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Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The Daily Teaser - 25-10-2011

Right …

I’ll be frank, and confess I like getting up at 6:30, I really do.

But I’m also thinking that the nearer we get — here in the UK — to the clocks going back an hour, at the end of Daylight saving, the harder it gets.

Silly, I know.

But there we go …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, let’s …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome, and hoping Nina’s OK — putting her score and bagging 6 out of 6.

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

Q1) 25th October, 1944, saw the sinking of the USS Tang, as a result of a malfunctioning what: engine, torpedo or ballast tank … ?

Q2) 25th October, 1962, saw which country join the UN … ?

Q3) 25th October, 1945, saw the island of Taiwan taken over by whom … ?

Q4) 25th October, 1984, saw the European Union — or E. E. C as it was, then — give £1.8 million worth of aid which African country … ?

Q5) And finally … 25th October, 2004, saw transactions in US dollars banned, where … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 24th October, 1945, saw the formal start of the United Nations: in which US city was the inauguration ceremony … ?
A1) Washington DC.

Q2) More to the point, who’s the current UN Secretary General of the UN?
A2) Ban Ki-moon.

Q3) 24th October, 1949, saw the laying of the cornerstone of the UN’s head-quarters: in which city is that HQ?
A3) New York

Q4) Moving on … 24th October, 2003, saw the last flight of Concorde: that flight landed at which airport … ?
A4) Heathrow.

Q5) 24th October, 1901, saw Annie Edson Taylor become the first person to survive going over the Niagara Falls … in a what … ?
A5) Barrel.

Q6) And finally … 24th October, 1933, the birth of which notorious pair of twins … ?
A6) Ronnie and Reggie Kray.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
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