The Daily Teaser — 12-5-2013: Hancock

Hmmm … 

Well, that’s a relief!

I don’t know if you’d heard, but a small group in the US, had recently become the first people to produce — and and fired — a plastic gun made with a three-d printer.

Thankfully … ?

The US government has, quite sensibly, I think, insisted the group take the designs down: granted, only after those designs been downloaded quite a few times, but none-the-less, insisted.

The genie is out of the bottle.   So let’s hope it’s not got TOO far out of it … … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Debbi and Mr Strict getting in their answers: with Debbi* reminding us (and running it past Mr S, as well), it also saw both scoring ten out of ten.

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) 12 May, 1924, saw the birth of comic, Tony Hancock.   What was the name of his radio show … ?

Q2) More to the point, what was the show renamed as, during the last year of its TV run … ?

Q3) Name either of the show’s script writers.

Q4) Terry Nation, one of Hancock’s later writers, eventually went on to create which Dr Who creature?

Q5) Who — in the radio version of the show — played Hancock’s Australian lodger … ?

Q6) Which South African born actor moved on to become a star of the Carry On films, after being sacked from Hancock’s show … ?

Q7) In which episode of the TV series did Hancock famously cut his hand with a bread knife … ?

Q8) And finally … in which Australian city did Hancock die … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11th May, 1927, saw the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.   Which studio head’s idea was it … ?

A1) Louis B Meyer’s.

Q2) Which studio did he head … ?

A2) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: also known as MGM.

Q3) Which actor was the organization’s first president … ?

A3) Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

Q4) Who’s the current Academy President … ?

A4) Howard Winchel‘Hawk’ Koch Jr.

Q5) The Academy’s Board of Governors is made up of members of the sixteen Academy branches: name one of them.

A5) Actors, art directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, make-up artists and hairstylist, music, producers, PR, shorts films and animated features (that’s one branch, I should add), sound, visual effects and writers.

Q6) What nickname is given to the Academy Awards statuette … ?

A6) The Oscars.

Q7) In which year were those awards first handed out … ?

A7) 1929.

Q8) What film won the Best Picture gong, at those first awards … ?

A8) Wings: with Clara Bow as its star.

Q9) As of 2012, how many Academy members voted for those awards: 4,783, 5,783 or 6,783 … ?

A9) 5,783.

Q10) And FINALLY … Which film — in February of this year — won the Best Picture award … ?

A10) Argo.   (Step forward, Bill Bailey … )

Enjoy those.

I’ll leave you with this thought from the late Tony Hancock …

“It’s red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it.”

Tony Hancock (As far as I can tell, this quote is from ‘The Missing Page’)

And instead of a soundtrack … ?   I’ll leave you with Twelve Angry Men … 

Have a good Sunday

*        Of course not, Debbi!   Although wouldn’t things be fair more easy to repair, if we all were … ?   It’d be like changing a part.   (Actually, talking of which, Debbi, you wait ’til you see what they’ve done with the Cybermen†: it’s WAY cool!!!!!!)

†        I’ve got to admit, it’s only NOW that the new series Dr Who has picked up on the Cybermen and thought, ‘Right … What can we do with them … ?’