The Daily Teaser — 13-07-2012

Oh, now …

There’s a mild worry.

I’ll be frank, I’ve a doctor’s appointment, this afternoon: after having a kidney ultrasound, last week.

Hopefully, any problems will be either minimal.

Or relatively easy to deal with.

I hope so, at ANY rate.

While I don’t think there’s any family of any MAJOR problems in the kidney area, IK’d HATE to be the family member who sets the precedent … 

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Before I star really worry about it … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser was another quiet one: with no-one putting in their answers.

Hopefully, no-one will be put off by todays date, and will be brave enough to have a try at today’s questions.

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video … 

Q1) Exactly how many films are there, in the Friday the 13th franchise … ?

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the killer, in the original Friday 13th … ?

Q3) Instead of Friday 13th, many Spanish speaking countries consider which day to be unlucky … ?

Q4) When’s the next Friday the 13th … ?

Q5) As a FINAL Friday 13th question … Which hard rock group famously released their first album on Friday 13th … ?

Q6) 13th July, 1977, saw which US city suffer a 24-hour power-cut … ?

Q7) 13th July, 1814, saw Italy found what: its parliament, its gendarmerie or its army … ?

Q8) 13th July, 1971, saw the execution of ten army officers: after an attempted coup in which North African country … ?

Q9) 13th July, 2011, saw which Indian city attacked by terrorists … ?

Q10) And finally … 13th July, 1985, saw Prince Charles and Princess Diana open which concert … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 12th July, 1979, saw which island nation become independent of the UK … ?

A1) Kiribati.

Q2) More to the point, in which ocean IS that island nation … ?

A2) The Pacific … 

Q3) 12th July, 1986, saw riots in Armagh, as a result of what … ?

A3) Orange Day Parades.

Q4) 12th July, 1862, saw the US Congress authorize the highest military medal in the US: what’s that medal called … ?

A4) The Medal of Honour.   (Or Honor, if you prefer the US spelling.)

Q5) And finally … 12th July, 1971, saw the first flying of which people’s flag … ?

A5) The Australian Aboriginal Flag.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll leave you with the Mari Wilson song, Dance With A Stranger, as a way of marking the death of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK.   The song was the theme tune to the film, Dance With A Stranger, about her life