Apart from making sure my apology went on the record: in case The customer called in to complain.
But let’s move on, shall we?
Q1) Saladin became Emir of Egypt: on 26th March, 1169. The title is occasionally translated as what: prince, duke or baron?
Q2) The Siege of Algeciras came to and end: on 26th March, 1344. The Siege is notable, as it marked one of the first uses of what, as a weapon: germs, bees or gunpowder?
Q3) 26th March is Independence Day in Bangladesh: marking its independence from where?
Q4) 26th March, 1973, saw the Stock Exchange first admit whom as traders: children, computers or women?
Q5) Finally … 26th March is Purple Day: designed to raise awareness of which condition: dyslexia, epilepsy or Alzheimer’s?
Q1) Robert the Bruce became King of the Scots: on 25th March, 1306. Famously, he complained of breaking his favourite battle ax: at which battle?
A1) Bannockburn.
Q2) King Faisal died on 25th March, 1975: after a gun attack. Faisal was king of where?
A2) Saudi Arabia.
Q3) That same day — 25th March, 1975 — saw the National Front, a notorious far right group, launch violent protests. Against what: joining Europe, immigration or imported cheese?
A3) Joining Europe.
Q4) The Coxey’s Army march, started: on 25th March, 1894. What was it protesting against: Chinese immigration, unemployment or alcohol use?
A4) Unemployment. (It, and the later Cox’s Army, sound very reminiscent of the Jarrow March.)
Q5) Finally … 25th March, 1957, saw the signing of the treaty that formed the European Economic Community. Name any one of the six founding countries.
A5) Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.
“The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.”Tennessee Williams, March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983.
A1 Prince
ReplyDeleteA2 Gunpowder
A3 Pakistan
A4 I assume you meant The London Stock Exchange and the Answer is Women.
The New York stock exchange had a woman many years earlier.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/08/27/muriel-siebert-the-first-woman-trader-on-the-new-york-stock-exchange/?utm_term=.a1b30547eb90
A5 epilepsy
Q1) Prince
ReplyDeleteQ2) Gunpowder
Q3) Pakistan
Q4) Women
Q5) Epilepsy
I hope today is better. Dealing with complaints must be exhausting at best...
Yes, they do have Sky, although they seem to have about twenty million devices plugged and rigged into so many things that it's worse than a maze. Luckily they contacted me about something else and they advised me what to do and it worked. (I took the chance to watch the new Mad Max movie I hadn't watched as I'd heard good things about it).
Got lazy and kept my flexible splint on today. And I think I aced the teaser, even without knowing which stock exchange. Trevor needs to work on his search skills! :)
ReplyDelete1. prince
2. gunpowder
3. Pakistan
4. women
5. epilepsy