15th July, 2023: Manitoba.
It’s official: it’s Saturday.
And … ?
Frankly, my pharmacist text messaged, last night: to let me know my next set of medications have turned up.
So it’s a case of getting into town, pick up the meds, finish a review, baby sit my nephew, make at least one video, have something to eat …
And, possibly, have another cup of tea.
Heigh … ho!
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 15th July saw the province of Manitoba become part of where: Canada, the USA or Mexico?Q2) What’s Manitoba’s capital city: Winnipeg, Brandon or Steinbach?Q3) That capital shares its name with a very large what: lake, mountain or river?Q4) Manitoba has two official, legislative, languages. English is one. What’s the other: French, Spanish or German?Q5) Manitoba’s bordered by Nunavut to the north, Saskatchewan to the west and Ontario to the east. How many US states are to Manitoba’s south: one, two or three?Q6) The Red River Jig is popular in Manitoba. The Jig is a what: dance, play or song?Q7) A. E. van Vogt, Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy, are Manitoban whats: writers, painters or singers?Q8) Manipogo is said to live in Lake Manitoba. It’s a what: lake monster, giant pike or UFO?Q9) Valour FC are a Manitoban sports team. That plays what: Canadian Rules Football, American Football or Association Football?Q10) Finally … ? Manitoba has a coastline: on which Bay?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 14th July is Bastille Day. Where: France, Germany or Sweden?A1) France.Q2) The Day marks the what of the Bastille?A2) The Storming of the Bastille.Q3) The Bastille, itself, was where: Paris, Berlin or Gothenburg?A3) Paris.Q4) The country that marks Bastille Day is the what: the Third Republic, Fourth Republic or the Fifth Republic?A4) The Fifth Republic.Q5) Finally … ? The original events at the Bastille marked start of a what: rebellion, revolution or riot?A5) Revolution.
Here’s a thought …
“Glorious and free.”Manitoba’s Motto.
And a song …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* Yeah, I had that figured, Olga. But the high incidence of ovarian cancer seemed odd. Unless it’s got something to do with a hairdresser’s mouth, nose and groin being above and behind all that hairspray? I couldn’t tell you!
Either way, I don’t know that it’s a good way of getting people into the job. “Become a hairdresser: you could end up dead!”
† Hello, Mum! Have I still got Jude, tonight … ?
‡ I hope today’s answers are nice and short, Debbi! And Nancy and her partner picked their times. (If they don’t bring you back a croissant, complain!)
(Correct me if I’m wrong, Debbi: but I think I read — somewhere — that the French Revolution was inspired — in part — by the American one … )
Q1) Canada
ReplyDeleteQ2) Winnipeg
Q3) lake
Q4) French (Not that it sounds as if they’re very fond of it).
Q5) two
Q6) dance
Q7) writers
Q8) lake monster (I wonder if we could organise a meet with Nessie... Is there a world day for lake monsters? Surely they deserve one...)
Q9) Association Football (I think)
Q10) The Hudson Bay
You're right. It is not a great recruiting point for hairdressers, although I suspect it is not discussed in their training. Perhaps it would justify wearing masks and other protection. The issue with ovarian cancer is a bit bizarre, but perhaps because of the regular development of the ovules (while women are of fertile age) it means that the cells are subject to hormones and developing and changing more often than in other parts of the body, but this is all my own speculation. (Women are born with all the eggs they are ever going to have already, but most of them are discarded as they/we grow).
1 Canada
ReplyDelete2 Winnipeg
3 Lake
4 French
5 1
6 Dance
7 Writers
8 Lake monster
9 Association Football
10 Mannitoba bay
I think you're right. Maybe. I seem to recall Jefferson going to France or something.
ReplyDeleteI just checked. He was Minister to France. Imagine business travel back then.
1. Canada
2. Winnipeg
3. lake
4. French
5. two
6. dance
7. writers
8. lake monster
9. Canadian Rules Football
10. Hudson Bay
Oh and!
While in France, Jefferson became a regular companion of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French hero of the American Revolutionary War, and Jefferson used his influence to procure trade agreements with France.[125][126] As the French Revolution began, he allowed his Paris residence, the Hôtel de Langeac, to be used for meetings by Lafayette and other republicans. He was in Paris during the storming of the Bastille and consulted with Lafayette while the latter drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.[127] Jefferson often found his mail opened by postmasters, so he invented his own enciphering device, the "Wheel Cipher"; he wrote important communications in code for the rest of his career.[128][k] Unable to attend the 1787 Constitution Convention, Jefferson supported the Constitution but desired the addition of the promised bill of rights.[129] Jefferson left Paris for America in September 1789, intending to return to his home soon; however, President George Washington appointed him the country's first secretary of state, forcing him to remain in the nation's capital.[130] Jefferson remained a firm supporter of the French Revolution while opposing its more violent elements.[131] John Skey Eustace kept Jefferson informed of the events of the French Revolution.[132]
Wow!