The Daily Teaser — 26-7-2014

Hmmm … 

Well … 

That seemed to work out … 

Did I mention I had an interview, yesterday … ?

In sunny Stratford, I should point out.   Which was nice, actually: I used to work there, many moons ago.

So the train trip in and out was something.

At any rate … ?   At any rate, I think it went well.   The question is … ?   Whether I impressed the interviewer enough for the company to hire me.

Frankly, I don’t know.

I’ll only find out if they phone me by Wednesday, to let me know.

Here’s hoping … 

~≈Â≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and scoring six out of six.

Let‘s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video …

Q1) 26th July, 1803, saw the opening of the Surrey Iron Railway: arguably, the world’s first railway.   What pulled the trains, on that railway … ?

Q2) Which of Richard Wagner’s operas opened on 26th July, 1882: The Flying Dutchman,  Parsifal or Tristan und Isolde … ?

Q3) 26th July, 1945, saw the last Royal Navy ship sunk during WW2.   Was it the HMS Loyalty, HMS Squirrel or HMS Vestal … ?

Q4) 26th July, 1951, saw the original release of Disney’s Alice In Wonderland.   Kathryn Beaumont, who voiced Alice, also voiced which Peter Pan character?

Q5) Finally … 26th July, 1928, saw the birth of director, Stanley Kubrick.   One of his films was finished after his death: by Steven Spielberg.   Which film?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 25th July, 1959, saw the Saunders-Roe N1 make the Channel crossing, from Calais to Dover: becoming the first practical example of its kind of craft to do so.   What kind of craft was it?

A1) A hovercraft.

Q2) Who was the English engineer credited with designing that kind of craft … ?

A2) Sir Christopher Cockerill.

Q3) 25th July, 1976, saw the Viking 1 probe take a famous — or notorious — photo.   Of what … ?

A3) The Cydonia area of Mars: better known as the Face On Mars.   (Space, an X-Files episode inspired by the Face On Mars, was intended as a cheap filler episode.   It went on to become that year’s most expensive!)

Q4) 25th July, 1943, saw Benito Mussolini step down as head of his country’s government: and armed forces.   WHICH country … ?

A4) Italy.

Q5) 25th July, 1992, saw the Summer Olympics open, in Barcelona.   It was the first time representatives from where had been present at the Games: every nation on Earth, every religion or every ethnicity?

A5) Every nation.

Q6) Finally … Wyoming became a territory of the United States on 25th July, 1868.   What’s Wyoming’s capital: Cheyenne, Shoshone or Sioux?

A6) Cheyenne.

Today’s the birthday of Queen’s drummer, Roger Taylor: so I’ll leave you with this … 

And with this thought …

“I don’t like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what’s even worse, of being quoted exactly.”

Stanley Kubrick July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999.

Enjoy your day … !

*        Cheers for that, Debbi.   Like I say, I thought it went well: but the proof of it will be if I get the job!   (Actually, Debbi … what DID you think of yesterday’s set … ?   I thought I excelled meself, there … )