The Christmas Eve Teaser — 24-12-2012

*Revised*

You know, it HAS to be said, that TV’s REALLY going downhill.

At least, Christmas TV is, I think.

Which is why I’ve got the last episode of I,  Claudius on.

Which, whatever else we can say … ?   Is still a fantastic piece of work: I still can’t believe it took me several years to realise it has no background music!

But let’s get’s moving on, shall we … ?

Yes, let’s.

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Yesterday’s saw both Kaiju and Debbi putting in their answers: with both Kaiju and Debbi scoring 7 out of 855*, it also saw Debbi mentioning her Second Amendment post, and Kaiju asking whether yesterday’s second question was a trickº one.

But let’s see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ?

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

Q1) Christmas Eve is a four act opera by whom: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov or Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky … ?   

Q2) 24th December, 1914, saw the start of the World War 1 Christmas Truce.   Near which Belgian town … ?   

Q3) More to the point, what was the name of the pope who’d called for peace, in the run-up to Christmas, that year … ?   

Q4) In which year did Pope Benedict 16th perform the Christmas Eve Thought For the Day … ?   

Q5) Equally to the point, what’s Benedict 16th’s Twitter name … ?   

Q6) Moving on … During World War 2, 24th December, 1943, saw which US general named as Supreme Allied Commander … ?   

Q7) And finally … 24th December, 1166, saw the birth of which English king … ?  

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd December, 1823, saw the debut of the poem, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.   What’s the poem’s name … ?

A1) A Visit From Saint Nicholas.

Q2) More to the point … how many reindeer are mentioned in the poem … ?

A2) 8.   (Any one of a dozen variations of Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen … )

Q3) 23rd December, 1975, saw US President, Gerald Ford, sign the Metric Conversion Act into US law.   When did Britain’s Board Of Trade agree to a British metrication program: 1964, 1965 or 1966 … ?

A3) 1965.

Q4) More to the point, what’s the basic metric unit of mass … ?

A4) The kilogram.

Q5) 23rd December, 1936, saw the first flight of which bomber … ?

A5) The Vickers Wellington.

Q6) And finally … 23rd December, 2007, saw which country abolish its monarchy … ?

A6) Nepal.

I’ll leave you with this quote from birthday girl, Ava Gardner …

“The ­problems were never in bed. The ­problems would start on the way to the bidet.”Ava Gardner December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990

And with a suitably Christmas tune from Motorhead: considering it’s frontman, Lemmy’s birthday … 

*        I’m definitely looking forward to it, Debbi!   Oh … Did you find the comment on yesterday’s post … ?

º        Trick question, Kaiju … ?   Line 16 in the Wikipedia text … :D