The Daily Teaser …

Oh, blimey, now that’s another death, piled onto shames and deaths recently …

It seems Sevé Ballesteros, Spain first and best known international golfer, has died overnight.

Looks like sports losing quite a few people, with Sir Henry Cooper and Whispering Ted Lowe dying recently … !

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

And you’ll forgive me for putting up a couple of photos of Jude … ? Looks like he’s going into Salty Sam mode, in the latter, doesn’t it … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — rapidly hovering at #21, in the Amazon eBook UK charts — putting in her answers and bagging 6 out of 6.

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

Q1) 7th May, 1718, saw the founding of New Orleans: what’s the name of the city’s oldest central district … ?

Q2) More to the point, what does that district’s French name translate into English as … ?

Q3) 7th May, 1986, saw Canadian, Patrick Morrow become the first person to climb all seven of the Seven Peaks, the world’s highest mountains: name any of the seven he climbed.

Q4) 7th May, 2008, saw who sworn in as President of Russia … ?

Q5) 7th May, 1956, saw the UK’s health minister reject calls for a smoking ban, on the ground the health effects were “unproven”: what was that minister’s name … ?

Q6) And finally … 7th May, 1946, saw the founding of Sony: but under what name … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 6th May, 1954, saw who become the first man to run a mile, in less than four minutes … ?

A1) Roger Bannister.

Q2) As it’s vaguely topical, considering recent royal events: 6th May, 1960, saw which member of the Royal Family get married … ?

Q2) Princess Margaret.

Q3) More to the point, who to … ?

A3) Photographer, Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

Q4) 6th May, 1937, saw the explosion of which airship … ?

A4) The LZ 129 Hindenburg.

Q5) 6th May, 1856, saw the birth of which famous Austrian Dr … ?

A5) Sigmund Freud.

Q6) And finally … 6th May, 1910, saw who accede the throne of the United Kingdom … ?

A6) George 5th.

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