The Daily Teaser — 4-5-2016

You know, I’ve got time off, this week.

You wouldn’t actually think so, now would you?

You’re right: this post, plus three more for the Gazette, Mum’s birthday, hang around waiting for Apple to phone to sort out an issue with my account, hopefully get a visit from an old friend … 

Not that I’m complaining, much.

I’m just wondering when I’m going to get time to buy Mum a birthday card … !

~≈fi≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with 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) 4th May, 1776, saw one US colony renounce allegiance to the British Monarch.   Which monarch: George the 3rd, 4th or 5th?

Q2) More to the point … which colony?

Q3) Which Commonwealth country’s navy was founded on 4th May, 1910: Australia’s , Canada’s or South Africa’s?

Q4) 4th May, 2000, saw Ken Livingston elected as Mayor of where: Greater London, the City of London or Hackney Council?

Q5) Singer, Jay Aston, was born on 4th May, 1961.   She found fame with which Eurovision winners?

Q6) Finally … 4th May, 1998, saw Thomas Kaczynski given four life sentences.   He’d been more notoriously known as whom?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Labatt Park held its first game, on 3rd May, 1877.   Of what?

A1) Baseball.

Q2) 3rd May, 1951, saw the formal opening of the Festival of Britain: by The UK’s then monarch.   Who was that monarch: George 5th, Edward 8th or George 6th?

A2) George 6th.

Q3) 3rd May, 1932, saw the death of writer, Charles Fort.   He studied what’s now called anomalous … what?

A3) Phenomena.

Q4) Washington D. C. was incorporated as a city: on 3rd May, 1802.   The D. C  part of the name stands for ‘District of’ where?

A4) Columbia.

Q5) Finally … 3rd May, 1937, saw Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind win a major prize for literature.   Which prize?

A5) The Pulitzer Prize.

I’ll leave you with this song … 

And this thought …

“The future comes quickly. Before you know it, you turn around and it’s tomorrow.”

Pia Zadora, born 4th May, 1954.

Have a good day … 

*        Funny you should mention the Crucible’s carpet, Olga!   Snooker player, Stuart Bingham — last year’s World Champion — was being interview for this year’s final: and happily admitted to … ahh … liberating some of the carpet from a skip, when they were refurbishing the place.   But, at any rate … ?   I don’t know if it helps, but I used to work at the Dominion as an usher: possibly the only thing I could do, given my background!   Would something like that work for you … ?   (Oh, John Simms?   His version of the Master is fun!)

†        Actually, Trevor’s probably the man to talk to, Debbi: on the Cricket front, at least!   I can tell you the basics … but REALLY couldn’t tell you if I’ve got the hang of it!   The bowler bowls the ball towards the batsman: and tries to get him out.   Usually by either knocking off the top bits of the wicket, or by bowling in a way that the fielders catch the ball … before it hits the ground … or if the wicket keeper hits it with a caught ball … … or … well, it’s complicated …    (The winning team … ?   Is the one that scores the most runs … and loses the least amount of wickets …)