The Daily Teaser — 26-5-2012

Hmmm … 

Can I make a confession, here … ?

I’ve actually got the BBC’s news channel on in the background: it’s Hard Talk programme on at the moment.

Complete with a live debate about the amount of coverage of the Olympic Torch Relay.

I’m in two minds about that, actually.

On the one hand … ?

My kid sister, Anna, is volunteering for this years’ Paralympics: and what’s more, Dr number 11, Matt Smith himself, is carrying the torch at some point, today.

On the other … ?

On the other, I’m no sports fan: so it’s not like I’m planning to watch!

Well … Apart from maybe the opening and closing ceremonies.

Oh … and keeping my ears open, just in case Snooker’s a demo sport. this year … 

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and, along with mentioning her Towel Day Post* — and a certain Ms McRae’s motion — also bagging 5 out of 5.

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

Q1) 26th May, 1897, saw the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.   What — in the original Romanian — does Dracula mean … ?

Q2) More to the point, the book is partly set in which Romanian province … ?

Q3) Even more to the point, Dracula’s castle is in which mountain range … ?

Q4) As a final riff on the theme: which of Stoker’s novels was filmed by Ken Russell … ?

Q5) 26th May, 1896, saw Nicholas 2nd become the last Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias: in which year did he and his family die … ?

Q6) 26th May, 1998, saw who apologize for Japanese behaviour during World War 2 … ?

Q7) And finally … 26th May, 1908, saw the opening of which London Bridge … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 25th May is — on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld — the anniversary of the Glorious Revolution: what flower do characters honouring it wear … ?

A1) Lilac.   (There’s a hard-boiled egg, too.)

Q2) 25th May is ALSO Towel Day, honouring Douglas Adams of The Hitch-hikers Guide To the Galaxy fame: what’s the name of the show’s main (human) character … ?

A2) Arthur Dent.

Q3) 25th May, 2011, saw the last mainstream broadcast of which US talk show … ?

A3) The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Q4) 25th May, 1961, saw President John F Kennedy announce the USA was to try and put a man, where … ?

A4) On the moon.

Q5) And finally … 25th May, 1979, saw the UK price of what, go up to 15 pence a pint … ?

A5) Milk.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll leave you in the tender mercies of George Formby, who’s leaning on a Lamppost … 

Oh … 

And with the thought that, when I checked on the amount of people who’d looked at yesterday’s Towel Day teaser, found exactly 42 people had viewed it.

What CAN one say … ?

*        I saw that one, Debbi!  Nicely done … !   Although I think I’m going to have to sit down with Sam’s oneº: look’s like it’s going to be one to SERIOUSLY think aboutª! :D

º        She’s got a mouth on her, hasn’t she … ?    Mind you after that assault in Identity Theft … !   (Honestly, Debbi, how hard DO you want to be on a girl … !!! :D )

ª        I DO know Rupert Murdoch — in his testimony at the Leveson Enquiry, recently — definitely wasn’t enamoured of the 30%‡ cut Apple takes from those who has software and items on its iOS and Mac App Stores: but ALSO recognised that it was the cost of having something — a newspaper app, in News International’s case — on one of the must-have devices on the market.

‡       The same 30% cut they take from Amazon, for it’s iPad Kindle app.   (I’m ALSO assuming that’s why you won’t find the Mac version of MS Office on the Mac App Store.   I can’t see Redmond liking THAT much of a take.)