The Daily Teaser: 6-6-11

Ahhhhhhh … !

Bless him, Jude — me nephew — always likes dropping off in the car.

I wish I knew how … !

I’ve not been able to do that in yonks … !

Well …

Not since I was his age, anyway …

Just as a question … ?

Where do we lose it … ?

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Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Kaiju and Debbi putting in their answers: with both scoring 5 out of 5, it also saw Kaiju giving us a potted biography of General Sam Houston, and Debbi letting us know a touch more about Tank Man.

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 6th June, 1944, saw the start of the D-Day landings: what was the formal operational name for these landings … ?

Q2) More to the point, what was the names of either of the decoy operations … ?

Q3) More to the point, what was the overall name for D-Day … ?

Q4) 6th June, 1896, saw the birth of Henry Allingham, at one point, both the world’s oldest man, and Britain’s oldest surviving WW1 veteran: with which branch of the forces did he serve as an Air Mechanic Second Class?

Q5) 6th June, 1933, saw the opening of the first drive-in cinema: in which New Jersey city … ?

Q6) Southwark Bridge was opened on 6th June, 1921: by which King … ?

Q7) And finally … June 6th, 1971, saw the launch of which of the Soyuz spacecraft … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 5th June, 1837, saw the Republic of Texas incorporate which Texan city … ?

A1) Houston.

Q2) 5th June, 1977, saw the introduction of the world’s first practical personal computer, the Apple 2, go on sale: who was that computer’s main designer?

Q2) Steve ‘The Woz’ Wozniak.

Q3) 5th June, 1967, saw Israel launch a pre-emptive attack on which country … ?

A3) Egypt.

Q4) 5th June, 1989, saw who halt tanks in Tianamen Square?

A4) The figure variously referred to as Tank Man, the Unknown Rebel or, by the Sunday Express, as Wang Weilin. (王維林).

Q5) And finally … 5th June, 1972, saw which member of the Royal Family laid to rest … ?

A5) The Duke of Windsor: best remembered as Edward 8th, who provoked the Abdication Crisis, in 1936.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll admit to being enough of a nerd to admit Kaiju’s just got me looking for this on YouTube …