The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 13-8-2014: International Left-Handers Day

Bloody HELL, but that’s a longer day than I thought it would be.

MOSTLY where I’ve been on the phone to the Department of Work and Pensions, chasing up my Mandatory Reconsideration, after the the disaster that was my mandatory Work Placement.

Seemingly … ?   I’ll find out what happens in — I’m told — after about two and a half weeks.

Basically … ?   It’s a case of “Hurry Up And Wait” … 

~≈∑≈~

There’s more …

You’ve worked out I’m a Dr Who fan, hadn’t you … ?

Well, I got a tweet, earlier.

We can confirm that the first episode of Series 8, Deep Breath, will be on BBC One at 19:50 on Saturday 23 August #DoctorWho
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) August 13, 2014

Yep: series 8 starts at 19:50, in a week and a half’s time.

I’m looking forward to it.

~≈∑≈~

But all of that … ?

Isn’t why you’re here.

No … 

It’s Wednesday: which mean’s you’re here for the Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser.

Here’s this weeks  Left Handed questions†: covered by the usual Creative Commons License* …

Q1) Since 1981, how many US President’s were people who’d been born left-handed?

Q2) Paul McCartney was one of two left-handed member of the Beatles.   Which guitar did he play; bass, rhythm, or lead?

Q3) Who was the first left hander to walk on the Moon?

Q4) Who’s the only left-handed member of Prince Charles’ immediate family?

Q5) Who was the only left handed member of the cast of “ET: The Extra Terrestrial”?

Q6) Feminist and author Germaine Greer is a leftie; her most famous work was which 1970 nonfiction book?

Q7) True or false; Jimi Hendrix was right handed.

Q8) Which left handed tennis player won the Singles Title at Wimbledon nine times, and the US Open, four times?

Q9) Which left-handed actor appeared in Apocalypse, Now, What’s Love Got To Do With It and The Matrix?

Q10) On a left-handed pair of scissors, which digit operates the cutting blade?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) World War 1 started a century ago, this week.   When which European country was invaded?

Q2) That country was invaded by neighbouring Germany.   Germany was acting after their allies fired on Serbia.   Who was that German ally?

Q3) Germany started its invasion after the ally’s crown prince was shot.   That heir was Arch-Duke whom … ?   (There’s a band named after him, if that’s any help.)

Q4) The Arch-Duke was shot by Gavrilo Princip.   In which city: Belgrade, Sarajevo or Vukovar?

Q5) When Germany invaded its neighbour, the neighbour declared war: as did one of its allies.   WHICH ally: the UK, US or UAE?

Q6) That ally was a member of the Triple Entente: with two other countries.   France was the second member.   Which Empire was the third?

Q7) On which date in August did Germany’s invasion start: the 4th, 5th or 6th August, 1914?

Q8) What type of weapon saw their first serious use during the First World War: poison gas, tanks or submarines?

Q9) Four Imperial powers collapsed as a result of the war.   Name one of then.

Q10) Finally … Roughly how many military personnel died as a result of the war: 10 million, 20 million or 30 million?

Answers.

A1) Belgium.

A2) The Austro-Hungarian Empire.   (It’s now Austria and Hungary.)

A3) Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

A4) Sarajevo.

A5) The UK.

A6) The Russian Empire.

A7) 4th August.

A8) All three: gas, tanks and subs.

A9) The German Empire, Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A10) 10 million.

Enjoy those: and the Left-hander’s Day Teaser.

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†        Today is International Left-Hander’s Day.   As a southpaw, myself, I know fights for some forms of equality barely get noticed.   If I’ve understood the statistics correctly, you’ve a 1 in 10 chance of being left-handed: the same chance you have of being gay.   If you’re neither, you have a one in ten chance of being related to someone who is.   I don’t want to marry another bloke.   I DO want to buy a pair of left-handed scissors.   Just as a final thought … ?   I’m a southpaw, as I’ve already said.

I’ve grown up, as many others, knowing …

• How a kid’s confidence can be undermined by teachers at school: using phrases like “Wouldn’t you find it easier, using your other hand?”
• How quickly kids will throw around phrases like “Thicko” or “Spastic” when they see you placed in a remedial handwriting class.   (Kids are lovely, aren’t they?)
• Quite how undermining disapproving looks from authority figures can be.

Some fights aren’t big: but still need fighting.