The Daily Teaser — 31-08-2012

Hmm … 

It’s Friday.

You’ve possibly already worked that out, haven’t you … ?

But at any rate, that means today is possibly the day that my boiler’s supposed to finally get fixed.

The sooner the better, I hope.

According to the Today programme’s weather report, last night was one of the coldest August nights on record.

Hmmm … 

Did I tell you the boiler also powers the central heating?

Yeah … 

Like I say … !

Let’s move on … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: and, along with bagging 4 out of 5*, also told us about thisº post.

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) Oslo 31st August is a 2011 film set in Oslo: in which country is Oslo … ?

Q2) More to the point, what’s the name of the main character … ?

Q3) Moving on … 31st August, 1896, saw Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patent his famed aircraft: what was it … ?

Q4) Which former Soviet republic declared independence, on 31st August, 1991 … ?

Q5) And finally … 31st August, 1962, saw the independence of two islands: name either …

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 30th August, 1982, saw the leader of the PLO forced out of Beirut: what was his name … ?

A1) Yasser Arafat.

Q2) More to the point, what does PLO stand for … ?

A2) The Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Q3) 30th August, 2001, saw Slobodan Milosovic informed he was to be charged with genocide: Milosovic was the former president of where … ?

A3) Yugoslavia.

Q4) 30th August, 1963, saw the hotline between Washington and Moscow:  2008 saw a similar hotline established between Washington and which capital city … ?

A4) Beijing.

Q5) And finally … 30th August, 1984, saw the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on its maiden voyage: how many communications satellites did it put into orbit … ?

A5) 3.

Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll leave you with this rather charming quote from the famously pyschotic Caligula …

“Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!”

Translated as “Would that the Roman people had but one neck!”Words attributed to Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus 31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41

And as it’s Squeeze co-founder and singer, Glenn Tilbrook’s birthday, here’s one of the band’s better known tunes … 

*        Sorry, Debbi: it was actually Beijing: but at least we can say it doesn’t involve a duck, Peking or otherwise.   Or pressedº, come to that … 

ª        Nice piece of work, there, Debbi … !

º        That’s got to be up there with Klingon food.