The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 21-8-2013: The Shogunate

Drat … !

I knew there was something I forgot … !

I have to admit, I knocked out a bundle of videos for the Teaser, last night.

And completely forgot to do the relevant themed Teaser posters.

Not that I can complain, too much.

I can always do that after I’ve finish post.

Still … It’s a touch annoying I forgot something … !

~≈†≈~

At ANY rate … ?

At any rate, it’s Wednesday: which obviously means it’s time for the Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser, written by yours truly.

Here’s this week’s: covered by the usual Creative Commons License* …

Q1) 21st August saw Minamoto Yoritomo become the first Shogun: in which year of the 1190s … ?

Q2) More to the point, that made Yoritomo a medieval military dictator: of which Far Eastern country … ?

Q3) Minamoto effectively became his country’s de facto ruler: who — in name, at least — was the county’s actual ruler … ?

Q4) Who’s the current holder of that latter office: Yoshihito, Hirohito or Akhihito … ?

Q5) What’s that county’s word for the Shogunate: Bakufu, Tofu or Otaku … ?

Q6) The shogun was a military figure: what name was used of this county’s knights … ?

Q7) Those knights famously used a long sword called a … what … ?

Q8) The feudal lords protected by those knights were called what: dame, dumb or daimyo … ?

Q9) Moving on, again: which car company produces the Shogun range of SUVs and trucks … ?

Q10) And finally … who wrote the 1975 novel, Shogun … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers: links are in the Gazette’s version of this page …

Questions.

Q1) 14th August saw the initial release of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show.’   In which year of the 1970s … ?

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the stage musical that the film’s based on … ?

Q3) Which stroke survivor played ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’’s cross-dressing villain … ?

Q4) More to the point, what’s the name of that villain … ?

Q5) The film’s writer, Richard O’Brien, played which character in the film … ?

Q6) More to the point, O’Brien was the original presenter of which TV game show … ?

Q7) In the original stage version, two characters are traditionally played by the same actor: one in the first act, the other in the second.   Name either of those characters.

Q8) Which of those characters — in the film — was played by singer, and actor, Meatloaf … ?

Q9) The film’s narrator — played by the late Charles Grey — is technically a what … ?

Q10) Finally … the film’s signature dance, ‘The Time Warp’, starts with a jump, where: left or right … ?

Answers.

A1) 1975.

A2) The Rocky Horror Show.

A3) Tim Curry.

A4) Dr Frank N. Furter.

A5) Riff Raff.

A6) The Crystal Maze.

A7) Eddie and Dr Everett Von Scott.

A8) Eddie.   (Just as a point of trivia, Meat Loaf’s a Hartlepool FC fan.)

A9) Criminologist.

A10) Left.

Now, given the subject, I’ll leave everyone with a tune … 

Enjoy those, folks … !

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