I’ve got to admit, I’ve got a documentary on, that I taped, last night: A Very British Murder, a potted history of grisly murder tales.
Interesting stuff, I have to admit.
Although, it has to be said, I hadn’t realised quite how much of a ham the presenter — historian, Dr Lucy Worsley — has turned out to be.
Happily singing along with assorted folk songs and doing a lot of the re-enacting, herself.
Still … it’s rather good.
After all, who doesn’t enjoy a gruesome murder, every-so-often … ?
QUITE … !
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with scoring four and a half† out of five, she also let us know she felt there were similarities between the Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings movies.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s rather commercial questions, shall we?
Q1) 24th September, 1979, saw the launch of the world’s first commercial internet service. By which company … ?
Q2) That company is — or was — an ISP. What does ISP stand for … ?
Q3) The debut also saw the first commercial what: email, file transfer service or video streaming … ?
Q4) In which year of the 1990s did the company open a UK service: 1993, 1994 or 1995 … ?
Q5) Finally … that original company is now owned by which well known American company … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 23rd September, 1980, saw Bob Marley play his last live concert. Which of his hits includes the line “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind” … ?A1) Redemption Song.
Q2) 23rd September, 2000, saw Sir Steve Redgrave win his fifth Olympic gold medal. In which sport … ?A2) Rowing.
Q3) 23rd September, 1909, saw the publication of the first part of The Phantom Of The Opera. Who played the Phantom, in the classic 1925 silent film version … ?A3) Lon Chaney, Snr.
Q4) 23rd September, 1932, saw the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz renamed what … ?A4) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Q5) Finally … 23rd September, 1951, saw news that the UK’s king has had part of his lung removed. Which King was this … ?A5) George 6th.
I’ll leave you with this promotional piece …
“CompuServe's basic service costs only $5.00 per hour, billed in minute increments to your charge card.”From CompuServe’s advertising.
And this …
Have a good day …
* I thought they were very different films, myself, Debbi: but I’d grown up on Tolkien. I do know Frank Herbert and David Lynch were expecting issues with the film version of Dune: deserts, and rebels, fighting an evil empire …
† Yeah, sorry about that, Debbi: Lon Chaney Snr and Jnr were two different actors …
3 comments:
You must have missed programs by the great Lucy. She does love to dress up and get involved. If I remember right I think she cross dressed as Beau Brummel in one documentary.
I might JUST have missed that one, Trevor …
Ah, of course. Oops! :)
1. Compuserve
2. Internet service provider
3. email
4. 1995
5. AOL
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