Q1) According to the UN, 16th November is the International Day for what … ?
Q2) More to the point, in which year of the 1990s was the first of these days … ?
Q3) 16th November, 1938, saw the first synthesis of the drug, LSD. Who was the chemist that first made it … ?
Q4) More to the point, what type of patient did Dr Humphrey Osmond claim to have successfully treated with LSD, in the 1950s?
Q5) 16th November, 1945, saw saw Operation Paperclip admit 88 German scientist and engineers to the US. To help with which US program … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …Q6) And finally … 16th November, 1992, saw a metal detectorist discover a Roman horde: in which English county … ?
Q1) 15th November, 2012 sees England and Wales elect Police Criminal Commissioners: except in London. Who fills the role in London … ? A1) Technically, the London Mayor: although current mayor, Boris Johnson, has put an appointed deputy mayor into the job.
Q2) More to the point, name either of the police forces in London. A2) The Metropolitan Police Service, who handle the Greater London are, and the City of London Police, who handle the city, itself. (The red bit of this map is the City Police patch: anything in that fetching shade of pink … is the Met … )
Q3) Which building has one of those two police forces announced it’s planning to sell … ? A3) New Scotland Yard. (Does anyone NEED a second hand Police HQ … ? Anyone … ? No … ? Not surprising: would you … ?)
Q4) Which government department has overall responsibility for the UK’s police … ? A4) None. The Home Office does, in England and Wales, the Scottish Government, does in Scotland and the Northern Ireland Executive does, in Northern Ireland. (As from April 2012, that is, and after EXTENSIVE negotiations … )
Q5) And finally … what piece of police equipment was traditionally made from a mix of cork, felt and leather … ? A5) A policeman’s helmet.
“Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere.” “A good shepherd shears his sheep, he doesn’t flay them”. Emperor Tiberius, 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD
† It all boil’s down to who’s in charge of what, Debbi: in England and Wales, you’re right, it’s the Home Office. But in Scotland and Northern Ireland …
That last part makes you sound like you have the makings of a crime writer in you, Paul! :)
ReplyDeleteYou ought to give a go. Of course, my sister will tell you it's too much work. And she's right. It's a lot of work to learn to write well.
I put more of the first draft of the new novel on Random and Sundry Things. I never usually do this, but I figured it might pique people's interest in the series, maybe. I hope. :)
1. Tolerance
2. 1995
3. Albert Hofmann
4. alcoholics
5. rocketry or the rocket science program
6. Suffolk