Hmmm …
That’s … strangely weird …
I think …
I mentioned, yesterday, that I’d started a course of treatment for an underactive thyroid gland … ?
This is going to sound odd, but despite the iffy night’s sleep, today is the first time I can recall not feeling too grotty, afterwards.
Actually … ?
I have to admit, it’s ALSO the first time I can recall my throat not feeling swollen.
And actually feeling rampagingly hungry in the morning … !!!
On the second day of a course of treatment … ? That’s fairly good, I think.
Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with being thankful for the invention of both computers and the Internet*º, also bagging 4 out of 5.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 24th June, 1947, saw Kenneth Arnold make the first widely reported sighting of a UFO: what does UFO stand for … ?
Q2) More to the point, in which US state was this … ?
Q3) 24th June, 1916, saw who become the first woman to sign a $1, 000, 000 Hollywood contract … ?
Q4) 24th June, 2010 saw John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut at the conclusion of their sport’s longest profession match. What WAS their sport … ?
Q5) 24th June, 972, saw which country win the Battle of Cedynia?
Q6) And finally … 24th June, 1974, saw Britain’s government admit to having tested what … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 23rd June, 1912, saw the birth of Alan Turing, the father of the modern computer. During World War 2, he worked at Britain’s code-breaking centre, in Bletchley Park: what was that centre’s formal name … ?A1) The Government Code and Cypher School.
Q2) More to the point, name either of the German cipher machines which he helped crack … ?A2) The Enigma Machine — in part, broken with the device called the Bombe — and the Lorenz cipher machine: broken with the aid of the Heath Robinson and Colossus machines.
Q3) 23rd June, 79 AD, saw who become Roman Emperor … ?A3) Titus. (Or Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, if you want it in full … !)
Q4) 23rd June, 1868 saw Christopher L. Sholes patent the first commercially successful typewriter. Yes or No: did he himself use it?A4) No.
Q5) And finally … 23rd June, 1943, saw the birth of computer scientist, Vint Cerf: one of the men known as the father of what … ?A5) The Internet.
Enjoy those, everyone.
As the rain’s decided to stop at Brentwood on its World Tour of south-east England, birthday boy Jeff Beck has an ideal tune …
* Actually, Debbi, I think we need to thank Paul Baran and Donald Davies. They’re the scientists who — completely independently of each other — came up with packet-switching, the underlying communication method the ’net uses. I’m thinking cucumber sandwiches are practically mandatory … !
º Actually, Debbi, did I ever tell you I’m following Storm Constantine on Facebook … ? She’s a noted fantasy/sci-fi writer, here in the UK: she might be able to help on that front! (It’s backgrounds that can be the killer … ! I’m also aware of reading a Terry Pratchett interview, years ago, where he said he kept notes. Just to make sure that, if he said in one novel that a trip from ⓐ to ⓑ took a week by carriage, that he didn’t say it took half an hour in the next … ! Fans get REALLY geeky about things like thatª.)
ª No, seriously … ! We’re talking about a variety of people who, for example, have set up the Klingon Language Institute: and have been arguing about whether the Klingons have a word meaning ‘mercy’ for years†.
† It’s been holding up the Klingon version of the King James Bible for a while. (Old testament, with tons of sex and smiting? No problem, not an issue. The New testament, where mercy gets a mention? FLAMING row … !)
2 comments:
1-Unidentified Flying Object
2 -New Mexico
3-no idea lol
4-errrrrr
5-Turkey?
6- Wakey Backy?
Yes, it's important for mystery series writers to keep track of details, too. I can't give Sam blue-green eyes in one book, only to change them to blue-gray eyes in another. Ha ha ha ...
1. unidentified flying object
2. Washington
3. Mary Pickford
4. tennis
5. Poland
6. a nuclear weapon
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