8th August, 2021.
Yep: it’s officially official.
I headed into Romford, yesterday.
And?
Well, Romford was comparatively sunny, yesterday.
Compared to Brentwood.
Which got at least one monsoon.
I know: I was watching it land on Brentwood Station!
~≈Ï≈~
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡, and Debbi^ and putting in their answers: with all four scoring five out of five.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 8th August, 2021, is Melon Day. Where: Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan or Uzbekistan?Q2) The Graf Zeppelin began a round-the-world flight: on 8th August, 1929. Graf Zeppelin was a what: airship, submarine or cruise liner?Q3) The London Charter was signed on 8th August, 1945: by France, the UK, the USSR and the USA. The Charter established the rules for what: the Nuremberg Trials, football or the World Bank?Q4) 8th August is the feast day of Saint Dominic. He’s the patron saint of whom: mathematicians, astronomers or biologists?Q5) Finally … ? Which American announced his resignation, on 8th August, 1974?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) General Cao Qin staged a coup against Emperor Yingzong: on 7th August, 1461. Yingzong was a Ming emperor of where: China, Japan or Korea?Q2) Asian citizens of one African country were given ninety days to leave, on 7th August, 1972: by dictator, Idi Amin. Which country?A2) Uganda.Q3) Kermit Love was born on 7th June, 1916. He was a what: restaurant critic, puppeteer or physicist?A3) Puppeteer. (He joined the design team of The Muppets, after Kermit the Frog was designed and built.)Q4) Iron Maiden singer, Bruce Dickinson, was born on 7th August, 1958. He worked for a company called Astreus, as a what: airline pilot, chef or singer?Q5) 7th August, 1782, saw George Washington order the creation of the Badge of Military Merit. The badge has since been replaced by what: the Medal of Honour, the Purple Heart or the Silver Star Medal?A5) The Purple Heart.
Here’s a thought …
“Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.”Sir Roger Penrose, 8 August 1931.
And a song …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.
Have a good day.
* I will, Olga. It’s a worrying change, though!
† You know, that always gets me, Trevor: no screens. I know the things output results by changing the various lights around, changes readable by an expert … but surely a screen makes things a lot easier … ?
‡ Hello, Mum!
4 comments:
Q1) Turkmenistan
Q2) airship
Q3) The Nuremberg Trials
Q4) Astronomers
Q5) Richard Nixon
Here we didn't get any rain in the end, although clouds came and went. I was surprised because it only rained during our holiday, but there were a few cold days, which always makes it a bit of a nightmare to try and pack.
1 Turkmenistan
2 Airship
3 Nuremberg Trails
4 Astronomers
5 Richard Nixon
4
A1 Turkmenistan
A2 Airship
A3 Nuremberg Trials
A4 astronomers
A5 Richard Milhous Nixon (Aka Tricky Dicky)
Back in them days the only screens were large cathode ray TV screens, so not practical.
The main output device back then was the printer. A mighty beast paper was 120 characters wide. This meant 120 print hammers to strike the paper against the print drum. This drum was rows of letters and numbers. The printers had hood to muffle the sound of printing. The speed was 800 lines per minute.
There was only 2 parts of the control panel that the “Experts”(really in fact young operators. At Notts County Council they were all young girls). There was the 10 manual switches which were normally set before the single running program started. The other was the 6 sets of 4 small strip lights. They were numbered 1,2,4,8 and the operators had to add up the lit lights to find out what to do next. The first 2 sets of lights always read 11 which was the machine code for ”Stop”.
Dismantled ICT 1301 control panels were used in Film and TV series such as Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and James bond.
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=108
So I see! Thank you, Paul.
1. Turkmenistan
2. airship
3. the Nuremberg Trials
4. astronomers
5. Richard Nixon (didn't even have to look that one up, I remember it) (but I did look it up, just to be sure. Knowing you and the way you can sometimes ... um ... be tricky ... but not that tricky! :) )
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