16th November, 2023.
Right … it’s now Thursday: the day before Friday.
When BBC 1 will be airing it’s Children-in-Need Telethon.
Frankly?
The Dr Who special that’s due to air, as part of it, looks interesting.
Especially as one featured character looks like he’s wearing a Genesis of the Daleks era uniform.
A Genesis of the Daleks era, Kaled, uniform.
This could be interesting.
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Mum scoring four out of five, and Olga and Debbi on three.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 16th November is the feast day of an icon called Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn. It’s in which Lithuanian city: Vilnius, Kaunas or Klaipėda ?Q2) 16th November is Icelandic Language Day. How many letters does Icelandic have: twenty-six, twenty-nine, or thirty-two?Q3) According to the UN, 16th November is International Day for what: tolerance, peace or health?Q4) Oklahoma was admitted to the USA on 16th November, 1907. What’s Oklahoma’s capital city?Q5) Finally … ? Boxer and mental health campaigner, Frank Bruno, was born on 16th November, 1961. He fought as a what: welterweight, middleweight or heavyweight?
Q1) 15th November is the Day of Eight Billion: the day the eight billions human was born. 15th November of which year of this century?A1) 2022.Q2) A symbolic eight billionth baby was picked by the the Philippines’ Commission on Population and Development. The baby girl was born where: Quezon City, Manila or Davao City?A2) Manila.Q3) What — according to Wikipedia — is the world’s most populated country: India, China or the USA?A3) India: with some 1, 425, 775, 850.Q4) The Day of Seven Billion was in 2011. The Day of Nine Billion is currently predicted for when: 2026, 2032 or 2037?A4) 2032.Q5) Finally, and according to Wikipedia, again? The Day of Two Billion was in which year of the 1920s?A5) 1927. (It’s taken ninety-five years for the world population to quadruple.)
Here’s a thought …
“I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.”Burgess Meredith, November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997.
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.
* Hello, Mum!
† I think that’s always the thing with politics, Olga. Whatever they do, someone’s not happy! There was a big vote in the House of Commons, last night: about the Gaza situation.
Quite a lot of shadow Cabinet members resigned, as they didn’t agree with Keir Starmer!
‡ Glad I could help, Debbi!
Oooh … I think this video will grab you …
§ Trevor, Debbi’s left a comment for you, here …
4 comments:
Sorry, I'm having a pretty heavy day today and don't have much of brain for this. But I spotted this article about time travel, from the BBC, and it mentions the Doctor, so I thought you might be interested.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-doctor-who-is-time-travel-really-possible-heres-what-physics-says
1 VILINIUS
2 32
3 Peace
4 Oklhoma
5 Heavyweight
Thanks, Paul! Always up for Doctor Who! :)
My review of the latest Terry Pratchett book goes up on YouTube next week!
1. Vilnius
2. thirty-two
3. tolerance
4. Oklahoma City
5. heavyweight
I love all the Doctors. But especially Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Jodie Whittaker, and David Tennant. And Matt. Okay, all of them! :)
I miss River Song. And Romana. :)
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