10th November, 2024.
Right … it’s officially Sunday … !
Frankly?
I’m expecting things to be busy … during the week!
Today, though … ?
Will be nice and quiet … !
Let’s move on.
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring ten out of ten, and Mum on nine.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) In the UK, 10th November, 2024, is Remembrance Sunday. The UK’s national service of remembrance will be held at which monument: the Cenotaph, Monument or the Victoria Monument?Q2) Footballer, Daniel James, was born on 10th November, 1997. He played for which national side: England, Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland?Q3) The Children’s Television Workshop’s best known series first aired on 10th November, 1969. What is that series?Q4) The World Anti-Doping Agency was founded in Lausanne: on 10th November, 1999. It governs the use of drugs, in what: medicine, sport or physics?Q5) Finally … ? 10th November, 2020, saw Armenia sign a ceasefire agreement: with whom?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) A Nightmare on Elm Street debuted on 9th November. Of which year of the 1980s?A1) 1984.Q2) In which country: the US, UK or Canada?A2) The US.Q3) It was written and directed by whom: Wes Craven, Wesley Snipes or Steven Spielberg?A3) Wes Craven.Q4) Amongst others? The film was made by which production company: New Line Cinema, Disney or RKO?A4) New Line Cinema. (Famously, the company went on to produce Peter Jackson’s version of The Lord of the Rings.)Q5) The film’s heroine is played by Heather Langenkamp. What’s the heroine’s name: Laurie, Nancy or Sally?A5) Nancy. (Laurie was the Jamie Lee Curtis character in the Halloween movies. Sally was the surviving female character in the original version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.)Q6) The heroine is the last character to confront the film’s villain. As such, she’s what’s called a final what?A6) Final girl.Q7) What was the villain’s name: Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger or Michael Myers?A7) Freddy Krueger. (Michael Myers was the villain of the Halloween movies. Jason Voorhees was the villain in the Friday the 13th franchise.)Q8) Who played that villain: Gunnar Hansen, Robert Englund or Billy Bob Thornton?A8) Robert Englund.Q9) That villain’s main weapon was a bladed what: glove, shoe or hat?A9) Glove.Q10) Finally … ? Which Hollywood superstar made his debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street: Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen or Brad Pitt?A10) Johnny Depp.
Here’s a thought …
“Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let ’em piss on me?”Roy Scheider, November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008.
A song …
And an earworm …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
The next ten question set will be on 11th November.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* Yeah: from what the therapist said, Olga§, I should be OK. It’s just a case of chasing things up, and waiting for funding!
Oh, I’ll give Musk credits: for helping co-found PayPal, and for developing re-useable rockets. But I agree with you, about basically being a good person. I can only hope he’s got a long spoon, now he’s spending time with Trump! I think he’s going to be getting a lot of US government money, for however long the association lasts. (Apparently, the bank he formed, that eventually merge with Paypal? Was called ‘X’.)
† Hello, Mum! (It was ‘final girl’, Mum: rather than ‘evaporates’)
‡ Is everything OK, Debbi? You’re usually full of beans! So to speak … …
§ It’s said, Olga, there’s at least two fictional characters — Dev Ayesa in For All Mankind and Miles Bron in Glass Onion — that are based on Elon Musk. I disagree: I think those two are based on Steve Jobs. Remind me to tell you about SteveNotes …
4 comments:
1 Cenotaph
2 Wales
3 Sesame Street
4 Sport
5 Russia
Q1) the Cenotaph
Q2) Wales
Q3) Sesame Street
Q4) sport
Q5) Azerbaijan
Do tell! I am sure I got a biography of Musk somewhere but haven't had time to read it yet, and now it won't be up-to-date anyway. But, I'll see if I can find it. With the new Kindle, it might be hiding somewhere (I suspect it might have been from NetGalley, and I wouldn't be able to download it again if I can't find it).
Enjoy your quiet day and keep us posted on what happens.
Ah, yesterday was the Day After the Shot, which was only mildly tiring, but still ... but we went out late and hung out with some of my writer/actor friends and that was great!
1. the Cenotaph
2. Wales
3. Sesame Street
4. sport
5. Azerbaijan and Russia
One of them is writing a story about pen pals, as in actual letter writing and how it's a dying art. So I mentioned that there's a guy I know in England, whose blog I visit nearly every day to do the teaser. However, you have become something of a "blogging pen pal", if such a thing exists. :)
Thanks for keeping this short. :) I'm the one going on at length, it seems. Or banging on about it, as you might say? lol
That scene from Blazing Saddles is priceless! :)
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