The Daily Teaser …

Blimey, that’s should be interesting … !

They’ve just had an announcement on the BBC’s News channel: seemingly, the UK government is to release it’s files on UFO’s.

Now, I’m sceptical about UFO’s: whilst also thinking there’s got to be something out there.

Either way … ?

It’ll be fascinating to find out what’s in there. If nothing else, to see how government’s of the time handled the inevitable hoaxes.

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Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mr Strict, Kaiju and Debbi all putting in their answers. With all three scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Kaiju giving us a brief run-down about both Concorde and Pius 12th.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 3rd March, 1982, saw Her Majesty the Queen open a £153, 000, 000 arts centre in the City of London: what’s the name of that Arts Centre … ?

Q2) One year later, 3rd March, 1983, saw the death of Georges Prosper Remi: how was he better known … ?

Q3) 3rd March, 2006, saw the death of Scottish poet, Ivor Cutler: for which Radio 1 DJ did he record many sessions … ?

Q4) 3rd March marks the public holiday, Liberation Day: in which European country … ?

Q5) And finally … 3rd March, 1875, saw the first indoor game of what … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 2nd March, 1717, saw the début performance of The Loves of Mars and Venus, the first what to be performed in England … ?

A1) Ballet.

Q2) 2nd March, 1969, saw the maiden flight of Concorde: is Concorde the French or English spelling of the word … ?

Q2) French: the English variation doesn’t have that final ‘e’.

Q3) 2nd March, 1983, saw the first commercial CDs and CD players go on sale, outside of Japan. What’s the nickname of the manual that first described CDs technical specifications: the Red Book, the Green Scroll or the Yellow Pamphlet … ?

A3) The Red Book.

Q4) 2nd March, 1978, saw Vladimar Remek become the first non-American or non-Russian to go into Space: what was his nationality, at the time … ?

A4) Czechoslovakian.

Q5) And finally … 2nd March, 1939, saw Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected as possibly one of history’s more controversial popes: under what name did he assume the Papal throne … ?

A5) Pius 12th.

Enjoy those, everyone: now, if you’ll excuse me … ?

I’m going to oggle the iPad 2 …