The Daily Teaser …

Phew …

What a morning …

Mostly because its my last day at work: CeX have decided to not keep me on, as they’re finding thing’s tough at the moment.

Back to the Dole queue for me, for the meantime, then.

Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted …

Back to the eternal job-hunt.

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Debbi and Mr Strict putting in their answers: with both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Debbi mentioning that Akira Kurosawa film, Ikiru as a favourite.

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

Q1) 24th March, 2001, saw the initial release of which operating system … ?

Q2) Seven years later, 24th March, 2008, saw which country hold its very first democratic election … ?

Q3) 24th March, 1953, saw the death of which member of the British Royal family … ?

Q4) 24th March, 1882, saw Robert Koch discover the bacterium responsible for which disease … ?

Q5) And finally … 24th March, 1958, saw which singer conscripted into the US army … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd March, 1775, saw American Revolutionary, Patrick Henry, give a famous speech that included the line “Give me liberty or give me” … what … ?

A1) “Death”. (Personally, I‘d’ve said Chelmsford, but that’s just me.)

Q2) 23rd March, 1981, saw the UK government ban the transport of animals, in order to contain an outbreak of which disease … ?

Q2) Foot-and-Mouth.

Q3) 23rd March, 1889, saw the opening of the Woolwich Ferry, across the River Thames: in which London Borough is Woolwich … ?

A3) Greenwich.

Q4) 23rd March, 1996, saw which country hold its first direct elections … ?

A4) Taiwan.

Q5) And finally … 23rd March, 1910, saw the birth of which noted Japanese director … ?

A5) Akira Kurosawa.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …

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Just as a quick post-script … ? I didn’t realise it’s Harry Houdini’s birthday, today: so I’ll leave you with this film the man himself filmed back in the 1920s. Although, obviously, he didn’t upload it to YouTube, himself …