she … ?
A4) Dame Agatha Christie.

Q5) More to the point, what was the name of the record-breaking play that writer wrote … ?
A5) The Mousetrap.

Q6) And finally … 12th January, 1918, saw laws in Finland go into effect that gave who full Finnish citizenship?
A6) Jews.
Enjoy those, everyone.

And, as both Kaiju and I gave him a mention … ?

I’ll share this with you …





* Seemingly, there’s an area of Yellowstone National Park called the Valley of 4000 Fumeroles. Is it me, or isn’t that the lost Mothers of Invention album … ?


2 comments:

  1. 1. "The Prisoner"
    2. Live at Folsom State Prison
    3. McVicar
    4. Roger Daltrey of The Who, as John McVicar
    5. Victoria, Australia
    6. a plastic-bodied automobile - a car 30 percent lighter than metal cars

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  2. Kaiju, I’ve got to admit, I was a big fan of the original Prisoner: the remake on the other hand … ?

    Deary, deary me …

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