Hmmm …
You know, I have to admit, I’ve had just enough in my iTunes account to rent a movie last night.
The ONE problem with that, of course … ?
Is that I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out what to watch!
Either I’m getting old … Or there’s getting to be nothing to watch on a Saturday night … !
Still … At least I know the iTunes store has a copy of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, something I’ve never actually seen: I might just have to rectify that, at some point …
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yes, let’s …
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with admitting she’s thinking of a few questions, herself, and that Change is a’comin’ in, she ALSO bagged 6 out of 6.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 3rd February, 1959, was the day the music died: name any of the three rock and roll stars who died in that famous plane crash.
Q2) Who was the youngest of those stars … ?
Q3) How old was he … ?
Q4) One of the stars had a hit with Chantilly Lace: which country does Chantilly lace come from … ?
Q5) Which of the stars was one of the earliest to both write and sing his own material … ?
Q6) Which of that star’s songs was taken to number 3 in the UK charts, by the Rolling Stones … ?
Q7) And finally … what was the name of the Don MacLean song that includes the line ‘The Day The Music Died’ … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 2nd February, 2013 is a Saturday: its Latin name, dies Saturni, associates the day with which planet … ?A1) Saturn.
Q2) Which of the world’s three monotheist religions sees Saturdays as its holy day … ?A2) Judaism: it’s the Sabbath, of course.
Q3) Many Scandinavian words for Saturday are variations of lørdag: meaning what day … ?A3) Bath — or wash — day.
Q4) The French name for Saturday — Samedi — is also the name of a spirit in which religion … ?A4) Voodoo.
Q5) More to the point, in which James Bond film does that spirit appear … ?A5) Live and Let Die.
Q6) And finally … according to the old nursery rhyme, what does Saturday’s child do … ?A6) Work hard, for a living.
I’ll leave you with this mild clue …
And this quote …
“I only needed specs for reading, but as a result of wearing them all the time to try to look like Buddy Holly, I became genuinely nearsighted.”Elton John.
Enjoy the day …
* Good luck with THAT, Debbi: trust me, it’s one heck of a job … ! (Actually, I’ve a whole spreadsheet of questions that never gets off my computer. It’s in .
ods
format, and LONG since gone past the size of the old floppy disc it was originally stored on.)
1 comment:
Thank you, Paul! :) You're awesome!
1. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson
2. Ritchie Valens
3. 17
4. France
5. Buddy Holly
6. Not Fade Away
7. American Pie
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