The Daily Teaser — 16-7-2013:The Day Of The Bomb

It has to be said, THAT was funny … !

I’ll be frank, I had ANOTHER bad night, trying to get to sleep, last night.

The weather has been rather hot: to the point of being very uncomfortable, of an evening.

Seriously hot, actually: to the point where I’ve had my windows open, all night.

So what’s helped, this morning … ?

Is simply the fact that I realised I’d missed last night’s episode of I’m Sorry. I Haven’t A Clue: and managed to catch up on the BBC’s iPlayer service.

I’m grateful I did: that show’s enough to put a smile on ANYONE’S face … !

Let’s move on, shall we?   I’m sure you can look the show up … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with letting us know she’s thoroughly enjoying a big jar of Marmite*†, ALSO managed to bag six out of six.

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

Here it is, along with the ‘How To’, License and video … 

Q1) 16th July, 1945, saw the US Army conduct the world’s first nuclear bomb test.   What was it called: Unity, Trinity or Lunacy … ?

Q2) Which of the nuclear devices dropped on Japan was based on this test design: the one on Nagasaki or Hiroshima … ?

Q3) What name was given to the test device: widget, gadget or doodad … ?

Q4) What was the name of the US government project that carried out the test … ?

Q5) Finally … In which year was the first Soviet nuclear bomb test … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 15th July, 1983, saw the launch of the NES games console: possibly the best selling console of the time.   What does NES stand for … ?

A1) Nintendo Entertainment System.

Q2) 15th July, 2003, saw Time Warner disband the Netscape Corporation.   What’s the name of the web browser that is the Mozilla Foundation’s — Netscape’s replacement — best known product … ?
A2) Firefox.

Q3) More to the point, what’s the name of Mozilla’s email client … ?
A3) Thunderbird.

Q4) 15th July, 1927, saw eighty-nine protestors shot by police: in which Austrian city … ?
A4) Vienna.

Q5) 15th July is, of course, Saint Swithin’s Day: he of rain fame.   Which Hampshire town had he been a bishop of … ?
A5) Winchester.   (According to the hoary old legend, if it rains, today, it’ll rain for another forty days.)

Q6) Finally … 15th July, 1971, saw the UK’s government endorse a cull of seal pups.   Off the coast of which (then) English county … ?
A6) Lincolnshire.

Enjoy those: I’ll leave you with this quote …

“It worked!”Attributed to J. Robert Oppenheimer, immediately after the test.

And with this song … 

*        I always get the biggest jar possible, Debbi: the one I’ve got, is big.   The REALLY big ones … ?   Are huge … !

†        Oh, did you not manage to back things up, Debbi … ?   I don’t know quite what the equivalent is, on the PC, but I’ve always used Time Machine, in conjunction with an external hard-drive.   (That’s it, with the blue light on it.)