The Daily Teaser — 11-8-2014

You know, I’m starting to think I hate Sundays!

No, really … !

I think that’s a function of everything that’s going on for me at the moment.

The main thing? Is that I’m still waiting to hear from the DWP about my benefit payments: and, of course can do anything until today.

There’s a few other things, as well: most of which I’ll have to sort out, this afternoon.

Including a leaky sink joint.

Trust me, you really don’t want to know about flooding … !

Oy veh … !

~≈∏≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser Mr Strict and Debbi putting they answers in: with a tie, as both scoring five out of five.

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

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

Q1) 11th August, 1984, saw who (jokingly) say “We begin bombing in five minutes” … ?

Q2) 11th August, 1968, saw the last what run on British Rail: steam hauled engine, first-class carriages or dining room cars?

Q3) 11th August, 1919, saw the Weimar Republic adopt its constitution.   The Weimar Republic was interwar era where: France, Austria or Germany?

Q4) 11th August, 106 AD, saw south-western Dacia become a province of the Roman Empire.   Roman Dacia is now part of which European country … ?

Q5) Finally … 11th August, 1801, saw the birth of Cardinal John Henry Newman: one of the few English (almost) saints of the Roman Catholic Church.   Which Church had he originally been a member of?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 10th August, 1792, saw the effective end of the French monarchy: when the Tuileries Palace was stormed, during the French Revolution.   In which year of the 19th Century, was the French monarchy restored?

A1) 1814: some 22 years later.   (It seems a waste of effort … )

Q2) 10th August is the International day … of which fuel … ?

A2) International Biodiesel Day.   (I seem to recall a lot of this going on … )

Q3) 10th August, 1990, saw the Magellan probe arrive at its target planet: Venus.   Venus’ dense atmosphere is largely made up of which gas: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide or hydrogen chloride?

A3) Carbon dioxide.

Q4) 10th August, 1988, saw President Ronald Reagan sign the act that compensated Japanese-Americans for their internment: when?

A4) During World War 2.

Q5) Finally … 10th August, 1889, saw the birth of games designer, Charles Darrow.   What board game is his best known game … ?

A5) Monopoly.

I’ll leave you with this song … 

And this thought …

“If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.”

Enid Blyton, 11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968.

Enjoy your day … 

*        Yeah, I’m STILL having trouble keeping up with one, Debbi!   (I really need to Get a new Mac: Bruce keeps over heating, processing video … !)