The Daily Teaser — 7-8-2011

Arrrgh!

That’ll teach me to make sure I put in a blank disc … !

ARRRRRGH … !

You see, BBC 2 had shown Battle Beyond the Stars and Saturn 3, last night.

And … ?

Well, I’ll be frank: my DVD recorder has a very basic electronic programme guide. And when I say basic, I mean basic: it lets me pick something to record.

But doesn’t include a method of reminding me that something I’d like to watch is on.

Apart from recording it …

Of course, last night … ?

I missed the chance of recording those two films …

Because I forgot to put a blank disk in … !

ARRRRRGH … !

Oh, well …

At least if nothing else, I can look forward to the release of Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy. It looks like it could be good.

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Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

Yesterday’s Teaser say Mr Strict putting in his answers, and Kaiju telling us about the state of the US economy: and also saw Mr S bagging 6 out of 6.

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) 7th August, 1930, saw the last what take place in the northern part of the USA … ?

Q2) 7th August, 1987, saw Lynne Cox become one of the few people to swim across what … ?

Q3) 7th August, 1944, saw the formal dedication of the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator: how was this also known … ?

Q4) 7th August, 1958, saw playwright Arthur Miller clear of Contempt of Congress, after refusing to pass names to which congressional committee?

Q5) More to the point, who was he married to, at the time … ?

Q6) And finally … 7th August, 1981, saw which US newspaper publish its last edition … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 6th August, 1945, saw the world’s first atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima: which OMD song was about this … ?

A1) Enola Gay: named after the USAAF B29 that dropped it.

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the US scientific project that developed that, and the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, three days later … ?

Q2) The Manhattan Project.

Q3) Moving on … 6th August, 1964, saw the chopping down of Prometheus, the world’s oldest known tree: what species what it … ?

A3) Bristlecone pine.

Q4) 6th August, 1962, saw Jamaica become independent: in which sea is Jamaica … ?

A4) The Caribbean.

Q5) 6th August, 1910, saw the birth of English film director, Charles Crichton: with which film studio was he associated for many years?

A5) Ealing Studios.

Q6) And finally … 6th August, 1961, saw the USSR launch its second cosmonaut into space: what was his name … ?

A6) Gherman Titov.

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