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Tuesday 15 February 2011

The Daily Teaser …

You know, I think — think — I owe everyone an apology for not double-checking me sources, yesterday.

I actually managed to get a word wrong, because I’d not double-checked yesterday’s second question.

Where do I put my face?

Apart from anywhere near that eproctphilia question … !

Actually, Kaiju, don’t even ask: some of the assorted fetishes I have heard of … ?

Are weirder …

Lets get moving on shall we … ?

Yeah …

Ummm …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Debbi putting in their St Valentine’s Day answers: with both scoring 10 out of 10, it also saw Kaiju pointing out I’d put Aporathanidosis instead of Rhaphanidosis.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions: here they are, along with the ‘How To’, license and video

Q1) 15th February, 2005, saw the first full day of operation of YouTube: what was the name of the first video hosted on it … ?

Q2) A referendum on 15th February, 1976, saw Cuba officially adopt what … ?

Q3) 15th February, 1989, saw Soviet troops pull out of which country … ?

Q4) 15th February, 1972, saw sound recordings in the US offered what for the first time … ?

Q5) And finally … 15th February, 1996, saw the official UK report into what published … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) Saint Valentine is — apparently — buried on the Via Flaminia: the Via Flaminia goes from Rome to what is now which Italian city … ?
A1) Rimini.

Q2) Rhaphanidosis was an Ancient Greek punishment for Adultery and consisted of putting a vegetable where it certainly wouldn’t photosynthesize: which vegetable … ?
Q2) A radish.

Q3) Which romantic publisher’s saw it’s 100th anniversary, in 2008?
A3) Mills and Boon.

Q4) What tree does a date grow on?
A4) The palm tree.

Q5) If you’re a philodox, you’re in love with … what?
A5) Your own opinion.

Q6) If you’re an Eproctphiliac, it mean’s you get aroused … by what … ?
A6) Farting … (That’s not the worst, trust me: I still don’t believe there’s such a thing as Necrodendrophilia … )

Q7) 14th February is also the second day of which ancient Roman fertility holiday … ?
A7) Lupercalia.

Q8) Moving on, 14th February, 1859 saw which state admitted as the 33rd state of the USA … ?
A8) Oregon.

Q9) 14th February, 1956, saw the start of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the USSR: saw saw a secret speech by Nikita Khrushchev, denouncing who … ?
A9) Joseph Stalin.

Q10) And finally … 14th February, 1778, saw the baptism, and earliest records of musician Fernando Sor: which instrument did he help popularize … ?
A10) The classical guitar.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !


3 comments:

  1. Uh...Paul... Didn'ttor know you were answering the Teasers, too...

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  2. What … ?

    POO!

    Councillor Chilvers is going to be LAUGHING at me!

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  3. What are you two going on about? lol

    (Yes, my feeble attempt at British slang. Hope I got it right. :))

    1. Me at the Zoo
    2. Constitution
    3. Afghanistan
    4. federal copyright protection
    5. the report on the sale of arms to Iraq in the 1980s

    BTW, I think necrophilia would be MUCH more disturbing than any of the fetishes you've named. I mean ... *shudder* ... yuck!

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