The Daily Teaser - 2-10-2011

Busy, busy, busy, yesterday … !

I’ve GOT to admit, I had a long day, yesterday. Helping my kid sister, Ruth celebrate her birthday

21, again, before you ask!

Oh …

And doing likewise for an old friend, Kath.

Who was ALSO 21, again!

What surprises me … ?

Is that you wouldn’t believe the amount of time we spent trying to figure out who Chloë Sevigny was.

LONG story, before you ask … !

Let’s move on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome, as Nina was off, treading the boards — putting in her answers: and, along with remarking exactly how trustworthy Adolf Hitler was*, she also managed to bag 5 out of 6.

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

Q1) 2nd October, 1890 saw the birth of Julius Henry Groucho Marx: what was the name of the first Marx Brother’s movie, in 1929 … ?

Q2) 2nd October, 1950, saw the national US debut of the Peanuts strips, by Charles Schultz: Name any one of the eight US papers it appeared in.

Q3) 2nd October, 1959, saw US viewers enter The Twilight Zone for the first time: what was the name of the man who both presented and created the series?

Q4) 2nd October, 1983, saw Neil Kinnock elected as leader of the Britain’s Labour party: who was named as deputy leader, in that election … ?

Q5) And finally … 2nd October, 1944, saw Nazi troops end an uprising in which East European city … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 1st October, 1843, saw the publication of which British tabloid?

A1) The News Of the World.

Q2) More to the point, in which year did that newspaper close?

A2) 2011: this year, in case you hadn’t noticed …

Q3) 1st October, 1940, saw the opening of what many consider the US’s first superhighway: which road is it?

A3) The Pennsylvania Highway.

Q4) 1st October, 1985, saw riots erupt in Peckham, London … and which part of Liverpool … ?

A4) Toxteth.

Q5) 1st October, 1978, saw the founding of the Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party: in which African country … ?

A5) Burkina Faso.

Q6) And FINALLY … 1st October, 2009, saw which British judiciary body come into being … ?

A6) The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: which, so you know, replaced the House of Lords as the UK’s highest judicial body.

Enjoy those, everyon: I’ll catch you later … !

* I’d’ve believed him, Debbi. Thousands wouldn’t, mind … !