Hmmm …
Well, that’s something …
It seems that Yesterday’s doing documentary on WW1 flying aces.
It seems two of Britain’s greatest — Edward Mannock VC and James McCudden VC — were rather colourful …
AHEM!
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets … !
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Yesterday’s Teaser was a nicely busy Super Saturday … !
It saw Mr Strict, Euthymios73* (Suzie to her friends), Trevor* and Debbi all putting in their answers. It saw Mr S and Suzie bagging 4 out of 5, with Trevor and Debbi inching ahead with 5 out of 5: and also saw Trevor quoting Nicolaus Copernicus.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ?
Q1) 20th February, 1792, saw which US president sign the Postal Service Act into law … ?Q2) 20th February, 1909, saw which art movement’s Manifesto published in Le Figaro … ?Q3) 20th February, 1987, saw a mail bomb explode in a Salt Lake City computer shop: who had this bomb been sent by … ?Q4) 20th February, 1941 — or 1942, depending on who you ask — saw the birth of Canadian singer/songwriter, Buffy Sainte-Marie: which Native American tribe is she a member of … ?Q5) And finally … 20th February, 1988, saw the birth of Barbados born singer, Robyn Fenty. She’s better known by her middle name: what is her middle name … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 19th February, 2002, saw the NASA Odyssey probe begin its thermal mapping of where … ?A1) Mars.Q2) 19th february, 1942, saw 30,000 US marines land on which island … ?Q2) Iwo Jima.Q3) 19th February, 1985, saw William Shrœder become the first patient to leave hospital after receiving … what … ?A3) An artificial heart.Q4) 19th February, 1859, saw Daniel E. Sickles become the first person in the USA to be acquitted of Murder, on the grounds of what … ?A4) Temporary insanity.Q5) And finally … 19th February, 1957, saw the birth of English actor, Ray Winstone: in which ITV series did he play Will Scarlet … ?A5) Robin of Sherwood.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
* Both of whom I’m welcoming back, as they’ve been away … !
Q1 George Washington
ReplyDeleteQ2 The Futurist Movement
Q3 "Unabomber" (Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski)
Q4 The Cree
Q5 Rihanna
Trevor
“I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks.”
“For me, my awakening came when I was kidnapped.”
“But now Americans, they felt a sense of peace and protection because they've been separated by so many thousands of miles of ocean. And you know, the fact that it's come to the U.S. like this is so sad, and yet you know, what can you do? It's here.”
“I do remember that I was very relieved that I did not have to go into a bank with them. I had, as you recall, I had already been brought into a bank before and it was better to be sitting outside.”
Quotes by Patricia Campbell Hearst (American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber.) born 20 February 1954.
1. I cannot tell a lie. The answer is George Washington. :)
ReplyDelete2. Futurism
3. Ted Kaczynski or the Unabomber
4. Cree
5. Rihanna
Something else interesting happened on February 20, 2011. See my blog for the answer. :)