Meltdown
and Spectre
vulnerabilities.Let’s move on, shall we?
Q1) 10th January saw the death of singer, David Bowie. In which year?
Q2) What was the name of the last album he released: during his lifetime?
Q3) What, in 1967, was the name of his first successful, UK Top Ten single?
Q4) What, in 1969, was the name of his first successful, UK Top Five single?
Q5) 1970 saw him release one of his earliest, successful LPs. What was the LP called?
Q6) Jessica Lange does a cover of Bowie’s Life on Mars: in a series of American Horror Story. Which series of American Horror Story?
Q7) Which of his albums did Bowie describe as being ‘plastic soul’?
Q8) The Associates, Duran Duran and Screamfeeder, all covered which Bowie song?
Q9) In which Scorcese film did Bowie play Pontius Pilate?
Q10) He plays Jareth, the Goblin King, in which Jim Henson film?
Q11) Bowie did a version of Dancin’ In The Street for the Live Aid concert in 1985. With whom?
Q12) Finally … What — in 2013 — was Bowie’s last UK top ten hit?
Q1) 9th January is the ninth day of the year. How many days are left in a non-leap year?A1) 356.
Q2) What’s the ninth month of the year?A2) September.
Q3) What’s the square root of nine?A3) Three.
Q4) If a number is a multiple of nine, what do the individual digits in that multiple add up to?A4) 9. (So, to give you a couple of an examples? 3*9 is 27. 2 + 7 = 9. 11*9=99. 9 + 9 = 18, another multiple of nine. 1 + 8 = 9. Apparently, nine is the only number in base 10 this works for.)
Q5) The Nine Bows are the traditional enemies of where: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome or Classical Greece?A5) Ancient Egypt.
Q6) Which domestic pet is said to have nines lives?A6) The cat.
Q7) In the Inferno section of Dante’s Divine Comedy, there are nine circles of where: Heaven, Hell or Houston?
Q8) In Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron gave nine rings of power to the leaders of whom: Men, Elves or Dwarves?A8) Men. (The Rings turn those kings into the Nine Ringwraiths, or Nazgûl.)
Q9) Nine squared equals what? (9²= … ?)A9) 81. (Again, 8 + 1 equals 9.)
Q10) Finally … what’s the ninth month of the Islamic calendar?A10) Ramadan.
“Music has given me over 40 years of extraordinary experiences. I can’t say that life’s pains or more tragic episodes have been diminished because of it. But it’s allowed me so many moments of companionship when I’ve been lonely and a sublime means of communication when I wanted to touch people. It’s been both my doorway of perception and the house that I live in. I only hope that it embraces you with the same lusty life force that it graciously offered me.”David Bowie, 8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016.
Central Processor
. It seems the Microsoft released patches for machines with AMD chips? Are causing those machines to freeze. Apple have tried shooting me i the foot: and missed. AMD has shot them in the foot. Then Microsoft has shot them in the OTHER foot. Yeah …
Q1) 2016
ReplyDeleteQ2) Blackstar
Q3) The Laughing Gnome
Q4) Space Oddity
Q5) The Man Who Sold the World
Q6) Freak Show (4th season)
Q7) Young Americans
Q8) Boys Keep Swinging
Q9) The Last Temptation of Christ
Q10) Labyrinth
Q11) Mick Jagger
Q12) Where Are We Now?
Very enjoyable. Thanks, Paul.
Yes, I think a dozen is plenty! :)
ReplyDelete1. 2016
2. Blackstar
3. The Laughing Gnome
4. Space Oddity
5. The Man Who Sold the World
6. Freak Show
7. Young Americans
8. Boys Keep Swinging
9. The Last Temptation of Christ
10. Labyrinth
11. Mick Jagger
12. The Next Day
Have I mentioned that when I was in high school, I went to see Bowie in concert. It was during his Ziggy Stardust phase. My friend and I met a pair of transvestites at the concert. An interesting time. :)