Am I going mad … ?
No, seriously … ? Because, if I didn’t know any better, I’d SWEAR a dog was barking, last night … !
Well, I say barking: howling, occasionally.
I have to admit to wondering whether I was imagining things: although I don’t think I was.
And if I wasn’t … ?
Well, I think I’d like to know what was going on … !
Hmmm …
Let’s move on, shall we? BEFORE my diseased imaginings get TOO obvious …
~≈Œ≈~
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and bagging five out of five.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s exploratory questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …
Q1) 26th August saw Captain James Cook set off on his first voyage of exploration. In which year of the 1760s … ?
Q2) More to the point, what was the name of his ship … ?
Q3) That first voyage was — in part — to observe the transit of which planet … ?
Q4) It was also trying to find the Terra Australis Incognita, or Unknown Southern … what … ?
Q5) As part of this voyage, Cook managed to map which modern island nation … ?
Q6) Which English king commissioned Cook’s first voyage … ?
Q7) Finally … When James Cook landed back in Britain, in 1771, at which Kentish town did he land … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 25th August, 1609, saw Galileo Galilei demonstrate his first telescope: to lawmakers in which Italian city … ?A1) Venice.
Q2) More to the point, was it a reflecting, refracting or radio telescope … ?A2) Refracting.
Q3) Galileo stated the Earth moved around the Sun: famously agreeing with which Polish astronomer?A3) Nicolaus Copernicus.
Q4) When tried for heresy by the Roman Catholic Church, Galileo is supposed to have — rebelliously — muttered what … ?A4) “And yet it moves”: or “Eppur si muove”, in Renaissance Italian.
Q5) Finally … the four Galilean moons are named in Galileo Galilei’s honour. The moons orbit which planet … ?A5) Jupiter.
Enjoy those.
I’ll leave you with this thought from Captain Cook’s journal.
“ … the Southermost Point of land we had in sight which bore from us W₁/₄S I judged to lay in the Latitude of 38°..0’ S° and in the Longitude of 211°..07’ W t from the Meridion of Greenwich. I have named it Point Hicks, because Leuit t Hicks was the first who discover’d this land.”From James Cook’s journal entry on the discovery of Australia.
And with this crash course about the Captain …
Enjoy your day.
* Oooh, Debbi: did I tell you I’ve just had a BBC4 documentary on about flamenco … ? Amazing piece to watch: although possibly not as amazing as the music, itself.
1 comment:
Well, this was educational! :)
1. 1768
2. Earl of Pembroke
3. Venus
4. land
5. New Zealand
6. King George III
7. Deal
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