The Daily Teaser — 20-11-2011

Hmm …

Well, that’s Bruce officially sorted for the moment!

You probably remember me telling you about the problem, over the past couple of days, with the assorted sounds coming from my Mac Mini?

And how, on being rebooted yesterday, Bruce was USUALLY silent.

Well, thankfully, that seems to have been solved.

It was — as regular readers will know — remarkably silent, yesterday.

Until I managed to hit the Mute button, which turned the speakers backer on … !

Phew!

Bruce HAS his Dong back … !

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But let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome — putting in her answers: and — along with keeping a straight face about Bruce’s Dong — managing to bag 5 out of 5.

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) 20th November, 1975, saw the death of General Franco: what was his full Spanish name … ?

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the Fascist political party he led … ?

Q3) Moving on … 20th November, 1992, saw fire blaze through which English castle … ?

Q4) More to the point, in which English county is that castle … ?

Q5) 20th November, 1945, saw the start of the Nuremberg war crimes trials: how many senior Nazi’s were put on trial?

Q6) 20th November, 2008, saw the US Dow Jones Industrial Average reach it’s lowest point since which year … ?

Q7) And finally … 20th November, 1990, saw who fail to get an outright majority in the first round of a leadership election … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 19th November, 1863, saw President Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address: in which US state is Gettysburg … ?

A1) Pennsylvania.

Q2) 19th November, 1911, saw two ships wrecked on the Doom Bar sand-bank: in which English county is the Doom Bar … ?

A2) Cornwall.

Q3) More to the point, it was placed where it is — according to legend — by the mermaid of where … ?

A3) Padstowe.

Q4) 19th November, 1959, saw Ford announce they were discontinuing what model of car: the Edsel, the Cortina or the Escort … ?

A4) The Edsel. (Can’t THINK why it was so unpopular, that’s REALLY funky looking … )

Q5) And finally … 19th November, 1994, saw Britain have its first lottery draw in roughly 130 years: what’s the name of the company who run Britain’s lottery?

A5) Camelot.

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