It’s official: it’s a Monday.
Yes, I know, I know: I’m stating the obvious.
But it’s now officially the start of a new week. Which means getting the nose back to the jobhunting grindstone.
Not that I actually stop: I usually manage to do something, even if it’s just check my emails.
Still … the simple fact that it’s taken this long to find a new job … ?
Does twang a bit.
Things could, frankly, be better.
Still, they could well be worse: so I can’t grumble that much.
Let’s get a move on, shall we?
~≈Â≈~
Yesterday’s teaser saw Debbi* — after putting up this post — putting in her answers. Along with letting me know I’d put her fingers to the test, she also scored nine out of ten.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s rather somber questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To,’ License and video …
Q1) 18th November was the date of the notorious Jonestown Massacre: who was this instigated by?
Q2) What was the name of the group he led to do this … ?
Q3) What was the name of the congressman killed as part of the massacre … ?
Q4) In which country was Jonestown … ?
Q5) The group had moved there, from which US city … ?
Q6) The deaths were mostly caused by Flavour Aid laced with Valium, Chloral Hydrate, Phenergan and what else … ?
Q7) Finally … in which year of the 1970s did the deaths occur … ?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 17th November, 1558, saw Elizabeth 1st succeed to the throne of England: on the death of her half-sister. Who was her half-sister … ?A1) Mary 1st: also known as Bloody Mary.
Q2) Elizabeth 1st was also known as the Virgin Queen, Gloriana and Good Queen whom … ?A2) Bess.
Q3) Her reign is known as the what age … ?A3) The Elizabethan age, or Era.
Q4) Elizabeth’s Principal Secretary — and Spymaster — for seventeen years was Sir Francis whom … ?A4) Sir Francis Walsingham.
Q5) Who — having been named once as Lord High Treasurer, and twice as Secretary of State — was one of Elizabeth’s most trusted advisers?A5) William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.
Q6) Elizabeth granted a charter authorizing the colonizing of Virginia: to whom … ?A6) Sir Walter Raleigh.
Q7) She also chartered the company that traded extensively in India: what was the name of that company … ?A7) The East India Company.
Q8) Elizabeth famously imprisoned whom, in 1568 … ?A8) Mary, Queen of Scots.
Q9) The two best remembered playwrights of Elizabeth’s reign are William Shakespeare and Christopher … who … ?A9) Christopher Marlowe.
I’ll leave you with this line …Q10) Finally … who succeeded Elizabeth 1st to the throne of England … ?A10) James 1st.
“I’ve been born out of due season Just like all we are and the best testimony we can make is to leave this God-damn world”The man responsible for the Jonestown Massacre, speaking on the so-called Death Tape, recorded in Jonestown, on 18th November.
And with Camp Jonestown by Supreme Selecta: which uses samples from the Jonestown Death Tape …
Have a good day …
* Yeah, sorry about that, Debbi! Still, it was nice to read your post. And one can never have too much Elizabeth 1st … … …
1 comment:
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hope you'll have a chance to talk to Karen Chilvers one of these days. Hmm...? :)
1. Jim Jones
2. the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project
3. Leo Ryan
4. Guyana
5. San Francisco
6. cyanide
7. 1978
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