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Monday 11 March 2019

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11th March, 2019.

11th March, 2019


Yes: I know … I had a late night … !

Not normally something I do.

But I had a rather chatty friend catch me on Facebook Messenger … 

Sometimes?

You just have to be polite and answer the phone … 

Or tablet, or desktop, or carrier pigeon

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers:  scoring four out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 


Q1) Emperor Elagabalus was assassinated: on 11th March, 222AD.   His body was dragged through Rome: and thrown in to which river?
Q2) 11th March, 1993, saw Janet Reno confirmed in her post: by the US Senate.   She was sworn in, the next day.   As the first female US … what?
Q3) The Act of March 11 was passed on 11th March, 1990.   It declared which country to be independent of the USSR?
Q4) 11th March, 1811, saw the birth of astronomer and mathematician, Urbain Le Verrier.   His calculations helped find which planet?
Q5) Finally … ?   11th March, 1931, saw the birth of Rupert Murdoch.   He’s the current c0-chairman — co-chairman, rather than executive chairman — of which US media company?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 10th March is Mario day: celebrating the computer character, Mario.   Mario is supposed to be an Italian … what?
A1) Plumber.
Q2) Mario originally appeared in an arcade game called what?
Q3) Mario next appeared in Mario Bros: which is set in which city’s sewers?
Q4) Who’s Mario’s brother?
A4) Luigi.
Q5) Finally … ?   Mario, and the games he’s in, are made by which games company … ?
A5) Nintendo.
Here’s a thought …
“People are reading news for free on the web, that’s got to change.”
Rupert Murdoch, born 11th March, 1931.
And a song …


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.





*        An Unholy one, Debbi?   Riiiiight … where do I start … ?

2 comments:

  1. (1)Tiber (2) Attorney General (3) Lithuania, (4)Neptune (5) News Corporation

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  2. Yeah. :)

    Actually, Mario was originally a carpenter, FWIW. Except he was called "Jumpman" at that time, so I guess that doesn't count, huh?

    1. the Tiber River
    2. Attorney General
    3. Lithuania
    4. Neptune
    5. Fox Corporation

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