Right …
Tea …
Done … !
TV …
On, in the background … !
Toast … ?
Hmmm …
I think I’ll do that in a bit …
Actually, talking of the TV, I’ve got Yesterday on, who are showing an old episode of Who Do You Think You Are: focusing on newsreader, Natasha Kaplinsky.
Quite emotional, actually.
Seems her family are Jewish.
And her great grand-parents …
Yeah …
Not nice to find out …
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Debbi* putting in their answers: with both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Kaiju and Debbi highlighting the exact act Emma Goldman had violated, in giving her speeches on contraception.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 12th February, 1912, saw the abdication of the last Emperor of … where … ?Q2) 12th February, 1968, saw the birth of actor, Josh Brolin: in which Coen Brothers film did he play Llewelyn Moss?Q3) 12th February, 1954, saw the founding of the UKAEA: this was set up to oversee Britain’s … what … ?Q4) 12th February, 1816, saw the Teatro di San Carlo — Europe’s oldest working opera house — destroyed by fire: in which Italian city is the Teatro di San Carlo … ?Q5) 12th February, 2001, saw the NEAR Shoemaker probe become the first human object to land on what … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 11th February, 1916, saw noted Anarchist, Emma Goldman, arrested after giving a lecture about … what … ?A1) Birth Control.Q2) 11th February, 1978, saw the People’s Republic of China lift bans on Aristotle, Shakespeare … and who else … ?Q2) Charles Dickens.Q3) 11th February, 1979, saw who in charge of Iran, after being put in charge of its capital … ?A3) Ayatollah Khomeini.Q4) 11th February, 1987, saw who found innocent of controlling prostitutes … ?A4) Cynthia Payne. (It still amazes me what a Luncheon Voucher will get you … )Q5) And finally … 11th February, 1956, saw two of the notorious Cambridge Four appear in Moscow, after going missing for some five years: name either …A5) Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !
* Cheers, Debbi, much better: but worried enough to want to have a quiet word with me doctor …
1. China
ReplyDelete2. No Country for Old Men (great movie and book, IMO :))
3. "Originally formed in 1954 to carry out nuclear research for the UK Government, the Authority now manages the UK fusion research programme and operates the Joint European Torus (JET) on behalf of the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) at Culham, Oxfordshire."
Source: http://www.uk-atomic-energy.org.uk/
4. Naples
5. An asteroid.