The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 11-6-2014: Down Under

Hmmm … 

Right … 

That’s THAT sorted … 

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As you’ve possibly worked out from this morning’s Teaser, I’m not EXACTLY a happy bunny.

Mostly where I’ve been given the proverbial heave ho from a work placement: unsatisfactory references!

I’m STILL not a happy bunny.

But?

Well, at least I’ve been able to organise a better class of references.

I’ve been able to do something, in other words.

Right … with the rant out of the way … ?

Let’s get a shift on.

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After all, it’s Wednesday.   Which means it’s time for the Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser.

Here’s this week’s questions: covered, as ever, by the Creative Commons License* …

Q1) 11th June, 1770, saw Captain Cook run aground: on which Australian landmark … ?

Q2) More to the point, off the coast of which Australian state … ?

Q3) Name any of the other seven Australian states … 

Q4) What’s the landmark made of … ?

Q5) In what year was it declared a World Heritage Landmark: 1981, 1983 or 1985 … ?

Q6) What naval rank did Cook hold, during this expedition … ?

Q7) Cooks River flows in which well know Australian Bay … ?

Q8) Cook found the bay — and ran aground — in which ship?

Q9) Earlier in the expedition, crew-members were the first Europeans to come across what animal: a kangaroo, koala or wombat?

Q10) Finally … Cook, his officers and crew, managed to reduce scurvy by eating what: citrus fruit, sauerkraut or fresh beef?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 4th June was the last day of the evacuation of Dunkirk.   During which war … ?

Q2) In which year of the war was the evacuation: 1940, 1941 or 1942 … ?

Q3) What was the evacuation code-named: Dynamo, Generator or Grinder … ?

Q4) What name was given to British forces evacuated from Dunkirk … ?

Q5) Who was the general in charge of that force … ?

Q6) Roughly how many were evacuated: 338000, 438000 or 538000 … ?

Q7) How many private boats were in the flotilla of Little Ships: 500, 600or 700 … ?

Q8) The one Royal Navy cruiser that took part was the HMS … what … ?

Q9) Spell ‘Dunkirk’.   In French.

Q10) Finally … What’s the name of Churchill’s speech to the House Of Commons, about  Dunkirk?

Answers.

A1) World War 2.

A2) 1940.

A3) Dynamo.

A4) The British Expeditionary Force.

A5) Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO and two bars, MVO, MC.   (Right, who said Alphabetti Spaghetti … ?)

A6) 338000.

A7) 700.   (The smallest was a 15’ fishing boat called the Tamzine.)

A8) The HMS Calcutta.

A9) Dunkerque.

A10) ‘We Shall Fight On The Beaches’.

Enjoy those: I’ll catch you later … 

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