But let’s move on, shall we?
Q1) 23rd January, 2003, saw Earth receive the last signal. From what: Voyager 2, Pioneer 10 or Pioneer 11?
Q2) 23rd January saw orders issued — by the UK’s Privy Council — that saw the founding of where: Welwyn Garden City, Milton Keynes, or Letchworth?
Q3) 23rd January, 1571, saw the opening of the Royal Exchange: in London. Who performed the official opening: Queen Elizabeth 1st, William Shakespeare or King Henry 8th?
Q4) President Richard M. Nixon announced ‘peace with honour’: where?
Q5) Finally … 23rd January, 1958, saw Marcos Pérez Jiménez was ousted: as President of where?
Q1) 22nd January, 1875, saw the birth of director, D. W. Griffith. His best known — or most notorious — film, The Birth of a Nation, was originally released when: 1914, 1915 or 1916?A1) 1915.
Q2) 22nd January, 2006, saw Evo Morales assume office: as president of where?A2) Bolivia.
Q3) 22nd January, 1980, saw Dr Andrei Sakharov sent into exile: for criticizing his country’s government. Which country was that: the People’s Republic of China, the USA or the USSR?A3) The USSR.
Q4) 22nd January, 1946, saw the founding of the Central Intelligence Group. The Group was the fore-runner to WHICH US agency?A4) The Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA.
Q5) Finally … 22nd January, 1941, saw Commonwealth forces capture where: Tobruk, Torremolinos or Tunis?A5) Tobruk.
“Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors.”
Sonny Chiba, born 23rd January, 1939.
Q1) Pioneer 10
ReplyDeleteQ2) Milton Keynes (1967)
Q3) Queen Elizabeth the First
Q4) Vietnam
Q5) Venezuela
Mysteries of Google. At least (for the moment) we aren't snowed in... I was talking to somebody from Texas (Copeville) in Twitter. Tornadoes hit on the 26th of December and the whole place was destroyed, two people died...
Indeed! Maybe he'll return to some of the older themes/characterizations. I can hope! :)
ReplyDelete1. Pioneer 10
2. Milton Keynes
3. Queen Elizabeth I
4. Vietnam (yeah, right! :))
5. Venezuela