The Daily Teaser — 18-5-2013

Well, it’s official … 

The Dr Who series 7 finale episode, The Name Of The Doctor, get’s screened, tonight.

Thankfully … ?   Thankfully, I’ve managed to guarantee my enjoyment, by managing to avoid any spoilers.

Especially in light of the BBC’s accidentally sending out Series 7B DVDs a week early!   Ye GODS!

At ANY rate … ?

My DVD is now set up and ready to go.

No spoilers, please, folks … !

~≈†≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with confessing she’s both thinking of getting a Mac, and had thoroughly enjoyed Rubber Soul when she was younger.

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) 18th May, 1948, saw the Legislative Yuan — its Parliament, in other words — of the Republic of China convene for the first time.   In which city … ?

Q2) More to the point, what’s the Legislative Yuan’s nearest equivalent in the People’s Republic of China: the National People’s Congress or the State Council … ?

Q3) 18th May, 2012, saw which well known website start trading on the US NASDAQ exchange … ?

Q4) 18th May, 1944, saw the fall of which Italian monastery … ?

Q5) More to the point, was this to Allied or Axis forces … ?

Q6) Finally … 18th May, 1964, saw running battles between gangs of Mods and Rockers: in which English seaside town … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 17th May is Constitution Day in Norway.  In which year was the Norwegian Constitution signed: 1813, 1814 or 1815 … ?

A1) 1814.

Q2) How many clauses make up the Norwegian Constitution: 112, 113 or 114 … ?

A2) 112.

Q3) In which year did Norway become independent: 1895, 1905 or 1915 … ?

A3) 1905.

Q4) More to the point, which country did Norway become independent from … ?

A4) Sweden.   (You can follow @sweden on Twitter: seemingly, there’s a new Swede, every week.   Am I the only person who thinks that’s ambiguous … ?)

Q5) Norway, Sweden and Denmark all make up which part of Europe … ?

A5) Scandinavia.

Q6) Which of the countries named in Q5 are on the Scandinavian Peninsular … ?

A6) Norway and Sweden.

Q7) Which island group isn sometimes considered part of Scandinavia … ?

A7) The Farœs.

Q8) Those islands are roughly halfway between Norway and which famously volcanic island … ?

A8) Iceland.

Q9) Moving backwards, slightly … May 17th is also Constitution Day on the small island of Nauru: in which Ocean is Nauru … ?

A9) The South Pacific.

Q10) And finally … on which Beatle album would you find the song, Norwegian Wood … ?

A10) Rubber Soul.

Enjoy those: I’ll leave you with this though from the late Fred Perry …

“I didn’t aspire to be a good sport; ‘champion’ was good enough for me.”

Fred Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995)

And, as it’s Toyah’s birthday … ?

With THIS tune … 

*        Got to admit, I was always more of a Status Quo fan, when I was younger, Debbi: saying that … ?   The Beatles and Stones were part of my childhood: and did I tell you my kid sister, Ruth, is something of a Beatles fan … ?   Hence a Certain Nephew’s name … :D   (Oh, by the way … ?   I know this is going to be a BIT eyeball popping, but if you DO go for a Mac, you’ll find this list of keyboard shortcuts handy† … )

†        Oh, Debbi, didn’t you say you knew a few Unix commands … ?   That’s the stuff underneath all the eye-candy: I never use it much, although I DO use the rm -r command to get rid of really awkward files.