24th February, 2024.
Right then … it’s Saturday …
Which means … I’m possibly going to be doing stuff!
One bit of stuff?
Is prepping up my sister, Ruth’s, laptop: so it can be sold on.
Selling it could be tricky: more people are using their phones and tablets.
We’ll have to see what happens.
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† 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) The Treaty of Yandabo was signed: on 24th February, 1826. It ended the first war between the British Empire … and where: Burma, China or India?Q2) The first US President to be impeached was impeached on 24th February, 1868. Which president was it: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson or Andrew Johnson?Q3) 24th February is Flag Day. Where: Canada, the USA or Mexico?Q4) Clement Attlee’s Labour Party won the 1950 General Election: on 24th February, 1950. With an eventual majority of how many seats: three, four or five?Q5) Finally … ? The 1881 Treaty of Saint Petersburg was signed: on 24th February, 1881. Between Russia, and where: China, India or Brazil?
Q1) 23rd February, 1855, saw the death of scientist, Carl Friedrich Gauss. The crater named after him can be found, where: Mars, Titan or the Moon?Q2) The International Organization for Standardization was founded on 23rd February, 1947. It’s headquartered, where: New York, London, Paris or Geneva?A2) Geneva.Q3) SN1987A was first observed: on 23rd February, 1987. It’s part of what: the Andromeda galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud or the Small Magellanic Cloud?Q4) Matthias Corvinus was born on 23rd February, 1443. He was king of where: Hungary, Romania or Lithuania?A4) Hungary.Q5) Finally … ? General Sunthorn Kongsompong start a coup: on 23rd February, 1991. Where: China, Vietnam, Thailand or Laos?A5) Thailand.
Here’s a thought …
“Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.”Chester W. Nimitz, February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966.
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!
† That’s a thought, Olga: there’s always room for child literacy projects! Would tying something like that to popular characters — Harry Potter/Dr Who§/Marvel — be an idea? Or some sort of cartoon bookworm? I don’t know if anyone at Sants3 would be able to help, but it’s an idea!
‡ How did I know Patrick McGoohan would be there, Debbi? :D At any rate, you forgot a few: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Martin Scorcese. Or, and D. W. Griffith … !
Was there a President Stewart? Or Pugh? They’re Scottish and Welsh, respectively! (Buchanan is a Scottish name, I think.)
I don’t about Dr Who: but I think both Magellanic Clouds have been mentioned in Star Trek!
§ The first book I bought myself was Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster. The second was The Hoboken Chicken Emergency.
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Very good suggestion, Paul. In the end, the course offered the option of either choosing one of the suggestions they came up with, or doing your own thing. I checked the options, and I found a couple I liked, and eventually settled on designing and App and a website to help adults who want to learn to read for the first time. In the building where I bought the flat I have rented out at the moment, one of the owners can't read (she is a woman of a certain age, but not elderly, and I imagine she must have come to the city from a rural area with little options for education in post civil war Spain, started working and never learned to read. She relies on her relatives. And when I accompanied my friend to visit her mother in Alexandria, Egypt, the woman looking after her (and she was in her late thirties, not that old) couldn't read or write, although she was very street-savvy and used her smartphone quite happily.
I am sure some immigrants from certain areas might not be able to read, and if they don't know the language, it will make their lives very difficult.
I haven't a clue what I will do (your idea would be handy in any case), but part of the work is checking what is out there, so I have some research work to do, that's for sure.
I hope the business with your sister's laptop goes well. Many people who work still use laptops; it depends on what kind of things they do, I guess.
There are a bunch!
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