The Daily Teaser — 24-9-2013: The Commercial Internet

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?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To,’ License and video … 

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 …