The Daily Teaser - 27-10-2011

Hmmm …

Well …

Hmmmmm … … … !

You wondering, aren’t you … ?

I can tell, you know.

What’s actually provoked all that lot?

Is the simple fact that YouTube’s gone and changed its uploading interface.

Something you’ve probably guessed I see a lot of.

They’ve …

Well, they’s fancied it up a touch. And in so doing, made it look a lot nicer.

I like it, I really do.

I just wish YouTube had just … well … maybe warned people before-hand …

Hmmm …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi and a heartily welcomed back Nina putting their answers, with both ladies bagging 6 out of 6: including the notorious mouthful that was yesterday’s fourth question*.

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

Q1) 27th October, 1275, saw the first recorded mention of which Dutch city … ?

Q2) More to the point, which river terminates in the heart of that city … ?

Q3) 27th October, 1977, saw Liberal leader, Jeremy Thorpe, deny he‘d been involved in a plot to kill whom … ?

Q4) 27th October, 1986, saw the British government deregulate what … ?

Q5) 27th October, 1971, saw the Democratic Republic of the Congo change it’s name to what … ?

Q6) And finally … 27th October, 1961, saw the first launch of an Apollo rocket: from where … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 26th October, 1947, saw the Maharaja of where allow his state to join India … ?

A1) Kashmir.

Q2) 26th October, 1958, saw the first commercial of the Boeing 707: by which carrier … ?

A2) Pan American Airways.

Q3) More to the point, where was it going … ?

A3) Paris, France.

Q4) 26th October, 2001, saw the USA PATRIOT Act signed into US law: what does USA PATRIOT stand for … ?

A4) Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism. (Handy, it boils down to a nice couple of words … )

Q5) 26th October, 1979, saw the president of where, shot by his Chief of Intelligence … ?

A5) South Korea. (The shooter in question, Kim Jea Kyu, claims to have done this accidentally. Feel free to insert a comment … )

Q6) And finally … 26th October, 2000, saw the Phillips Report criticise the government for misleading the public about BSE and vCJD: what does vCJD stand for … ?

A6) Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease.

Enjoy those, everyone …

Now …

Is it me, or does harp-player, Southside Johnny look like a very young Steve Jobs … ?

* I personally get the feeling that the name of the USA PATRIOT Act is what’s called a backronym. In other words, the meaning was given to the acronym only AFTER it was made up …