Hmmm …
Well, there’s a thing …
Looks like Yesterday are showing Killing Hitler, again.
Just so you know … ?
Killing Hitler is a docu-drama about
Operation Foxley
, the Special Operations Executive
’s planned assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.Fascinating stuff …
The problem … ?
Is that
Operation Foxley
was cancelled, just as everything had been put in place.Because … ?
It was felt that — as Hitler was such a poor strategist — leaving him in place would be a fair better idea.
Shooting him would not have had as severe effect on the German War effort …
»»•««
Lets move on, shall we … ?
Yesterday’s Teaser was relatively quiet: I think the Memorial weekend in the USA has Debbi a touch busy, as has her recent interview*.
But lets see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 28th May, saw the publication of the article, The Forgotten Prisoners: this is seen as the founding date of which human rights group … ?Q2) 28th May, 1987 saw 19-year-old Mathias Rust land a plane … where … ?Q3) 28th May, 1944, saw the birth of actress, Patricia Quinn: which character did she famously play in The Rocky Horror Picture Show … ?Q4) Name either of the two countries that joined the UN on 28th May, 1993.Q5) And finally … 28th May, 1974 saw Brian Faulkner step down from his office: as head of the power-sharing body, where … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 27th May, 1957, saw the birth of Susan Ballion: how is she better known … ?A1) Soiuxsie Sioux.Q2) 27th May, 1994, saw who fly back to his native Russia … ?Q2) Alexander Solzhenitsyn: or Алекса́ндр Иса́евич Солжени́цын, in Russian. Just don’t ask me to pronounce it …Q3) 27th May, 1980, saw the inquest into the death of Blair Peach rule his death to have been ‘Misadventure’: which organisation had he been protesting against, when he died … ?A3) The National Front.Q4) 27th May, 1996, saw President Yeltsin of Russia negotiate a temporary ceasefire with whom … ?A4) Chechen rebels.Q5) And finally … 27th May, 1995, saw who paralysed after a horse-riding accident … ?A5) Christopher Reeve.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later … !
* Oh, Debbi, about the recent post where you mentioned waving at the UK … ? *WAVES Frantically*. (Bless, I don’t think it’d work, coming from Kaiju, Serendipity, Meredith, Adrence and Mr S. I mean … Adrence, bless ’im, is in Sarawak, for starters … !)
1 comment:
Well, hey Paul! *WAVING BACK FRANTICALLY*
I'll just hop around in a circle, to cover the rest of the world. :)
1. Amnesty International
2. Red Square in Moscow
3. Magenta (awesome movie! :))
4. Eritrea and Monaco
5. Northern Ireland
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