Hmmm …
You know, I’ve got to admit that — every-so-often — I like having the television on, in the background, while I’m writing up the Teaser.
You’ve probably worked that out already, haven’t you … ?
And I’ve got also admit, I’ve got a particular favourite on, at the mo: the free-to-air Yesterday.
They’ve an eye-popping documentary on, at the mo.
All about the contribution to the US war effort …
By notorious mobster, Lucky Luciano.
Like I say, eye-popping stuff.
Especially when you consider that the documentary blames that for the rise of the Mafia during the 1940s and 50s.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot … !
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes, lets …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju — all on his ownsome, as I think Debbi’s still mentally in the wrong time-zone — putting in his answers: and bagging 5 out of 6*.
Lets see how he — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 16th August, 1977, saw the death of Elvis Presley: what was his first UK №1?Q2) 16th August, 1945, saw Puyi, last emperor of China. Where had the Japanese declared him emperor of, during WW2 … ?Q3) 16th August, 1952, saw floods devastate which North Devon village … ?Q4) 16th August, 1930, saw the release of the first sound cartoon in Technicolour: what was it called … ?Q5) And finally … 16th August, 1949, saw the birth of the drummer who’s the only other long-term member — along with Iggy ‘Car Insurance’ Pop himself — of The Stooges: what’s his name?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 15th August, 1947, saw India become independent of the UK: who was its first PM … ?A1) Jawaharlal Nehru.Q2) Equally to the point, who served as it’s first Commonwealth Governor-General?Q2) It’s last viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten.Q3) 15th August, 1914, saw the opening of which waterway … ?A3) The Panama Canal.Q4) 15th August, 1483, saw Pope Sixtus 4th consecrate the Sistine Chapel: who famously started work on the ceiling, in 1508 … ?A4) Michælangelo: or Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, to give him his full name. (Typical cowboy painter, NEVER using their real name … )Q5) 15th August, 1950, saw the Queen — then Princess Elizabeth — give birth to her second child: who was that child … ?A5) Princess Anne.Q6) And finally … 15th August, 1971, saw which emirate gain its independence from Britain … ?A6) Bahrain.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later.
After I’ve played you this tune …
5 comments:
Yes, I wasn't quite sure which one you intended. I suppose I could have listed both? I had both available! ;-D
It’s a bit of a tough call, I know … !
I DO know I’m partly blaming myself, badly phrased questions are the one guaranteed way to start a (metaphorical) riot.
1. All Shook uP
2. the Kangde Emperor (康德皇帝) of Manchukuo, considered by most historians as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, under the reign title Datong (大同). In 1934, he was officially crowned the emperor of Manchukuo under the reign title Kangde (康德).
3. Lynmouth
4. Flip the Frog in Fiddlesticks
5. Scott Asheton
1. All Shook Up
2. Manchukuo
3. Lynmouth
4. Flip the Frog - Fiddlesticks
5. Scott Asheton
Boy, my computer is SO slow, you'd think it was the one coming back from vacation.
I was at a writers group meeting that ran late last night, and between that and a sluggish computer ... I had to take a pass.
1. "All Shook Up"
2. China
3. Lynmouth
4. Fiddlesticks
5. Scott Asheton
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