Right …
That’s what a good night’s sleep feels like … ?
I might just give up: given I’ve woken up, this morning, feeling …
Well, feeling as if an extra half an hour in bed wouldn’t hurt!
Still …
It’s a Monday.
Which means, of course, that it’s time for I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, this evening.
Personally?
I’m looking forward to that.
I just hope there’s a round of Mornington Crescent.
But let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring nine out of ten.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Here they are, along with the How To, License and video …
I’m looking forward to that.
I just hope there’s a round of Mornington Crescent.
~≈†≈~
But let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw both Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring nine out of ten.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Here they are, along with the How To, License and video …
Q1) 11th July, 1889, saw the founding of the city of Tijuana. Tijuana is in which country?
Q2) Skylab 1 crash-landed back on Earth: on 11th July of which year of the 1970s?
Q3) Astromnomer, Jean-Louis Pons discovered his first comet: on 11th July, 1801. How many periodic comets are named for him: two, three or four?
Q4) 11th July, 1991, saw MP, Terry Fields, sentenced to sixty days in prison. For refusing to pay what?
Q5) Finally … the discovery of Styx was announced: on 11th July, 2012. Styx is a moon of where?Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 10th July saw the launch of the original Telstar satellite. In which year of the 1960s?
A1) 1962.
Q2) The satellite was launched by whom: NASA, AT&T or the GPO?
A2) NASA.
Q3) The satellite was owned by whom: NASA, AT&T or the GPO?
A3) AT&T.
Q4) Telstar, itself, is roughly what shape: cube shaped, ovoid or spherical?
A4) Spherical.
Q5) Geosynchronous orbits are ones where the satellite is stationary: over one place on Earth. Was/is Telstar in a geosynchronous orbit?
A5) No.
Q6) Was Telstar in a circular, or elliptic, orbit?
A6) An elliptic orbit.
Q7) Because of its orbit, Telstar could only send signals when it was over what: the Pacific, Atlantic or Arctic?
A7) The Atlantic.
Q8) The satellite received control signals through an antenna at its top. What shape was that antenna: mast-shaped, helical or horn-shaped?
A8) Helical.
Q9) Telstar’s signals were received by a US station in Maine, and a French station in Pleumeur-Bodou. Where was the UK’s receiving station?
A9) In Cornwall: at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station usually called Goonhilly Downs. (The first satellite receiver at the Downs — known as Arthur — is now a listed monument.)
Q10) Finally … is Telstar still in orbit?I’ll leave you with this thought …
A10) Yes.
“I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.”And this tune …
E. B. White, July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985.
Enjoy your day.
* The Death Star, Olga‡? I always think it looks more like R2-D2 … !
† Could be worse, Debbi‡, we could’ve been looking at Britain’s biological weapons testing station, Porton Down. (It’s the UK’s secret research base: you might think the NSA’s paranoid and closed mouth, but they’re village gossips, compared to the Porton Down gang.)
‡ Oh, Olga, Debbi, the US ground station antenna is horn-shaped. The antenna built onto Telstar itself, is helical.
Horn antenna |
2 comments:
Actually it probably looks more like the new one... BB-8 (I had to check). Missing the little circle on top, the bonnet-eye?
Here is so hot and yesterday evening I wasn't feeling too great so I think it was like trying to sleep in a sauna...
Q1) Mexico
Q2) 1979
Q3) Three
Q4) The poll tax
Q5) Pluto
I hope today is a light day and you enjoy everything.
You should see the documentary "Citizenfour" about Snowden. Very interesting and creepy! :)
1. Mexico
2. 1979
3. three (or four, if you count the one that was renamed)
4. poll tax
5. Pluto (which IS a planet, I say! :))
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