Oh, THAT’S what it is …
I have to admit, that’s bothered me for weeks: the word yurt, that it.
I’ve had the thing floating around my my head for a couple of weeks, now.
With only half an idea of what the thing was.
Then I quickly looked it up on the mobile version of Wikipedia.
It’s a tent.
Well, that’s maybe simplifying it, a bit. It’s a SORT OF tent …
Um …
That’s not quite an explanation, either, is it … ?
Tell you what: here’s the link. Go look it up …
I’ll move on, shall I … ?
~≈T≈~
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and quite quietly scoring ten out of ten.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions. Here they are, along with the ‘How To,’ License, and video …
Q1) 2nd October, 1925, saw the first tests of a television system, by John Logie Baird. Which country of the UK was Baird from … ?
Q2) 34 years later, 2nd October, 1959, saw which anthology series make it’s US television debut … ?
Q3) More to the point, who both created and presented that show … ?
Q4) 2nd October is the International Day of Non-Violence: inspired by the fact that the day is ALSO the birthday of which Civil Rights leader … ?
Q5) 2nd October, 1974, saw US research released: that showed smoking what, caused brain damage … ?
Q6) Finally … 2nd October, 1973, saw the birth of singer/songwriter, Lene Nystrøm. With which band did she come come to prominence … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 1st October is the national day of China. WHICH China … ?A1) The People’s Republic of China: mainland, Communist China, in other words .
Q2) The day celebrates China’s formal founding: in which year of the 1940s … ?A2) 1949.
Q3) Who made that original declaration, of the country’s founding … ?A3) Mao Zedong.
Q4) The other country that calls itself China, is … what … ?A4) The Republic Of China: also known as both 中華民國, Zhōnghuá Mínguó, and, of course, Taiwan.
Q5) The day is usually celebrated with what … ?A5) A fireworks display.
Q6) What’s the capital city of the country celebrating, today … ?A6) Beijing.
Q7) Standard Chinese is a version of dialect of Chinese … ?A7) Mandarin.
Q8) It’s also one of the four official languages in which far Eastern country?A8) Singapore.
Q9) As of China’s last census, what — with over 22 million people — is China’s most populated city … ?A9) Shanghai.
Q10) Finally … China’s staple foods includes soybeans, noodles, wheat … and which cereal … ?A10) Rice.
I’ll leave you with this observation from Field Marshal Paul von Hindenberg …
“In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.”Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburgh 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934.
And, given it’s Human League frontman, Phil Oakey’s birthday … ? We’ll boil something up from the League’s early days …
Enjoy the day …
* Take it the hand’s playing up, today, Debbi … ? Oh, I’ve been reorganising my sidebar: you’re right at the top … !
1 comment:
Thank you kindly, Paul! :)
The hand is most horrible, but I'm hanging in there.
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