The Daily Teaser — 31-7-2014: Battlin’ Romans … !

Hmmm … 

That seemed to go well … 

Did I tell you I had a phone interview, on Tuesday … ?

Well, I had a phone interview on Tuesday: which went well enough that I bagged the second stage interview.

An in-person one on Monday.

On top of that … ?

I had an initial one, at the local Job Centre, yesterday.   For a local bookies.

Which ALSO went fairly well.

At least well enough that I had to go online to apply: seemingly, the interviewer is going to rush me through to a face-to-face interview.

All well and good, if it happens.

I can, at this stage … ?   Well … all I can do is quietly hope, on that front.

And prepare, as well as I can, for Monday’s interview.

Here’s hoping that goes well.

~≈Æ≈~

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

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s themed questions, shall we?   Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 31st July, 30 BC, saw the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian fight the Battle of Alexandria.   Who won that battle?

Q2) What was Mark Antony’s name: in Latin … ?

Q3) Mark Antony eventually went on to lose the Battle of Actium, to Octavian.   Was that a naval or land battle … ?

Q4) Which Egyptian queen was Mark Antony famously allied to … ?

Q5) That queen famously lost that battle: and committed suicide by apply a poisonous what to her breast … ?

Q6) As a result of winning the latter battle, Octavian became the first Roman Emperor: under what name do we (usually) know him … ?

Q7) More to the point, under what title did Octavian assume sole power: Consul, Magister or Princeps … ?

Q8) Famously, Octavian had been adopted by whom … ?

Q9) Name either of Shakespeare’s plays about this period of Roman history.

Q10) Who played Mark Antony in the 2005 BBC series, ‘Rome’: Jude Law, James Purefoy or Ciarán Hinds … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 30th July, 1980, saw the Israeli Knesset naming which city as the capital of Israel … ?

A1) Jerusalem.

Q2) 30th July, 2012, saw the then biggest power blackouts on record occur: in which country … ?

A2) India.   The biggest took place the day afterwards.   

Q3) 30th July, 2006, saw the broadcast of last episode of the world’s longest music show.   What was it called … ?

A3) Top of the Pops.

Q4) 30th July, 1964, saw the birth of actress, Vivica Fox.   In which film did she play Jasmine Dubrow, opposite Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller?

A4) Independence Day.

Q5) Finally … 30th July, 1619, saw the House Of Burgesses meet, for the first time.   The House Of Burgesses was the US’s first representative assembly: and met in which Virginia town … ?

A5) Jamestown.

I’ll leave you with this piece of recreated Ancient Roman music … 

And this thought …

Now Roman is to Roman


More hateful than a foe.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Lays Of Ancient Rome.

Have a good day.

*        Oh, TELL me about it, Debbi!