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Tuesday 5 April 2011

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 … !

2 comments:

  1. 1. James Bond
    2. Prospero's Books
    3. "Other Nationalities", consisted of Welshmen and a few Scots
    4. Birkenhead Park
    5. Humble Castro declared he was at war with the President of Cuba.

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  2. 1. James Bond
    2. Prospero's Books
    3. Most were from Wales, but two were from Scotland. Source: http://www.rl1895.com/1904.htm
    4. Birkenhead
    5. the president of Cuba

    (BTW, thanks, Paul. Not kicking myself too hard over it. :))

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