The Daily Teaser — 23-6-2013: The Typewriter …

Right at thew moment … ?

RIGHT at the moment, I’m boiling the kettle: quite a bit, actually.

My gas has gone.   It’s not actually that big a worry, to be honest.

I get paid tomorrow: so I can top my ‘pay as you go’ meter, then.

It’s just bloody annoying that it’s happened, today: and means I have to boil the kettle, repeatedly, to fill the bath.

Anyway … let’s move on … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with bagging five out of six, she also let us know she’s having fun on Pinterest, and said ‘Hello’ to Trevor*.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s typing themed questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video … 

Q1) 23rd June, 1868, saw Christopher L. Sholes patent the world’s first commercially successful typewriter.   What was the name of the keyboard he designed to go with it … ?

Q2) The design is named for the first six letters on which row: top, bottom or middle?

Q3) What letter is on the right hand end of the bottom row of that keyboard … ?

Q4) The original Sholes Typewriter was tested to destruction by James O. Clephane of Washington D. C.   What was his job: printer, stenographer or army sniper … ?

Q5) And finally … what was the name of the company the typewriter design was sold to … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 22nd June, 1906, saw Sweden formally adopt its flag: name either of the colours on that flag … ?

A1) Blue or yellow.

Q2) One year later, 22nd June, 1907, saw the opening of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway: this is now part of which London Underground Line … ?

A2) The Northern Line.

Q3) 22nd June, 2012, saw a Turkish Air Force plane shot down: over which  Middle Eastern country … ?

A3) Syria.

Q4) 22nd June, 1990, saw the dismantling of Checkpoint Charlie, between East and West Berlin.   It went through which wall … ?

A4) The Berlin Wall.

Q5) More to the point, that wall features in which John Le Carré novel … ?

A5) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

Q6) And finally … 22nd June, 1942, saw who promoted to Field Marshal … ?

A6) Erwin Rommel.

I’ll leave you with this thought from writer, P. G. Wodehouse …

“I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.”

P. G. Wodehouse.

And with the only possible tune I could suggest, given our typewriter theme … 

Have a good day … 

*        I will do, Debbi, soon as I get the chance.   (I swear, I’m going to sign into my Pinterest account, again, at some point: but it’s like my Instagram account.   I’ve got one, somewhere, but they’re not actually used as much as my FB and Twitter accounts … !   I know there’s a whole slew of social networks around: my WORD, there’s a mind-boggling amount of them … !)