The Daily Teaser …

Bloody hell, but that’s an annoyance, when it happens …

Most of the time, when I go to bed of an evening … ?

I shut down Bruce, my Mac Mini.

And — obviously — switch him back on, in the morning.

Every so often, though … ?

It refuses to connect to my BT router.

Usually … ?

Usually, it’s normally solvable by doing a hard reset of the router.

But I’m blowed if I know what’s happening … !

Or why it’s going on!

If anyone’s got any idea … ?

I’d love to hear them … !

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

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Yesterday’s teaser saw Debbi, bless her, putting in her answers. Along with bagging 7 out of 8*, she also managed to leave me a comment on the post I wrote about Frank Zappa and Patrice, and offering a potted history of Deep Thought.

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

Q1) 9th March, 1959, saw Barbra Millicent Roberts make her debut: how is she better know … ?

Q2) More to the point, who’s Barbra’s on-off boyfriend … ?

Q3) 9th March, 1995, saw the Queen make a very symbolic visit to which part of the UK … ?

Q4) 9th March, 1930, saw the birth of which US saxophonist … ?

Q5) 9th March, 1990, saw who sworn in as the first female — and Hispanic American — US Surgeon-General … ?

Q6) And finally … 9th March, 1934, saw the birth of the first human in space: what was his name … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 8th March, 1978, saw the first broadcast of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: but on which British radio station … ?

A1) Radio Four.

Q2) More to the point, who played the main character, in both the radio and TV versions of the series … ?

Q2) Simon Jones: who also makes a guest appearance in the movie version, as a holographic Magrathean ansaphone. (Complete with fully armed nuclear warheads … as a courtesy detail … … )

Q3) Equally to the point, who played the Guide in — and narrated — the film version … ?

A3) Everyone’s favourite school swot, Stephen Fry.

Q4) As a final Hitchhiker question, who made the Deep Thought series of chess playing main-frames?

A4) IBM.

Q5) 8th March, 1917, saw the start of which Russian Revolution … ?

A5) The February Revolution. (Russia at the time used the Julian, rather than the Gregorian, calendar.)

Q6) 8th March, 1957, saw which African nation join the UN?

A6) Ghana.

Q7) 8th March, 1936, saw Daytona Beach Race course hold its first what: stock car race, horse race, or lawnmower race … ?

A7) Stock car race.

Q8) And finally … 8th March, 1999, saw the death of which US sportsman … ?

A8) Joe DiMaggio.

Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later. once I’ve caught up with the Guide …

* Film version, Debbi … :D