17th July, 2022.
I’ve had a look at the BBC’s online weather report for my area, this morning.
This part of Brentwood has a predicted high of 31°.
That’s going to be uncomfortable for many of us.
I’m also very aware that there’s an amber heat warning for England, today: ahead of the red* warning for tomorrow and Tuesday.
There’s also the piece that tells us London’s see over eight hundred grass fires in London, since June.
Spain and Portugal? Have wildfires.
I know there’s a lot of climate deniers out there.
And can’t help but wonder what they make of Britain’s first extreme heat warning.
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga†, Mum‡ and Debbi^ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, with Mum on four.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 17th July is World Day for International Justice. It marks the founding of what: the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court or the Permanent Court of International Justice?Q2) 17th July, 1902, saw Willis Carrier create the original version of what: gas central heating, refrigerated lorries or air conditioning? (The answer should be obvious in this weather.)Q3) 17th July saw the birth of actor, David Hasselhoff. In which series did he play Michael Knight: The Young and the Restless, Knight Rider or Baywatch?Q4) Musician, Wolfgang Flür, was born on 17th July, 1947. He was an early member of which German band: Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk or Rammstein?Q5) Finally … ? 17th July is Independence Day. Where: Slovenia, Slovakia or Schleswig Holstein?
Yesterday’s answers are in today’s video.
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 16th July marks the start of the Islamic Calendar. 16th July of which year: 622AD, 722AD or 822AD?A1) 622AD.Q2) The current Islamic year ends on 28th July, 2022. It’s which Islamic year: AH1443, AH1444 or AH1445?A2) AH1443.Q3) ‘AH,’ comes from the Latin term for the Islamic year. The ‘H’ stands for ‘Hegirae.’ What does the ‘A’ stand for: Anna, Anno or Aman?A3) Anno: the Latin term for ‘year.’ (Hegirae is the Latinised version of the word, ‘ Hijra’: the Arabic word that means ‘migration,’ or ‘departure.’)Q4) The start of the calendar marks the Prophet’s trip from Mecca to where: Layla, Medina or Al-Namas?A4) Medina.Q5) Finally? The calendar uses what: lunar months, solar months or luni-solar months?A5) Lunar months.
Here’s a thought …
“I love a challenge, and saving the Earth is probably a good one.”Paul Stamets, born July 17, 1955.
And a song …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
The quizmaster’s decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* The Radio four news made a very good point, this morning. That the usual average human body temperature is ~37°. Quite what a 41° high will do to us, healthy or not? I don’t know. I can’t imagine it being pleasant.
I’m also thinking that SWEP — the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol that comes in to force in winter, and is designed to help rough sleepers — may not come into play in this heat. It’s designed for winters!
† It sounds like you and the gang got off lightly, Olga: I’m glad it went well! And opening windows is good. Especially around here: we, thankfully, have regular breezes in my area. It’s needed: I know I feel the heat in this weather!
Mo is amazing: and an asset to the nation. But talking of sportsmen? Have you heard of Ryan Jones, the former Wales Rugby Union captain? He’s been diagnosed with a form of early onset dementia … at 41. Ye gods, Terry Pratchett was 59, and that’s young! Ryan says he’s scared: and I can’t say I blame him!
‡ Hello, Mum!
^ Oh, tell me about it, Debbi! Apparently? It held the record for the most cars destroyed in a movie. I think someone’s supposed to have died making the scene where the police cars have a pile up on the interstate.
Oh, and one of the waiters in the restaurant? Is Pee-Wee Herman.
3 comments:
Q1) The International Criminal Court
Q2) Air conditioning
Q3) Knight Rider
Q4) Kraftwerk
Q5) Slovakia
The advice on opening windows is to have the blinds (we have blinds here, although I know they aren't that common there) down when the sun is hitting the windows, to avoid the air inside getting hot, and then open them when it isn't sunny (ideally at night). Here, at my mother's we have the added problem (I know I've mentioned it) that there is a bar downstairs, and they install tables outside, so it gets very noisy, especially on the weekends. And, because we are such a low storey, there is the risk that somebody might climb up the windows (it has happened before, although, touch wood and fingers crossed, not to my parents yet. But next door, before they moved in, they were renovating the flat, and the workers left the windows open, and somebody went in and stole their tools, so...
It is very sad about that player. Rugby is a dangerous sport. Hitting your head repeatedly is bad news (boxers have the same issue, and although the American football players wear helmets, the protection is not 100%). Many years back I had a patient in his mid-forties who also suffered from an early form of dementia. His case was quite weird, because he ended up in a unit for elderly patients, as he was at risk from patients of his own age. He simply couldn't remember what things were called, at that point. So you would ask him if he liked gardening, and he wouldn't remember what gardening was. If you explained it to him, he would understand the concept, but he couldn't connect the word and what it meant. It was very difficult to have a conversation with him and to know if he actually understood anything that was said to him. They were trying to find him a place, but his age it was extremely difficult, because he was physically fit, and although he wasn't aggressive at that point, if he became aggressive later, in a ward or a nursing home full of fragile elderly patients, it could be really risky. Perhaps a unit for people who had suffered head injuries, but the problem there would be that others would improve with time, and he would only deteriorate. Very complicated.
The issue with the homeless and the weather is something I've also wondered about.
Climate deniers will say that the climate had changed and gone through similar cycles before human beings were on Earth. That's definitely true, and, of course, we aren't the only thing affecting the changes, but we are making matters far worse. The Earth will survive, but not as we know it, and not with us in it.
1 International Court of Justice
2 Air Con
3 Knightrider
4 Kraftwerk
5 Slovinia
Yes, I remember that scene! :)
1. the International Criminal Court
2. air conditioning
3. Knight Rider
4. Kraftwerk
5. Slovakia
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