The Daily Teaser - 7-11-2011

You know, you can TELL it’s a Monday, can’t you … ?

Well …

I can … !

For starters, Nina — over in Finland — has already admitted to things.

A) It’s a #ManicMonday.

B) She’s lining up the extra strong coffee.

And next up … ?

I’ve DEFINITELY got Radio 4 on.

The Today programme, if you must know.

Who are covering the Greek crisis and body mix-ups, just so you know …

Hmmm …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

I’ve a busy day ahead of me, today, with an interview in Billericay*, later …

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Yesterday’s Teaser was fantastically busy! Which is exactly what I like! It saw Tim, Lynn from Fife, Kaiju and Debbi all putting in their answers: with Tim scoring 4 out of 6º, Lyn bagging 5, and Debbi and Kaiju — Big Beasts that they are — both bagging 6ª.

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

Q1) 7th November, 1917, saw Vladimir Lenin lead the revolution that turned Russia into the USSR: on what date was this in the Russian calendar of the time?

Q2) More to the point, how was this revolution known … ?

Q3) 7th November, 1987, saw President Habib Bourguiba overthrown by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali: in which north African country … ?

Q4) 7th November, 1994, saw station WXYC make the world’s first broadcast over what … ?

Q5) 7th November, 1944, saw Franklin Roosevelt elected as US president: was this his second, third or fourth term … ?

Q6) And finally … 7th November, 1956, saw the UN call for the UK, France and Israel withdraw from where … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 6th November, 1844, saw which Caribbean country adopt it’s first constitution … ?

A1) The Dominican Republic.

Q2) 6th November, 1814, saw the birth of instrument designer, Adolphe Sax. His best known invention, the saxophone, was patented in which year: 1844, 1846 or 1848?

A2) 1846.

Q3) More to the point, is it a woodwind or brass instrument?

A3) Woodwind. (The distinction is whether the instrument uses a reed to make air vibrate — as woodwind instruments do — or have a mouthpiece that’s blown directly into, or over.)

Q4) 6th November, 1962, saw the United Nations condemn which country … ?

A4) South Africa: over it’s Apartheid policies.

Q5) 6th November, 1789, saw John Carroll named as the first Catholic bishop of which country … ?

A5) The USA.

Q6) And finally … 6th November, 1925, saw the execution of secret agent, Sidney Reilly, by the USSR’s secret police: what were they called … ?

A6) The Ob’edinennoe Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie, or OGPU. The name translates as Joint State Political Directorate or ‘All-Union State Political Administration’, depending on who you ask …

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll leave you all with the tune I (mentally) woke up to†.

* Funny thing is, I’m not actually nervous, as yet, which is possibly a bad sign. The last two interviews I had were both unsuccessful, so this one can’t be any worse …

º ⅔rds, in other words. Oooh … ! I’m a poet, and I didn’t know it …

ª With Kaiju, as ever, giving some extra details: on the OGPU, in this case.

† I’m just hoping The Barron Knight’s A Taste Of Aggro can be picked up in the US …