The Daily Teaser …

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Fascinating stuff: I’ve got Yesterday on in the background, showing an episode of Earth Story.

Presenter, Audrey Manning’s currently holder a piece of meteorite that’s one of the oldest things on the planet: 4, 500, ooo, ooo years old!

Give or take … !

You don’t get to see one of THOSE, every day of the week, do you … ?

The sheer age of it is … well … rather bogglingly big.

I keep thinking small number’s are to chew: someone — or thing — that’s 60? That’s easy to get to: after all, that’s one human lifetime, and we can easily see ourselves hitting it.

But 4, 500, ooo, ooo … ?

Bit on the big side, isn’t … ?

Lets get moving on, shall we …

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Yesterday’s Teaser say both Kaiju and Debbi putting in their answers: with both scoring 6 out of 6, it also saw Kaiju gently pointing out that the Beatles occupied twelve whole slots on the US charts*, and Debbi kicking herselfª about putting down York, rather than Windsor, the day before yesterday.

Let’s see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 5th April, 1909, saw the birth of film producer, Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli. His production company, EON, are responsible for the world’s best selling movie franchise: which franchise is it … ?

Q2) Whilst we’re in movie territory … 5th April, 1942, saw the birth of director, Peter Greenaway: which of his films is a movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest … ?

Q3) 5th April, 1904, saw the first international Rugby League match being played: between and England and and a team made up of players from … where … ?

Q4) 5th April, 1847, saw the opening of Britain’s first, publicly funded, public park: in which English town is that park … ?

Q5) And finally … 5th April, 1956, saw Fidel Castro declare war on whom … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) April 4th, 1993, saw the death of architect, Alfred Mosher Butts: which board-game is he credited with inventing … ?

A1) Scrabble.

Q2) 4th April, 1984, saw protestors evicted from which Berkshire Common … ?

Q2) Greenham Common.

Q3) More to the point, what were those protestor protestors protesting against … ?

A3) The US Air bases Cruise missile, stored there until 1991.

Q4) 4th April, 1973 saw the dedication of which New York landmark … ?

A4) The (now gone) World Trade Centre.

Q5) 4th April, 1968, saw the death of Dr Martin Luther King: on this last day of his life, he gave a famous speech against what … ?

A5) The Vietnam War.

Q6) And finally … 4th April, 1984, saw President Ronald Reagan call for a ban on what … ?

A6) Chemical weapons.

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

* Which is definitely going to come in handy at point … !

ª I’d not worry too much, Debbi, The Duchess of York does have a reputation … !