You know, right at the moment … ?
I’m half convinced my nephew, Jude, has something of the right idea.
Laugh.
Or throw your toys out of the pram.
Which he doesn’t do that often: or at least, without seeming to regard it as incredibly funny.
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, eh … ?
Let’s get moving on, shall we?
After I play a tune appropriate to the day
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Let’s get moving on, shall we? Yes, let’s … !
Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Tim and Debbi putting in their answers. With Debbi* telling us she always finds visiting here to be very educational, it saw her bagging 5 out of 5 and Tim bagging 3.
Let’s see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 17th September, 1859, saw Joshua Norton declare himself Norton 1st … of where …?
Q2) 17th September, 1974, saw both Grenada and Bangladesh join the UN: along with which other country … ?
Q3) 17th September, 2011, saw the start of the Occupy Wall Street movement: in which New York Park … ?
Q4) 17th September is the birthday of Sir Stirling Moss and Roddy McDowell: which of them is older … ?
Q5) And finally … 17th September, 1982, saw over a thousand people massacred in which city … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 16th September marks Mexican Independence Day: from which European country …?A1) Spain.
Q2) More to the point, it marks the start of what: the Mexican Revolution, War of Independence or Spanish-American War … ?A2) War of Independence.
Q3) 16th September, 1977, saw the death of singer, Marc Bolan: in which model of car had he and his girlfriend been traveling in, at the time of that fatal crash … ?A3) A Mini.
Q4) More to the point, that same day saw the death of which noted soprano … ?A4) Maria Callas.
Enjoy those, everyone.Q5) And finally … 16th September, 1968, saw the UK’s Post Office put what into service … ?A5) First Class Stamps.
Given it’s Prodigy frontman Keith Flint’s birthday, today, I’ll scare people with this tune …
And leave you with this quote from Anne Bancroftº.
“To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.”Anne Bancroft, September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005
* I know exactly what you mean, Debbi: the amount of sheer stuff I’ve picked up, over the years, always amazes me … !
º Yeah … like she has to mention THE movie … !
1 comment:
Ha ha ha ... yes, THE movie! And what a great one. One word--plastics. :)
1. the United States
2. Guinea-Bissau
3. Zuccotti Park
4. Roddy McDowall (the movie Lord Love a Duck was on TV today)
5. West Beirut
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