Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11-7-2016

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 …

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?
A10) Yes.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.”
E. B. White, July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985.

And this tune …

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