The Daily Teaser — 18-4-2012

Well, I think its now officially official.

I know have a New Bed.   And I’m definitely going to have to get my mother a bunch of flowers to say thank you … !

And have to admit … 

That that’s the comfiest night’s sleep I’ve had in a few nights: something I know an old friend, Carly, would be able to to tell you.

Which looks wrong, now I come to write it down … 

Let’s get moving on, shall we?

Before I get myself in trouble … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — all on her ownsome — putting in her answers: along with admitting her hope that the legal profession is still using books to research*, she also bagged 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) 18th April is Independence Day in which African country … ?

Q2) 18th April, 1831, saw the founding of which US state’s university … ?

Q3) 18th April, 1956, saw which British Chancellor unveil the Premium Bond … ?

Q4) More to the point, what was the name of the computer the picked the numbers … ?

Q5) 18th April, 1906, saw the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: most estimates put this at which magnitude: 7.4, 7.9 or 8.4 … ?

Q6) And finally … 18th April, 1946, saw which body hold its first meeting in The Hague, in the Netherlands?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 17th April, 1951, saw what become the UK’s first national park: Dartmoor, the Peak District or the Lake District … ?   A1) The Peak District.

Q2) 17th April, 1978, saw the assassination of politician, Mir Akbar Khyber: which lead to a communist coup d’etat in which country … ?   A2) Afghanistan.

Q3) 17th April, 1969, saw Bernadette Devlin elected as Britain’s youngest MP: for which constituency … ?   A3) Mid-Ulster.

Q4) More to the point, how old was she?   A4) 21.

Q5) 17th April, 1897, saw the small Texan town of Aurora hit by a what … ?   A5) A UFO.   (Apparently, the pilot from that UFO is buried in the town cemetery.)

Q6) And finally … 17th April, 69 AD, saw who become Emperor of Rome?   A6) Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus: otherwise — and more simply — known as Vitellius.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll leave you with a little electric boogie from the late Clarence Gatemouth Brownº.

*        Gosh, I hope so, Debbi: I think that’s how I judge the quality of a Wikipedia entry: the amount of offline references the article lists.   The more there are, the more I’ll trust the initial writing team’s researching.

º        And, yes, I know early morning air guitaring isn’t usually the done thing: but if Gatemouth’s take on Got My Mojo Working doesn’t get you doing it, I don’t know what will … !