Wednesday 24 August 2011

The Daily Teaser — 24-8-2011

You know, I’m thinking several things, this morning …

No, seriously …

I mean, for starters … ?

I’m going to do some shopping, with the little actual cash I’ve got.

That’s not too bad: I can usually get a few things, cheaply enough.

What’s got me mildly concerned … ?

Is the good old British weather.

There was absolute, rock-solid, drizzle, yesterday.

Not exactly what I’d call good shopping weather, I know that much …

Oh, well …

I’m thinking that’s something I’m going to have to correct, today.

Go shopping, that is.

I’ll probably just have to make sure I’m wearing a raincoat …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju, Debbi and East Fife Lyn* all putting in their answers, and ALL scoring 5 out of 6. Paris and Fountainebleu, eh … ?

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) 24th August, 1952, saw the birth of the second living poet to be published in the Penguin Classics series of paperbacks: who is he … ?

Q2) 24th August, 1954, saw the suicide of Getúlio Vargas: where had he been president of … ?

Q3) 24th August, 1968, saw which country explode its first atomic bomb … ?

Q4) One year earlier, 24th August, 1967, saw two penguins from Chessington Zoo cooled off during a heatwave, by being taken to a local where … ?

Q5) And finally … 24th August, 1989, saw drug barons in Columbia declare war on whom … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 23rd August, 1650, saw Colonel George Monck found Monck’s Regiment of Foot, the oldest continuously active regiment in the British Army: how is it now known … ?
A1) Her Majesty’s Coldstream Regiment of Foot: or just The Coldstream Guard.

Q2) More to the point, which Guards regiment has served the Crown for longer … ?

Q3) 23rd August, 1975, saw a successful Communist coup in which East Asian country … ?
A3) Laos.

Q4) 9 years earlier, 23rd August, 1966, saw the Lunar 1 Orbiter take the first photo of what, from orbit … ?
A4) Earth.

Q5) According to UNESCO, 23rd August is the International Day for the Remembrance of what … ?
A5) The Slave trade, and it’s abolition.

Q6) And finally … 23rd August, 1944, saw the liberation — during World War 2 — of which French town?
A6) Marseille.
Enjoy those, everyone: and as it’s Stephen Fry’s birthday, I’ll leave you with this …











* Who’s right in the middle of the high season, at the moment: Lyn, how is the weather up there … ? Please tell me it’s not drizzling … !

1 comment:

Debbi said...

1. Linton Kwesi Johnson
2. Brazil
3. France
4. ice-rink
5. the Colombian government