Hmmm …
Well, there’s a thing …
I’ve got to admit, I always like having one of a couple of different channels on at this time of the morning.
One of those, as you’ve probably worked out by now, is Yesterday, the history channel that airs on Britain’s free-to-air digital TV service.
They’ve got a fascinating programme on at the moment, I know that.
An American Future, a potted history of the USA presented by Simon Schama.
And reminds us that Thomas Jefferson, one of the USA’s founding fathers, and generally regarded as one of the proponents of freedom, kept a LOT of slaves.
There’s a possible irony, there.
As he’s now got to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s …
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
Yes lets …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — who’s planning a short break — putting in her answers: and, along with leaving leaving us this post to ponder upon also bagged 5 out of 6. Let’s see how you do with today’s questions, shall we … ?
Q1) 3rd August, 1960, saw which African country become independent … ?Q2) More to the point from which European country … ?Q3) 3rd August, 1492, saw Christopher Columbus start his famed voyage to discover an Atlantic route to the East Indies: from which Spanish town?Q4) That same day — 3rd August, 1492 — saw the King and Queen of Spain, formally expel which part of the population?Q5) 3rd August saw a weather station in Leicestershire record Britain’s highest temperature: in which year … ?Q6) And finally … 3rd August, 1977, saw the US Senate begin it’s hearing into which CIA project?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 2nd August, 1932, the discovery of the Positron, the antimatter version of the electron: by who … ?A1) Carl D. Anderson.Q2) Name either the antimatter versions of the neutron or proton.Q2) The Antineutron and the antiproton, which is occasionally referred to as the negatron. (Unless that’s the head of the Transformers … )Q3) 2nd August,1984, saw the European Court of Human Rights condemn the use of what, by British police … ?A3) Phone tapping.Q4) 2nd August, 1925, saw the birth of journalist and broadcaster, Alan Whicker: what was the name of his signature BBC series?A4) Whicker’s World.Q5) 2nd August, 1973, saw a fire kill 30 people at a resort on which of the British Isles … ?A5) The Isle of Man.Q6) And finally … 2nd August, 1869, saw Japan abolish its samurai/farmer/artisan/merchant class system: what was the Japanese name for this system … ?A6) Shinōkōshō.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
1. Republic of Niger
ReplyDelete2. France
3. Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera
4. Spain's Jews were ordered to convert to Catholicism or face expulsion from Spanish territories during the Spanish Inquisition.
5. 1990, when it was 37.1C, or 99F. In comparison, yesterday, it was 107F for the second straight week in Dallas, Texas. Today, it was 104 in the San Fernando Valley, adjacent to Los Angeles. (It was a lovely 84F in Los Angeles, however. Har!) Weather experts predict that over the next 80 years temperatures could reach a Dallas-like 40C.
6. [Freaky, scary stuff.] U.S. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence and Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification: Joint Hearing, Aug. 3, 1977. 95th Cong., 1st sess. Washington, DC: GPO, 1977.
Much of the material in this report comes from the testimony under grant of immunity of Sidney Gottlieb, who headed the CIA's MKULTRA project and Technical Services Division. Gottlieb died on 7 March 1999. See Tim Weiner, "Sidney Gottlieb, 80, Dies; Took LSD to C.I.A.," New York Times, 10 Mar. 1999; and Bart Barnes, "CIA Official Sidney Gottlieb, 80, Dies: Directed Tests With LSD in '50s, '60s," Washington Post, 11 Mar. 1999, B5.
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