The Daily Teaser — 12-12-2013: British India

You know, I think Phew is possibly the best word.

No, seriously … !

You see, we had an almost incident, last night: when the various TV channels being broadcast started acting up.

With the result that everyone in the building watching the BBC ended up with a picture like this …

Pretty unfortunate, wouldn’t you say … ?   It sorted itself out, eventually: and I think it must have been done to the weather.

But given the recent problems our building has had with its communal aerial … ?   Well, I wasn’t impressed … !

~≈Î≈~

At ANY rate, let’s get a move on.

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi*† putting in her answers: and bagging five out of five.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s teaser: here it is, along with the ‘How To,’ License and video … 

Q1) 12th December, 1911, saw George 5th proclaimed as Emperor of India: who was his Empress … ?

Q2) More to the point, what name to given to the ceremony: Durbar, Durban or Turban?

Q3) Even MORE to the point, in which Indian city was it held … ?

Q4) What R was the name given to British rule of India … ?

Q5) Who was the first British monarch of India … ?

Q6) Who was the last Mughal Emperor … ?

Q7) Who was the last British Emperor of India … ?

Q8) The last British viceroy of India was Viscount Mountbatten of where … ?

Q9) 12th December, 1911, also saw the capital of India moved to Delhi: from where … ?

Q10) Finally … Name any of the modern countries that occupy territory that had been part of British India …

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 11th December saw Edward 8th abdicate the throne of the UK, the British Dominions … and where else … ?

A1) The British Indian Empire.

Q2) In which year of the 1930s did this happen … ?

A2) 1936.

Q3) Edward abdicated because he wanted to marry whom … ?

A3) Wallis Simpson.

Q4) The pair were suspected of being very sympathetic: to which German regime … ?

A4) The Nazis.

Q5) Finally … Edward 8th — and his brother, George 6th — belonged to which royal dynasty … ?

A5) The House of Windsor.

Enjoy those.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one‡, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”

M. K. Gandhi, speaking of the end of British rule.

And with Vara Leela Gaana Lola, which has it’s origins in British India … 

*        Glad to here it got through, Debbi: you’ll love the ending … !

†        Oh, by the way, Debbi, I don’t know if you’ve caught the trailer, yet: but … 

‡        There’s a point, in Orwell’s Nineteen-Eighty-Four, where Winston defines madness as being in a minority of one.   I can’t help but wonder if this thought from the Mahatma, is the origin of the phrase.