Did I tell you I’m off delivering leaflets, again … ?
Well, I’m off delivering leaflets again,
Being frank … ? I’m glad I’ve delivered to Brooking House relatively early.
No, really … !
They’re both rather tall buildings, and Brooking in particular, is a bit dizzying.
Oy Veh … !
Let’s move on, shall we … ?
I’ve another bundle to do, today … !
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Yesterday’s Chernobyl Teaser saw Debbi putting in her answers: along with letting us know she’s survived the Great Nik Nak Email Disaster†, AND is thinking of getting a Mac‡, she also managed to bag eight out of eight*.
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?
Q1) 27th April is Freedom Day: a public holiday in which African nation … ?
Q2) More to the point, it commemorates elections held in which year of the 1990s … ?
Q3) Those elections were the first in the country to not depend on what: sex, ethnicity or height … ?
Q4) Is the country concerned a monarchy, republic or theocracy … ?
Q5) And finally … which Star Trek character has a name derived from the Swahili word for ‘Freedom’ … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 26th April saw what was then the world’s worst nuclear accident: at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, in the (then) USSR. The plant is in what’s now which country … ?A1) Ukraine.
Q2) In which year of the 1980s … ?A2) 1986.
Q3) More to the point, what’s the name of the nearby town that housed most of the plant’s workers … ?A3) Pripyat.
Q4) The plant, itself was — in the Soviet era — named for which Russian revolutionary … ?A4) . V. I. Lenin.
Q5) Part of what went wrong at the plant, were some of the moderating control rods used in the reactors. What type of carbon were these rods made of … ?A5) Graphite
Q6) What kind of fuel was used in that plant: plutonium dioxide, neptunium dioxide or uranium dioxide … ?A6) Uranium dioxide.
Q7) Chernobyl was the world’s nuclear accident: until a plant in which country exploded … ?A7) Japan.
Q8) Finally … what was the name of the 2012 horror film, set in and around the Chernobyl plant … ?A8) Chernobyl Diaries.
Enjoy those, folks.
I’ll leave you with this tune …
And this quote from the late JFK.
“The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.”John F Kennedy.
Enjoy the day …
* Good thing I know what you mean with Nuclear Graphite, Debbi: but, my word, that’s one HELL of a pencil … !
† Phew … !
‡ Actually, Debbiª^, the thought occurs: you’ve said it, yourself, a few times, you’re a small business woman, struggling to keep her head above water. Much like my ex-girlfriend, Allison’s, younger brother, Richard. Huge Mac fan, Richard, and one who’s run his own car valetingº business for years. He’d ALSO managed to buy his Apple kit from the Lakeside store: as he’s managed to ALSO get Apple’s business discount. How much it was, I really don’t know: but enough to keep him going back for years, as Apple always applied whenever he upgraded. Just a thought …
º Which is like car cleaning: but Richard — and others who provided the service — would also fill in scratches, give the car a serious polish, and do heavy duty interior cleaning.
ª Just as a hint, Debbi: you’ll possibly find it handy to install one of the larger sized interior drives, in store. But I’d suggest — if you get the Mac Mini, or 27” iMac — that you get RAM from a third party source: it usually works out cheaper.
^ Plus, of course, you’re an already established author: one who’s looking to expand her market from Amazon, Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s platforms to include Apple’s iBooks range …
