But, now you’ve had you daily spooking, let’s get moving on.
Q1) 30th June, 1937, saw the introduction of the UK’s emergency telephone number: 999. In which city was it originally introduced: London, Manchester or Liverpool?
Q2) The number can be used to contact one of the UK’s four main, emergency services. Name one of those services.
Q3) Calls to the 999 number are usually received by an ECC, or Emergency control … what?
Q4) These call centres are usually public funded and run. What’s the only UK police force to operate a privately run ECC?
Q5) Which of the UK’s emergency services will you be put through to: if you need a lifeboat?
Q6) One of the smaller UK emergency services is provided by the UK’s armed forces. Which emergency service?
Q7) Which of the main services is the UK’s most used?
Q8) Those of us in Europe can use the European emergency telephone number. What IS that number?
Q9) True or false: 999 is the emergency phone number in New Zealand.
Q10) Finally … what — in the UK — is the number to use to make a non-emergency call?
Q1) 29th June, 1960, saw the BBC unveil its new studio complex: in Shepherd’s Bush, in London. What was that complex called?A1) Television Centre.
Q2) 29th June, 2007, saw Apple release its first mobile phone. What’s the operating system on that phone called?A2) iOS.
Q3) 29th June, 2014, saw the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declare it had formed a caliphate: in Syria, and northern … where?A3) Iraq.
Q4) IT guru, Steve Wozniak tested his prototype Apple 1 computer: on 29th June, 1976. December 2013 saw one of the machines sold for $365, 000: by which auction house?A4) Christies.
Q5) Finally … 29th June, 2006, saw the US Supreme Court rule plans to try one group of detainees violated US and international law. The detainees were being held where?A5) Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba.
“Emergency: which service?”The usual question asked when a 999 operator answer your call.
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ReplyDelete1. London
2. police or Fire Brigade! :) (I have to mention the fire people, of course!)
3. centre
4. Cleveland Police
5. Coastguard
6. bomb disposal
7. police
8. 112
9. False
10. 101