Let’s move on, shall we?
Q1) 15th December, 687AD, saw Sergius 1st named as Pope. He was born, where: Palermo, Rome or Milan?
Q2) The Bosman Ruling was made by the European Court of Justice: on 15th December, 1995. The ruling was about freedom of movement for workers. Which workers: rugby players, footballers or jockeys?
Q3) The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was created on 15th December, 1989. It commits the countries who signed it to the abolition of what: slavery, fertility treatment or the death sentence?
Q4) L. L. Zamenhof‡ was born: on 15th December, 1859. The man behind Esperanto was born in which country?
Q5) Finally … the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway was opened: on 15th December, 1906. It’s now part of which tube line: the Piccadilly, Northern or Central line?
Q1) The Theresian Military Academy was founded: on 14th December, 1751. The Academy’s in what’s now which country?A1) Austria.
Q2) The unmanned Mariner 2 probe took scans of a planet: as it was flying past on 14th December, 1962. Which planet?A2) Venus.
Q3) Hugh Gaitskill was named as Labour Party Leader: on 14th December, 1955. Who did he succeed in the post?
Q4) The Millau Viaduct was opened: on 14th December, 2004. The bridge — the tallest on Earth — is in which country?A4) France.
Q5) More to the point, which river does it cross?A5) The River Tarn.
Q6) Finally … the USSR was expelled from the League of Nations: after invading which country?A6) Finland.
“If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.”Jean Paul Getty, December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976.
I love shish kabobs. Is that the same thing?
ReplyDelete1. Palermo
2. footballers
3. the death sentence
4. Russia
5. the Piccadilly line