The Daily Teaser: 28-5-11

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 …

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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 … !)