The Daily Teaser - 02-2-2012

You know, I’ve said it before, and I’ll no doubt say it again, BBC Radio 4 — along with its Today show — is possibly one of the most civilised starts to a morning.

It really is.

Naughtie*, Humphries, Stoughton, Webb and Montague genuinely do manage to make for an interesting morning.

And a LESS distracting one than, say, the BBC News channel.

Today point of interest … ?

Was an article describing how Putin-supporting factory workers are forming — get this — workers committees … !

Hmmm …

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ? Before we start talking about how familiar that sounds …

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — who’s being followed by Nancy Sinatra … ! — putting in her answers: and along with bagging 4 out of 5º, ALSO managing to leave me a comment, here.

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

Q1) 2nd February, 2004, saw who named as the world’s No 1 men’s tennis player … ?

Q2) 2nd February, 1922, saw the original publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses: in which city is Ulysses set … ?

Q3) 2nd February, 1979, saw who found dead — of a Heroin overdose — in New York?

Q4) 2nd February, 1935, saw Leonarde Keeler test the world’s first what … ?

Q5) And finally … 2nd February, 1899, saw a conference of Australian politicians decide to put the Australian capital between Sydney and Melbourne: what’s the name of Australia’s capital … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 1st February, 1865, saw Abraham Lincoln sign the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution into law: what did this ban … ?

A1) Slavery and involuntary servitude.

Q2) 1st February, 1920, saw the Royal Canadian Mounted Police begin operation: what creature features o the Mounties Coat of Arms?

A2) A Bison.

Q3) 1st February, 2004, saw who have a wardrobe malfunction at the 38th Superbowl … ?

A3) Janet Jackson, during the halftime show.

Q4) 1st February, 1327, saw who crowned as King of England?

A4) Edward 3rd.

Q5) And finally … 1st February, 1994, saw British MPs condemn the sale of which car company … ?

A5) Rover.

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

After I’ve left you with something on the groovy sideª …

* It’s a Scottish surname, so you know, and pronounced KNOCHT-tie …

º It’s actually a bison of some description, Debbi. WHY it’s a bison, I don’t know: I mean, they don’t make the saddles …

ª With all due credit to Debbi, in an especially groovy mode, for finding that… !