The Daily Teaser — 27-4-2013: Freedom Day

Did I tell you I’m off delivering leaflets, again … ?

Well, I’m off delivering leaflets again,

Being frank … ?   I’m glad I’ve delivered to Brooking House relatively early.

No, really … !

They’re both rather tall buildings, and Brooking in particular, is a bit dizzying.

Oy Veh … !

Let’s move on, shall we … ?

I’ve another bundle to do, today … !

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Yesterday’s Chernobyl Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with letting us know she’s survived the Great Nik Nak Email Disaster†, AND is thinking of getting a Mac‡, she also managed to bag eight out of eight*.

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) 27th April is Freedom Day: a public holiday in which African nation … ?

Q2) More to the point, it commemorates elections held in which year of the 1990s … ?

Q3) Those elections were the first in the country to not depend on what: sex, ethnicity or height … ?

Q4) Is the country concerned a monarchy, republic or theocracy … ?

Q5) And finally … which Star Trek character has a name derived from the Swahili word for ‘Freedom’ … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 26th April saw what was then the world’s worst nuclear accident: at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, in the (then) USSR.   The plant is in what’s now which country … ?

A1) Ukraine.

Q2) In which year of the 1980s … ?

A2) 1986.

Q3) More to the point, what’s the name of the nearby town that housed most of the plant’s workers … ?

A3) Pripyat.

Q4) The plant, itself was — in the Soviet era — named for which Russian revolutionary … ?

A4) . V. I. Lenin.

Q5) Part of what went wrong at the plant, were some of the moderating control rods used in the reactors.   What type of carbon were these rods made of … ?

A5) Graphite

Q6) What kind of fuel was used in that plant: plutonium dioxide, neptunium dioxide or uranium dioxide … ?

A6) Uranium dioxide.

Q7) Chernobyl was the world’s nuclear accident: until a plant in which country exploded … ?

A7) Japan.

Q8) Finally … what was the name of the 2012 horror film, set in and around the Chernobyl plant … ?

A8) Chernobyl Diaries.

Enjoy those, folks.

I’ll leave you with this tune … 

And this quote from the late JFK.

“The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.”

John F Kennedy.

Enjoy the day … 

*        Good thing I know what you mean with Nuclear Graphite, Debbi: but, my word, that’s one HELL of a pencil … !

†        Phew … !

‡        Actually, Debbiª^, the thought occurs: you’ve said it, yourself, a few times, you’re a small business woman, struggling to keep her head above water.   Much like my ex-girlfriend, Allison’s, younger brother, Richard.   Huge Mac fan, Richard, and one who’s run his own car valetingº business for years.   He’d ALSO managed to buy his Apple kit from the Lakeside store: as he’s managed to ALSO get Apple’s business discount.   How much it was, I really don’t know: but enough to keep him going back for years, as Apple always applied whenever he upgraded.   Just a thought … 

º        Which is like car cleaning: but Richard — and others who provided the service — would also fill in scratches, give the car a serious polish, and do heavy duty interior cleaning.

ª        Just as a hint, Debbi: you’ll possibly find it handy to install one of the larger sized interior drives, in store.   But I’d suggest — if you get the Mac Mini, or 27” iMac — that you get RAM from a third party source: it usually works out cheaper.

^        Plus, of course, you’re an already established author: one who’s looking to expand her market from Amazon, Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s platforms to include Apple’s iBooks range …