The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 16-10-2013: Disney

Bleuuugh … 

Yeah, THAT seems to describe it, well enough.

I’ve got to admit, that today was my day for attending the Work Programme us unemployed people have to go to.

For a cover-letter writing course.

Not greatly helpful.

Still, something I’ll find useful.

But still … something that left feeling a little bleary eyed.

Oh, well … I’ll cope … !

~≈Ï≈~

Either way, bleary eyed or not, it’s still Wednesday.

Which means, of course, that it’s time for this week’s Brentwood Gazette teaser.

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

Q1) 16th October saw the founding of the Walt Disney Company, by Walt Disney ands his older brother: what was the older brother’s first name … ?

Q2) More to the point, in which year was the company founded … ?

Q3) What was the name of the first Disney cartoon character: Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Luck Rabbit, or Goofy … ?

Q4) As I’ve mentioned Mickey … What had Walt originally being going to call him … ?

Q5) The Disney brothers famously introduced which bad-tempered duck in 1934?

Q6) Which Disney film — while it was being made — was known as ‘Walt’s Folly’ … ?

Q7) Disney subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures, made Tim Burton film, ‘The Nightmare Before …’ what … ?

Q8) In which Disney film does the song, ‘When I See An Elephant Fly’ feature … ?

Q9) What was the first Disney film to feature no human characters … ?

Q10) Finally … what’s the name of Disney’s most recently released film … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 9th October saw the birth of John Lennon.   In which year … ?

Q2) More to the point, in which city … ?

Q3) His Aunty Mimi — famously sceptical about his childhood musical ambitions — told Lennon that “The guitar’s all very well, John, but you’ll never make a … ” what … ?

Q4) What was the name of the skiffle band Lennon formed, in 1956 … ?

Q5) Lennon’s better known, second band, The Beatles, were formed in 1960.   The name was suggested by the band’s original bassist: what was his name … ?

Q6) More to the point, the name was a nod to which classic US rock and roll band … ?

Q7) The Beatles early gigs were played in clubs in and around which German city … ?

Q8) Moving on … What was the name of Lennon’s debut solo album … ?

Q9) In an interview three days before his death, Lennon was quoted as saying that he’d “I’ve selected to work with only two people.”   Name either of those people.

Q10) Finally … released three weeks before his murder in New York, what was the name of the last album John Lennon released, during his lifetime?

Answers.

A1) 1940.

A2) Liverpool.

A3) Living: or “Living at it,” if you want the full quote.

A4) The Quarrymen.   (Three out of the five original founding members are still performing as ‘The Quarrymen’)

A5) Stuart Sutcliffe.

A6) Buddy Holly and The Crickets.

A7) Hamburg.

A8) ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’.

A9) Beatles song-writing partner, Paul McCartney and wife and conceptual artist Yoko Ono.

A10) ‘Double Fantasy’.

Enjoy those.

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