The Daily Teaser — 2-5-2015: Bend It Like Beckham

Right, I am up early.

I’m off to work, on an early start, today.

Which I can’t actually complain about: especially after being unemployed for so many years.

I DO know I’m looking at mixed feelings, about the fact our manager is moving on.   I’m happy for her, as she’s going to better pay and conditions.

I’m also a little worried: as I, along with my co-workers, don’t know who’s replacing her.

My boss is a bloody good one.

And easy to get on with.

I can only hope her replacement is on a par.

Finding a boss willing to hire you is hard.   Finding a good one?   Is harder.

Replacing them … ?   Is harder still.

~≈Ê≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

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

While she takes a break?   While she takes a break, let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

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

Q1) 2nd May, 1975, saw the birth of footballer, David Beckham.   With which Premiership side did he spend most of his English career?

Q2) Beckham had been taken on by that club’s longest serving manager.   Who was that manager?

Q3) Which Spanish side has Beckham played for?

Q4) How much did they pay for him: €25 million, €35 million or €45 million?

Q5) Whilst playing for a US football team, Beckham was loaned out — twice — to a noted Italian club.   Which Italian club?

Q6) Which US team loaned him to the Italians?

Q7) Post playing career, Beckham has been reported to be setting up a football team: in which US city?

Q8) Famously, David Beckham is married to Mrs Beckham.   She’s better known as which former Spice Girl?

Q9) The film, Bend It Like Beckham, takes its name from David Beckham.   Who directed it?

Q10) Finally … with which French side did David Beckham finish his playing career?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 1st May is May Day.   Traditionally, many will celebrate by dancing around a what?

A1) Maypole.

Q2) May Day celebrations were banned by Great Britain’s Lord Protector: during England’s Civil War period.   Who WAS the Lord Protector?

A2) Oliver Cromwell.

Q3) May Day Celebrations were restored in 1660: when which king assumed the throne: James 1st, Charles 1st or Charles 2nd?

A3) Charles 2nd.

Q4) Many parts of the UK celebrate with a festival that features Jack in the … what?

A4) Jack in the Green.

Q5) A famous Jack features in the Sweeps Festival.   In which Kent town: Rochester, Rainham or Strood?

A5) Rochester.

Q6) May Day is also International Workers Day.   The day was first International Workers Day was proposed in which year: 1889, 1890 or 1891?

A6) 1889.

Q7) May Day Parades in the Soviet Union saw the country’s leaders watch military parades in Moscow.   Those leaders would stand on whose tomb?

A7) Lenin’s.

Q8) International Workers Day has been celebrated in South Africa: since which year of the 1990s?

A8) 1994.

Q9) Many devout Catholics will celebrate a noted female figure, on May 1st.   Which figure?

A9) The Virgin Mary.

Q10) Finally … The town of Padstow celebrates May Day, with a ’Obby ’Oss parade.   Padstow is in which English county?

A10) Cornwall.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“Tom Cruise, he’s a lot more famous than me.”

David Beckham, born 2nd May, 1975.

And this tune … 

Have a good day.

*        Fair enough, Debbi: we’ll see who can fill in, in the mean-time.   Have fun!