The Daily Teaser - 08-1-2012

You know, I’ve GOT to admit, I’m yawning.

Quite assertively, yawning … !

With good(ish) reason, actually.

Kevin D and me actually managed to catch a movie, last night.

Trust me, don’t get Kevin started on Apollo 18: you’ll get a hell of a vernacular response, about it … !

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Before I go into detail about it … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi and Trevor putting in their answers: and I’ve GOT to admit, that’s given me a headache!

Bless her, Debbi managed to prove her Big Beast status by finding a missile Trevor and me didn’t know about … !

Effectively, that’s left both Trevor and Debbi scoring 6 out of 6.

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

Q1) 8th January, 1961, saw the people of France vote to give independence to which North African colony … ?

Q2) 20 year’s later, 8th January, 1981, saw a farmer in Trans-en-Provence claim to have spotted a what … ?

Q3) 8th January, 2011, saw a gunman attempt to kill Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords: which US state was she a Congress member for … ?

Q4) 8th January, 1982, saw AT&T agree to divest itself of how many divisions: 22, 23 or 24 … ?

Q5) 8th January saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average top the 2000 mark: in which year … ?

Q6) And finally … What’s your star sign, if you were born on 8th January … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) What are Christians using the Julian calendar celebrating, today … ?

A1) Christmas Day.

Q2) 7th January, 1980, saw who elected as India’s PM … ?

A2) Indira Gandhi.

Q3) 7th January is the flag day of Italy: how many colours are in the Italian flag.

A3) 3.

Q4) More to the point, name one of them …

A4) Green, white or red.

Q5) 7th July, 1960, saw the first (test) usage of which missile … ?

A5) The Polaris.

Q6) And finally … 7th January, 1991, saw Roger Lafontant attempt a coup in Haiti: what had he previously been the leader of … ?

A6) The Tonton Macoute: the Duvalier era Haitian secret police.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’m going to read up more about Polaris, and the BOMARC …

I’ll leave you with In The Ghetto, while I’m doing that. Well … It is Elvis’ birthday …