The Daily Teaser …

You know, you can probably tell by now, that I’ve got Yesterday on in the background, can’t you … ?

Can’t you … ?

And, during this morning’s episode of Earth Story … ?

Aubrey Manning’s talking to various white-coated bods about Mars and Venus.

Amazing what can happen to a planet when subduction either stops — Mars — or can’t actually happen: as with Venus.

I’m in the ‘frantically burble’ zone, aren’t I … ?

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yes, lets …

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor putting in his answers: along with bagging 5 out of 5, he also quoted Henry Bessemer, the man responsible for giving steel a blow-job.*

Lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and videoº …

Q1) 20th January, 1936, saw Edward 8th ascend the throne of the UK: where in the Caribbean did he become governor of, after his abdication … ?

Q2) 20th January, 1987, saw British Police make 26 arrests related to what: football hooliganism, drug smuggling or child abuse … ?

Q3) 20th January, 1958, saw British and New Zealander team members met up to explore … where … ?

Q4) 20th January, 1265, saw the first meeting of Parliament: in which palace … ?

Q5) More to the point, which French born noble led that meeting … ?

Q6) And finally … 20th January, 1649, saw who go on trial for Treason … ?

And here’s yesterdays questions and answers …

Q1) For various reasons, 19th January is set to cause some computer systems problems with their date systems: in which year … ?

A1) 2038.

Q2) 19th January, 1839, saw the British East India Company capture which Yemeni city … ?

Q2) Aden.

Q3) 19th January, 2006, saw NASA launch its New Horizons probe to Pluto: name any of Pluto’s moons.

A3) Charon, Nix, and Hydra.

Q4) 19th January, 1736, saw the birth of inventor, James Watt: when he first became interested in steam power, at which university was he studying … ?

A4) Glasgow.

Q5) And finally … 19th January, 1807 saw the birth of which US civil War general … ?

A5) General Robert E. Lee.

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

* The Bessemer process, named for its inventor, is a method for purifying steel by heating it, purely by the use of hot air. Before anyone says anything …

º Actually, let me know how the video works out for you: YouTube have made ‘improvements’ — or rearranged things, at any rate — and I’d like to know how various browsers handle it …