Do you ever get that … ?
Seriously … ?
I was on the bus, yesterday: coming back from Basildon, where I’d attended the fortnightly Work Programme I’m expected to do.
And had an old song — Club Country, by The Associates — earworming its way through my head. Not one, I should add, that I could play on my iPod, as it wasn’t on it.
Which was frustrating. What was MORE frustrating … ? Was the fact that I couldn’t, for the life of me, think of the name of the band that made the song!
Annoying, that, isn’t it … ?
Let’s move one: after I play you the tune concerned …
~≈†≈~
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and, along with asking my thoughts on Britain’s NHS, also bagging six out of seven.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To,’ License and video …
Q1) 12th November, 1984, saw Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announce the phasing out of the £1 note. What was it replaced by … ?
Q2) Strictly speaking, the replacement had been introduced in April of which year … ?
Q3) Who — apart from the Queen — was pictured on that £1 note … ?
Q4) In which year of the 1980s was it finally withdrawn from circulation?
Q5) Finally … What body makes coins and banknotes in the UK … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 11th November is Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War 1: on which date … ?A1) 11 November 1918. (Although, strictly, this marked the end of the war, with Germany.)
Q2) In Commonwealth countries, it’s traditional to stay silent for how many minutes on 11th November … ?A2) 2 minutes.
Q3) In which year was the first of those Silences … ?A3) 1919.
Q4) In which year did the last, surviving, UK-resident, WW1 veterans last attend an Armistice Day memorial … ?
Q5) Which veterans organisation were the first to wear poppies, to commemorate the dead of WW1?A5) The American Legion.
Q6) Finally … Which British monarch ordered the first Armistice Day commemorations?A6) George 5th.
Enjoy those.
I’ll leave you with this thought …
“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.”Benjamin Franklin.
And this tune.
Have a good day.
* Blimey, you do like a BIG question, don’t you Debbi … ? :D At Any rate … ? Give me a couple of days to organise my thinking on it, and I’ll email you: which one’s your current one, so I know … ?
1 comment:
Thanks, Paul! Got your email. Most informative.
1. the pound coin
2. 1984
3. Sir Isaac Newton
4. 1985
5. Bank of England
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