The Daily Teaser — 3-2-2013

You know, the older I get, I swear, the HARDER getting to sleep gets … !

Honestly … !

I was tossing and turning for hours before I drifted off, last night … !

I think it’s only the fact I like really strong tea, in pint mugs, first thing in the morning, helps.   (Coffee, I don’t do: little bit too much caffeine for me … !)

Actually, talking of which, I think I’ll boil up the kettle, again: before I move on … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with asking if we’ve seen her updated website, she also managed to score five out of five.

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) 3rd July, 1979, saw President Jimmy Carter sign a decree that authorized US aid to opponents of a pro-Soviet regime: in which country … ?

Q2) 3rd July, 1988, saw the completion of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge: in which country IS that bridge … ?

Q3) More to the point, over which strait does it go … ?

Q4) 3rd July, 1996, saw the Stone Of Scone returned to Scotland: for whose coronation had it last been used … ?

Q5) 3rd July, 2006, saw Asteroid XP14 make its closest pass to the Earth.   In which year was it first observed … ?

Q6) And finally … 3rd July, 1987, saw Nazi war criminal, Klaus Barbie, sentenced to life imprisonment.   In which French city had he been chief of the Gestapo … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 2nd July, 1930, saw the birth of politician — and palindrome — Carlos Menem.   Menem served between 1989 and 1999 as the 50th President of where … ?

A1) Argentina.

Q2) 2nd July, 1698, saw Thomas Savery patent the first example of a what … ?
A2) Steam engine: or fire Engine,  as it was known.

Q3) 2nd July, 1934, saw — as part of the Night Of The Long Knives — the death of which prominent Nazi … ?
A3) Ernst Röhm.

Q4) 2nd July, 1986 saw Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri burnt alive: in protest against whose rule … ?
A4) General Augusto Pinochet’s.

Q5) Finally … 2nd July, 1897, saw who file a patent for radio … ?
A5) Guglielmo Marconi.

Enjoy those: I’ll leave you with this thought from Franz Kafka …

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.”Franz Kafka, 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924

And, as a way of marking Vince Clarke’s birth, I’ll leave you with one of his bigger hits with Erasure, along with the question: what on EARTH was the video about … ?

*        Oh, thanks, Debbi!   I can put it on my shelves next to Riptide.   Oh, and, yes, I’ve just had a look: the various Share buttons will come in useful … !