The Daily Teaser — 7-9-2011

You know, that‘s a weird bit of synchronicity, there … !

I’ve got to admit, I’ve got the news on, in the background.

And they’ve just had a economist on, called DeAnne Julius: talking about the 50p tax rate, basically.

The reason I’m finding it strange … ?

Well, I’ve got to admit, I’ve just started reading William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition, having read, and turned into a fan of, his Sprawl trilogy.

The first novel of that trilogy, Neuromancer … ?

Has a minor character called Julius Deane.

Yes, I know that hardly counts as hugely significant.

But it did strike as …

Well …

INTERESTING, lets put it that way, shall we … ?

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

Yeah …

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Actually, as was yesterday’s Teaser results: I think I’m living up to my old tag line …

It saw both Debbi and Nina putting in their answers, with Debbi bagging 5 out of 6 and Nina scoring 4.

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

Q1) 7th September, 1940, saw the start of which German WW2 attack?

Q2) 7th September, 1927, saw the invention of the world’s first electronic television system: by whom?

Q3) More to the point, his other big invention, the Fusor, is used commercially to produce what … ?

Q4) 7th September, 1953, saw whom named as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?

Q5) And finally … 7th September, 1901 saw the signing of the Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United States and China — Final Protocol for the Settlement of the Disturbances of 1900: what did this end?

And here’s yesterday’s Questions and answers …

Q1) 6th September, 1888, saw Charles Turner become the first English bowler to take 250 wickets in a season: name any of the four English bowlers to have done it since … !

A1) Tom Richardson, J. T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes or Tich Freeman.

Q2) 6th September, 1952, saw Canada’s first TV station — CBFT — start broadcasting: but in which city … ?

Q2) Montreal.

Q3) More to the point, what does CBFT stand for … ?

A3) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Français Télévision. (The only bilingual contraction I know I’ve ever come across … )

Q4) 6th September, 1937, saw the start of the Battle of El Mazuco: during which war was that battle … ?

A4) The Spanish Civil War.

Q5) 6th September, 1968, saw which African country become independent … ?

A5) Swaziland.

Q6) And finally … 6th September, 2008, saw President Abdullah Gül become the first Turkish President to visit which country … ?

A6) Armenia.

Enjoy those, everyone: now, if you’ll excuse me … ? I’m going to head back to bed … !