The Daily Teaser — 12-12-2012

Blast.

And — quite probably — Damn … !

Remember me saying, in yesterday’s Teaser, that I had an interview?

Would you believe it, I missed the bloomin’ bus!   I’m annoyed: and think I might just have to have a word with the bus company that runs the various routes, around town.

One possible upside … ?   Is that I DID manage to get in touch with the company that’s recruiting: who are still interested in in interviewing me.

I hope they do.   Having seen the job-spec, I’m actually a fairly good match.

Here’s hoping … !

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with mentioning one or two other ideas she’s had for promoting the Sam McRae series, she also bagged 6 out of 6.

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) 12th December, 1911, saw Calcutta replaced as capital of India: by which city … ?

Q2) That city is the second most populous in India: what’s the most populated … ?

Q3) More to the point, the city in Q1 has been in existence since when: the 4th, 5th or 6th Century BC … ?

Q4) Moving on … 12th December, 1992, saw which member of the Royal Family remarry … ?

Q5) 12th December, 627, saw the Battle of where: Thermopylae, Nineveh or Thebes … ?

Q6) 12th December, 1963, saw which African nation declare its independence from the UK … ?

Q7) 12th December, 1901, saw Guglielmo Marconi make his first transatlantic radio transatlantic radio broadcast.   Marconi’s Law said that the broadcast distance of a signal equalled the square of the height of what … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11th December, 1936, saw Edward 8th abdicate: where had he been Emperor of … ?

A1) India.

Q2) More to the point, Edward 8th was replaced by his younger brother: who’s the current Queen’s late father.   What name did he take the throne as … ?

A2) George 6th.

Q3) Moving on …  11th December, 1962, saw the death of Arthur Lucas: one of the two last person to be judicially executed in which Commonwealth country … ?

A3) Canada.

Q4) What was the name of the other person to be so executed … ?

A4) Ronald Turpin.

Q5) 11th December, 2005, saw a large fire start at the Buncefield Oil Depot.   In which English county is that depot … ?

A5) Hertfordshire.

Q6) And finally … 11th December, 2001, saw which country join the World Trade Organisation … ?

A6) The People’s Republic of China.

Enjoy those, everyone.

I’ll leave you with this quote from the artist Edvard Munch …

“No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.”

Edvard Munch 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944

And with both this tune form thew MC5, as a nod to their late lead singer, Rob Tyner.

Additionally, considering I’ve just received news of the death of sitarist, Ravi Shankar, also with this … 

*        Good thought, actually, Debbi.   Hmmm … You know I usually put stuff in the Old Peculiar’s sidebar?   That’s usually bits of copyable Java code even techno-innocents like us can copy and paste into place!   I’d believe a lot of places have something like it available … …