Oh, that’s something …
Or, at least, something eye catching, in the midst of the frenzy about the World Cup*.
Britain is ALSO looking at the Queen’s Birthday Honours List has been released: with its array of traditional gongs, all round.
One of them … ? Went to a chap called David Braben: one of the co-designers of the Elite game for the BBC Micro, back in the day.
And also worked on the Raspberry Pi.
Which is what caught my attention, frankly.
I grew up in the 1980s: when Britain really WAS leading the world in knocking out programmers.
And the Pi†’s default mission, of encouraging kids to programme … ?
Looks very familiar!
~≈Â≈~
But let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi‡ putting in her answers: and bagging five out of six.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s set, shall we?
Q1) 15th June, 1877, saw Henry Ossian Flipper become the first African American graduate of the United States Military Academy. The Academy is in which area of New York state … ?
Q2) 15th June, 1954, saw the founding of UEFA: the governing body of European Football associations. How many Football Associations are members of UEFA: 44, 54 or 64?
Q3) 15th June, 2012, saw daredevil acrobat, Nik Wallenda, become the first person to tight rope walk over which US/Canadian landmark … ?
Q4) 15th June, 2008, saw the death of noted special effects man, Stan Winston. He won his first Best Visual Effects Oscar for which 1986 film … ?
Q5) Finally … 15th June, 1804, saw New Hampshire ratify the 12th Amendment to the US Constitution: governing the election of two US Federal Officials. Name either of those officials.
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 14th June, 1951, saw the formal dedication of the UNIVAC computer: at the US government Bureau that was using it. Which Bureau are we talking about … ?A1) The US Census Bureau.
Q2) That bureau is headquartered in which US state?A2) Maryland.
Q3) The fifth Univac to be built was for the US Atomic Energy Commission: and famously predicted a landslide victory in the 1952 US Presidential Election. For whom … ?A3) Dwight Eisenhower.
Q4) The US Airforce also had a UNIVAC: in their shared HQ building in Arlington, Virginia. What’s the name of that HQ building … ?A4) The Pentagon.
Q5) The UNIVAC used 5200 what: vacuum tubes, electron tubes or valves?A5) Strictly speaking? All three, as they’re the varied American English and British English terms for the vacuum tube.
Q6) Finally … UNIVAC is short for Universal Automatic … what … ?A6) Computer.
I’ll leave you with this sober tune …
And this thought …
“I don’t deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that’s one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.”James Belushi, born June 15, 1954.
Have a good day.
* England lost its first group match, last night, 2-1, against Italy. I’m no fan … but not surprised …
† The Pi’s aimed at school-kids, and supposed to interest them in programming and adding bits to a computer. The official site’s here. (I helped a friend, recently, to dismantle his old PCs: his daughter was fascinated to see all the bits.)
‡ Actually, Debbi, today’s was relatively easy: Noddy and the boys are usually guaranteed to get people bopping!
1 comment:
Good to hear. Glad I'm able to keep doing these. It's been a tough time, but I'm hanging in there.
1. West Point
2. 54
3. Niagara Falls
4. Aliens
5. the President and the Vice President
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