Well, that was an exciting evening!
Well, ok, maybe not … !
I have to admit to getting home from work.
To a quick chicken sandwich, if you must know.
A chicken sandwich that got interrupted …by …
A power cut!
One that affected not only everyone in the street …
But everyone in the CM14 postcode.
Which was weird: seeing the amount of blacked-out houses.
It didn’t last much more than twenty minutes.
But, BOY, you don’t half get to know the neighbours, when something like that happens!
~≈Ÿ≈~
But let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: scoring four out of five in the process.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 25th July, 2007, saw Pratibha Patil sworn in: as the first female president of where?
Q2) Engelbert Dolfuss assassinated by Nazi agents: on 25th July, 1934. He was, at the time, Chancellor of which German speaking nation?
Q3) Mary 1st of England got married: on 25th July, 1554. To whom?
Q4) Admiral Horatio Nelson lost 300 men — and his right arm — on 25th July, 1797. At the Battle of Santa Cruz de … where: Tenerife, Torremolinos or Gran Canaria?
Q5) Finally … 25th July is the feast day of Saint James the Great. The saint is patron saint of where: Spain, France or Portugal?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) Which Apollo mission got home safely: on 24th July, 1969?A1) Apollo 11.
Q2) Alexandre Dumas was born: on 24th July, 1802. Which of his novels was a direct sequel to The Three Musketeers?A2) Twenty Years After.
Q3) The first state to be re-admitted to the Union, after the Civil War, did so on 24th July, 1866. Which state?A3) Tennessee.
Q4) Sportsman, Fred Tate was born: on 24th July, 1867. He famously played what: football, cricket or tiddly-winks?A4) Cricket.
Q5) Finally … Which Loyalist paramilitary was freed: on 24th July, 2000?
Here’s a song …
And a thought …
“The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.”Iman, born 25th July, 1955.
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Have a good day!
* Oh, cheers, Debbi! If you can throw in a link to the blog, as well, I’ll be very happy! :D 1996, you say? Doesn’t surprise me: I don’t think MUCH of the BBC’s out gets an airing in the US! Apparently, though, Are You Being Served went don’t well: its one gay character, Mr Humphries, went down a storm in San Franscisco’s gay community. As for accents … ? I think I’m like a lot of English people: I generally don’t have trouble with them. Well … unless some one has a really strong Glaswegian† accent: that can be tough to follow. (Robert Carlyle, Begbie in Trainspotting, is Glaswegian: as is Peter Capaldi and Michelle Gomez. Their accents are quite mild, but I’d imagine if you get a pint or two in them … )
‡ I don’t think I’ve ever heard any: but, apparently, Appalachian and Cajun accents can be REALLY confusing.
2 comments:
Q1) India
Q2) Austria
Q3) Philip II of Spain
Q4) Tenerife
Q5) Spain (Santiago, there)
I hope there are no more power problems, and I hope I'll be able to visit more often now. My mother is safely back in Barcelona (well, tomorrow she is off to Galicia, so there you are...)
Oh, man, I love Trainspotting! Especially, Johnny Lee Miller. I always call him M's grandson. :)
1. India
2. Austria
3. Philip II
4. Tenerife
5. Spain
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