The Daily Teaser - 29-3-2012

Arggghhhhh …

I know perfectly well that I HATE sleeping through my alarm.

I really do.

Equally … ?

I have to admit to kicking myself when I forget to put my alarm on.

I HATE doing that as well … !

Hmmmm …

Let’s see if I can’t get a post done at speed, shall we?

I’d HATE to not give myself a deadline.

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and , along with admitting she’s excited about the upcoming book from Jenny Lawson*, the Bloggess, ALSO bagging 6 out of 6.

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) 29th March, 1871, saw Queen Victoria open which London concert hall … ?

Q2) 29th March, 1981, saw the first London Marathon take place: in which London borough will this year’s marathon start … ?

Q3) 29th March, 1549, saw the founding of Salvador da Bahia: this was the first capital city of which country … ?

Q4) 29th March, 1857, saw Sepoy Mangal Pandey begin the Sepoy Mutiny: against whom … ?

Q5) And finally … 29th March, 1974, saw the Mariner 10 probe fly by where … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 28th March, 37AD, saw who given the Roman Imperial titles?

A1) Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus: otherwise know as Caligula.

Q2) More to the point, in which year was that Emperor assassinated … ?

A2) 41AD.

Q3) 28th March, 845, saw which French city sacked by Vikings … ?

A3) Paris. (I have a confession: it’s TEMPTING to tell you that Ragner Lodbrok went up to Paris, and said “You’re fired” … But I’ll forbear, shall … ? I mean, it’s not a very good joke … )

Q4) 28th March, 1930, saw the Turkish city of Angora change its name: to what … ?

A4) Ankara.

Q5) 28th March, 1819, saw the birth of engineer, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who famously deigned London’s sewers: his great-great-grandson, Peter Bazalgette, is one of the brains behind which TV company: CNN, Endemol or Turner?

A5) Endemol.

Q6) And finally … 28th March, 1991, saw an inquest deliver a verdict of Accidental Death, on 95 people: at which sporting disaster … ?

A6) Hillsborough.

Enjoy those, everyone: as it’s Eric Idle’s birthday, I’ll leave you with a tune that’s deeply symbolic of the nature of our amazingly expanding universe …

Oh, ta hell with it: I’ll ALSO point you at his saddest song: or, at least, that’s how I remember it from Graham Chapman’s funeral …

* I’ve got to admit, I’m intrigued, Debbi: especially once I read her Wil Wheaton Collating page. Wonderful way of dealing with that sort of message, I’ll have to come up with something along those lines!