Blimey, that’s something to have on in the background …
Bless em, Yesterday are doing a potted history of the Roman Empire.
Complete, I should add, with a quickie guide of the ancient North African Roman town of Timgad, in what’s now Algeria.
Fascinating stuff to read about …
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi and Trevor both putting in their answers: with both bagging 5 out of 5, it also saw Debbi giving us a link, so we can look up Ivan Lendl.
Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here’s the questions, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 8th March, 1978, saw the first broadcast of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: but on which British radio station … ?Q2) More to the point, who played the main character, in both the radio and TV versions of the series … ?Q3) Equally to the point, who played the Guide in — and narrated — the film version … ?Q4) As a final Hitchhiker question, who made the Deep Thought series of chess playing main-frames?Q5) 8th March, 1917, saw the start of which Russian Revolution … ?Q6) 8th March, 1957, saw which African nation join the UN?Q7) 8th March, 1936, saw Daytona Beach Race course hold its first what: stock car race, horse race, or lawnmower race … ?Q8) And finally … 8th March, 1999, saw the death of which US sportsman … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 7th March, 1876, saw Alexander Graham Bell patent his idea for the telephone, beating rival, Antonio Meucci, to the punch by some four hours. What did Meucci call his version of the telephone … ?A1) The “teletrofono”.Q2) 7th March, 1965, saw civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, attacked by police: how was this known … ?Q2) Bloody Sunday.Q3) 7th March, 2006, saw the death of actor, John Junkin: what was the name of the last film he appeared in … ?A3) The Football Factory.Q4) 7th March, 1960, saw the birth of which US tennis player … ?A4) The Czechoslovakian born Ivan Lendl.Q5) And finally … 7th March, 1989, saw the UK and Iran break off diplomatic relations in a row about which book … ?A5) Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you all later … !
1. BBC Radio 4
ReplyDelete2. Simon Jones
3. Peter Jones
4. They were initially developed at Carnegie Mellon University and later at IBM. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Thought_%28chess_computer%29
5. The February Revolution (against the Czar)
6. Ghana
7. stock car race
8. Joe DiMaggio