You know, I’m thinking it looks — looks — like the weathermen were right.
While Brentwood’s not actually covered in snow — he says, having a quick look out of my window — it is definitely what I call nippy in my front room.
Nippy …
Bordering on chilly: verging on biting in the kitchen …
Yeah …
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
Before I go off like John Kettley …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Debbi and Trevor putting in their answers. With both bagging 5 out of 5, it ALSO saw Trevor quoting at least four different people, and Debbi commenting on this coffee*.
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) 30th January, 1790, saw the first boat to be tested as what, in the UK … ?Q2) More to the point, on which English river?Q3) 30th January, 1913, saw the House of Lords reject a bill about what: ID cards, that year’s Budget or Irish Home Rule … ?Q4) 30th January, 1952, saw peace talks in which war famously stall … ?Q5) 30th January, 1862, saw the launch of the first US ironclad ship: what was it called … ?Q6) And finally … 30th January, 1826, saw the opening of which bridge … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 29th January, 1979, saw Brenda Spencer kill two — and injure 8 — people at the Grover Cleveland Elementary School: what was the name of the Boomtown Rats song this incident inspired … ?A1) I Don’t Like Mondays.Q2) 29th January, 1996, saw France announce it was halting its nuclear testing: who was the French president that made the announcement … ?A2) President Jaques Chirac.Q3) 29th January, 2002, saw President George W. Bush call three countries the ‘Axis of Evil’: name any of those three countries …A3) Iraq, Iran and North Korea.Q4) During the Crimean War, 29th January, 1856, saw Queen Victoria institute the Victoria Cross: what two words are on the VC … ?A4) ‘For Valour’.Q5) And finally … 29th January, 2005, saw the first commercial flights from mainline China — since 1949 — to which island … ?A5) Taiwan.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
After I’ve made a — completely non-ironic — nod to birthday boy, the late Steve Marriottº.
* You can see why tea’s popular over here, can’t you, Debbi … ?
º Don’t quote me, but I think he went for Nescafé instant …
Q1 Lifeboat
ReplyDeleteQ2 Tyne
Q3 Irish Home rule
Q4 Korean war
Q5 USS Monitor
Q6 Menai Suspension Bridge (Pont Grog y Borth)
Trevor
It was 4 quotes by 3 different people.
“My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.” – Steve Wright
“Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.” – Hesketh Pearson
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” - George Bernard Shaw
“To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.” – Robert Orben
I'm a big coffee fan myself. Espresso, in particular, ever since we went to Italy. The UK does have coffeehouses, right? :) I know you like tea, but espresso is awesome, too.
ReplyDelete1. a lifeboat
2. the River Tyne
3. Irish Home Rule
4. the Korean War
5. USS Monitor
6. Menai Suspension Bridge