The Daily Teaser — 21-7-2013

It has to be said, Britain’s weather’s … strange … at the mo.

Honestly, we’ve had a run of incredibly gorgeous weather, just recently.

Seriously gorgeous weather.

Until today and yesterday, that is: it’s now officially overcast.

And frankly … ?

I’m hoping for a nice dramatic thunderstorm: if nothing else, the change of pace would be nice … !

~≈¥≈~

Yesterday’s

Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with quietly telling us she’s been known to bite off more than she can chew, she also scored seven out of seven in yesterday’s themed question set.

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) 21st July, 1983, saw the world’s lowest temperature recorded: -89.2º C at the Russian run Vostok Station.   Where IS Vostok Station?

Q2) 21st July, 365 AD, saw a tsunami hit the Egyptian city of Alexandria.   The tsunami is believed to have been caused by an earthquake off the coast of which Mediterranean island … ?

Q3) 21st July, 1973, saw foreign agents kill a Norwegian waiter: in the belief he’d been involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games Hostage Crisis.   Which country were those agents from … ?

Q4) 21st July, 1982, saw the HMS Hermes arrive back in Britain.   After being the command ship for which British conflict … ?

Q5) Finally … 21st July, 1949, saw the US Senate ratify the North Atlantic Treaty.   Which alliance did this treaty found … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 20th July saw the first men walk on the Earth’s Moon.   In which year … ?

A1) 1969.

Q2) More to the point, name either of those first two men.

A2) Neil Armstrong and Edward ‘Buzz’ Aldrin.

Q3) Which member of the crew stayed on the orbiting command module … ?

A3) Michael Collins.

Q4) That command module took its name from a craft in a book by which Frenchman … ?

A4) Jules Verne.

Q5) What was the name of the landing craft … ?

A5) The Eagle.

Q6) The rocket that got the crew there was a Saturn 5.   Given which mission designation: Apollo Ten, Eleven or Twelve … ?

A6) Apollo Eleven.

Q7) Finally … Which US president was the one to announce the US would be heading for the moon … ?

A7) John F. Kennedy.

Enjoy those.

I’ll leave you with this thought from the late Ernest Hemingway …

“A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.”

Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961.

And was this song from fellow birthday celebrant — and noted Islamic convert — Yusuf Islam … 

Have a good day … 

*        Done that a time or two, Debbi, I know where you’re coming from … !