The Daily Teaser — 22-8-2014: The Loch Ness Monster!

You know, I think I’ve a busy-ish day, today.

The usual job-search up at the Job Centre.

And a training seminar at Brentwood library: on interview technique.

Now, I’ll be frank: I don’t know how much help that’s going to be.

But … ?   Well, I’m glad the Job Centre managed to set it up for me: it’s something I’ve felt needed polishing for some time.

Here’s hoping the polish takes: and bags SOMETHING for me … !

~≈Â≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

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

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

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

Q1) 22nd August, 564 AD, saw the first recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.   By which saint: Columba, Conleth or Desideratus?

Q2) He’s recorded as having seen the creature, where … ?

Q3) The monster is popularly known as what … ?

Q4) Modern interest in the creature was sparked by Mr and Mrs George Spicer’s sighting of it: in which year of the 1930s?

Q5) The notorious Surgeon’s Photo — taken by Dr Robert Wilson — was published in 1934: in which British paper?

Q6) Many of the Creature’s fans believe it’s a plesiosaur.   In other words, an aquatic dinosaur from which era: Cenozoic, Mesozoic or Paleozoic?

Q7) In April of 2014, the monster apparently showed up where: Apple Maps, the Moon or Lake Titicaca?

Q8) Which Tom Baker era, Dr Who story features a version of the Monster?

Q9) In a throwaway line in Amazon Women on the Moon, the Loch Ness Monster is said to be which Victorian killer?

Q10) Finally … Leslie Charteris story, The Convenient Monster is all about the creature.   Which Charteris character is the hero of the story?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 21st August saw Minamoto no Yoritomo become the first Shogun: in which year of the 1190s … ?

A1) 1192.

Q2) More to the point, that made Yoritomo a medieval military dictator: of which Far Eastern country … ?

A2) Japan.

Q3) Minamoto effectively became his country’s de facto ruler: who — in name, at least — was the county’s actual ruler … ?

A3) The Emperor: the (then) holder of the office was Emperor Go-Toba.

Q4) Who’s the current holder of that latter office: Yoshihito, Hirohito or Akhihito … ?

A4) Akhihito.

Q5) What’s that county’s word for the Shogunate: Bakufu, Tofu or Otaku … ?

A5) Bakufu.   (Tofu is a soya bean curd, whilst an Otaku is a geeky fan of something.)

Q6) The shogun was a military figure: what name was used of this county’s knights … ?

A6) Samurai: or Bushi, if you want the more accurate Japanese term.

Q7) Those knights famously used a long sword called a … what … ?

A7) A katana.

Q8) The feudal lords protected by those knights were called what: dame, dumb or daimyo … ?

A8) Daimyo.

Q9) Moving on, again: which car company produces the ‘Shogun’ range of SUVs and trucks … ?

A9) Mitsubishi.

Q10) And finally … who wrote the 1975 novel, ‘Shogun’ … ?

A10) James Clavell.

I’ll leave you with this tune by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band … 

And this thought …

“Some people in Inverness aren’t keen on collaring the monster, and you can’t blame them: An old prophecy predicts a violent end for Inverness if the monster is ever captured.”

Danforth Prince.

Have a good day … 

*        *Groans*.    Ohh, that bad, Debbi!  :D  (Oh, enjoy the tune, by the way: not that I know much about Alex and the boys, but that’s a tune.)