The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 2-10-2013: Television

Dull, dull … 

Dullllllll … !

It’s been one of those days.

You can tell, can’t you … ?

Still, at least I’ve been able get some laundry done, and get some posters up for the next Dropkixx show.

I’ve just had some dropped off, I should add: by Brentwood’s own Cayden Blade.

I don’t know if I’ll be able to make the show: but from all I’ve heard … ?   It’s quite a gig.

~≈W≈~

At ANY rate … ?

At any rate, it’s Wednesday.

Which means it’s time for the Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser.

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

Q1) 2nd October, 1925, saw the first test of a working television set: by whom … ?

Q2) Those first test images were the head of a ventriloquist dummy called ‘Stooky … ’ who: Bill, Ben or Bert … ?

Q3) The first public demonstration of TV was to a group from which royal institution … ?

Q4) Also at that demonstration was a reporter from which thundering newspaper … ?

Q5) When did the BBC start its original, experimental broadcasts: 1932, 1933 or 1934 … ?

Q6) More to the point, in which year did Aunty start regular broadcasts from Alexandra Palace … ?

Q7) Britain’s first commercial station — ITV — started broadcasting in which year of the 1950s … ?

Q8) Equally to the point … in which year did Channel Four start broadcasting …?

Q9) What was the name of the satellite that first broadcast TV signals from Europe … ?

Q10) Finally … TV shows broadcast on the internet are sometimes called ‘VoD’ services: standing for ‘Video On’ … what … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers … 

Question.

Q1) 25th September, 1789, saw the US government pass the first 12 amendments to the Constitution; how many of these make up what’s known as the Bill of Rights?

Q2) The US Constitution opens with the line, “We, The People …”: of where … ?

Q3) ‘Article the First’ of the amendments was never formally ratified and was supposed to guarantee one representative for, at most, how many people: thirty thousand, forty thousand or fifty thousand … ?

Q4) Another of those twelve amendments was the one that forbade congressional pay raises until the start of the next term of office.  That eventually became which amendment: the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh … ?

Q5) The First Amendment forbade the USA from adopting what: a state military, state religion or US navy … ?

Q6) The 3rd Amendment to the Constitution guarantees protection from what … ?

Q7) Which amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury: the fifth, sixth or seventh … ?

Q8) Many US citizens tell you they have a right bear arms: which Amendment guarantees this … ?

Q9) Which Amendment guarantees freedom of speech in the US … ?

Q10) Finally … Which of the Amendments means a US citizen can’t incriminate himself: the Third, Fourth or Fifth … ?

Answers.

A1) The first 10.

A2) The United States: obviously … !

A3) Fifty thousand.

A4) The twenty-seventh: it finally got ratified in 1992.

A5) A state religion, or church.   (Despite this, the US has a reputation for being one of the more devout on the planet.)

A6) Quartering: having troops foisted on you.

A7) The Sixth.

A8) The Second.

A9) The First: the same that bans a state religion.

A10) The Fifth.

Enjoy those.

I’ll catch you later … 

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