21st April, 2025.
Today is a bank holiday in the UK.
Just so you know!
Which means … that I don’t have a weight management meeting, this morning.
That’s disappointing, in one sense.
Chatting to the volunteers is nice, and monitoring my weight, a good thing.
On the upside … ?
On the upside, I can stay in be for an extra hour.
That’s an equally good thing!
~≈⏲≈~
I’ve got Radio Four: as ever.
It’s reassuring to have the news on, I think.
At any rate?
One of the presenters has mentioned there’s a film out about the ZX Spectrum.
Something I had as a youngster*.
As the Today programme hasn’t broadcast its piece, yet?
Which looks well made, interesting …
And is on Amazon at a reasonable price!
That looks very appealing … !
Let’s move on.
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) 21st April is the feast day of Saint Anastasius Sinaita. The monastery he was an abbot of, was on which mountain: Mount Sinai, Mount Saint Helens, or Mount Everest?Q2) 21st April is the traditional foundation date of where: Rome, Beijing or New York?Q3) 21st April, 1918, saw Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen shot down over France. The Freiherr was known as the Red … whatQ4) Elizabeth 2nd was born on 21st April, 1926. She assumed the throne in which year of the 1950s: 1951, 1952 or 1953?Q5) Finally … ? Tony Danza was born on 21st April, 1951. He played Tony Banta in which US sitcom?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 20th April saw the birth of actor, Andy Serkis. In which year?A1) 1964.Q2) Many of the characters Serkis plays are created using motion … what?A2) Motion capture.Q3) Who did he play in the various Lord of the Rings movies?Q4) He’s directed a version of Animal Farm that’s due to be released, this year. Who wrote the novel the film is based on: Charles Dickens, George Orwell or Virginia Woolfe?Q5) Finally … ? He played Ian Dury in a film called what: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Reasons to be Cheerful or Plaistow Patricia?A5) Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. “Plaistow Patricia” is a great song: but comes with an explicit content warning with good reason!
Here’s a thought …
“In an earthquake, I shouldn’t run out of the house - I should run into it.”Tony Danza, born 21st April, 1951.
A John McCabe perfomance …
And an earworm …
The next ten question set will be on 23rd April: it has a World Book Night theme.
To avoid people copying your answers, they will be published tomorrow morning.
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* The branch of WH Smiths my parents bought the thing from, had been a pub called The Lion and Lamb. It’s now a Tesco Express, but still has the ornamental pub signs! (I’m also willing to bet the cellar is still there, and usable.)
As an extra point … ? Today’s Today programme can be found on the BBC Sounds site: here … https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002b6n8. The piece is five minutes from the end, and an interesting listen. It tells the thing is on the UK branches of Apple’s TV store, and on Amazon Prime. I am sorely tempted.
The piece also reminds us that the Spectrum was the starting point for many of the UK’s coders: games coders, especially. From what it said? The roughly £7.8 billion pounds-worth of British games industry, is worth more than the UK’s steel and fishing industries, and owes the Spectrum a lot.
Oh … and the Pope’s died. Quite who’ll replace Pope Francis, I don’t know. I get the impression he was comparatively left-wing. That’s rare in the Vatican.
† Hello, Mum!
‡ I don’t know if the education is entirely at fault, Olga. Mind you, the US does seem to have a reputation …
You’re right! That’s a crowded nest!
§ Does that mean, Debbi, that the phrase “a block of flats” would be totally lost on you? And, apparently, the British English spelling is “jammy”. It’s only “jammie” if it’s the biscuit …
1 Mt Siniai
ReplyDelete2 Rome
3 Baron
4 1952
5 Taxi
Q1) Mount Sinai
ReplyDeleteQ2) Rome
Q3) Baron ( I always think of Snoopy when I hear anything about the Red Baron)
Q4) 1952
Q5) Taxi
Yes, one wonders. Although I've always felt very doubtful about people who educate their children at home and how they are followed up, if at all, unless they later join formal education. And there are always these stories about students getting grants for sports and not being able to read properly, so yes, education isn't always the first consideration in some places in the USA. (Although I've met very brilliant American students while I was a TA at Sussex University as well, but then, those were the ones who saw the importance of going to other countries and expanding their horizons, so perhaps not the typical image we have of some of the American with more isolationist and extreme ideas).
It's a Bank Holiday here as well, and my mother's birthday, so I wasn't sure if I'd managed to join the teaser, but although a bit late, here I am. Take care.
Not totally lost, since I know flats are the British version of apartments.
ReplyDeleteI actually prefer the word flat to apartment. It's nice and short. :)
Like these answers!
1. Mount Sinai
2. Rome
3. Baron
4. 1952
5. Taxi