The Daily Teaser — 27-11-2014: The Crusades

You know, suddenly … ?

Suddenly, I have a day off.

OK, granted, that comes with the fact I’m now working: and frankly, I’ll probably spend a lot of it in bed.

Or phoning the Gazette, to see why this week’s Teaser’s done a bunk!

Either way?

Well, either way, my point is that I have the day off.

And, after nearly four years out of a job … ?

After four years out of a job, a day off between shifts is rather nice.

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The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 27-11-2013: The Crusades

Hmmm … 

You know, the aerial saga could well be carrying on for a lot longer than I’d suspected it load.

Mostly where I’ve managed to put up a note on our building’s main door: to let my neighbour’s know that there’s still problems.

Actually … ?

If you’re one of them you too, can complain to Complaints_SA@circle.org.uk.

Go on: you know you want to … !

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At ANY rate, today is Wednesday.   That, of course, means it’s time for this week’s Brentwood Gazette Teaser: here this week’s Crusading questions, covered by the usual Creative Commons License* …

Q1) 27th November saw the formal announcement of the First Crusade.   In which year of the 11th Century … ?

Q2) By which pope: Urban the First, Second or Third … ?

Q3) The crusade was announced at the Council of where: Nîmes, Clermont or Avignon … ?

Q4) The Crusade was in response to a call for help from Alexios I Komnenos: the Emperor of where … ?

Q5) Emperor Alexios need Western help against whom: the Seljuqs, the Seleucids or the Sassanids … ?

Q6) The Crusaders originally headed for which city: Byzantium, Constantinopolis or Istanbul … ?

Q7) On their way to that city, the assorted members of the Crusader armies attacked and killed many Jews.  In which German area: the Rhineland, Saarland or Lower Saxony?

Q8) The First Crusade eventually ended with the reconquest of which Middle-Eastern city … ?

Q9) Which military order of monks was founded as a result of the First Crusade … ?

Q10) Finally … what name was given to the collected Crusader States in the Middle East?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers … 

This coming Saturday sees the fifty anniversary of the start of ‘Dr Who’.   I’m a fan.   You can tell, can’t you … ?

Questions.

Q1) 1963 saw the first airing of ‘Doctor Who’, the  world’s longest running sci-fi show, to date: who was the first actor to play the Doctor?

Q2) That first story was called ‘An Unearthly …’ what?

Q3) What exactly does ‘TARDIS’ stand for?

Q4) More to the point, the Doctor’s TARDIS is permanently stuck in the shape of what … ?

Q5) Which former ‘Coronation Street’ actress played the TARDIS in a 2011 episode?

Q6) Name any of the eleven actors who’ve played the character to date: on TV.

Q7) More to the point, name the one actor to have played the part on film … 

Q8) Who, at least until Christmas, is playing the current, eleventh Doctor?

Q9) What was the name of the first story to feature the Daleks: The Dead Planet, The Daleks or The Mutants … ?

Q10) Finally, and according to the new version of the series, the Daleks fought the Last Great Time War with whom … ?

Answers.

A1) William Hartnell..

A2) An Unearthly Child.   (It’s also been referred to as 100, 000BC)

A3) Time And Relative Dimensions In Space.   (Find me a ‘Doctor Who’ fan who can’t tell you that … )

A4) Police box.

A5) Suranne Jones.

A6) William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennant and Matt Smith.

A7) Peter Cushing.

A8) Matt Smith.

A9) Actually, it’s gone under all three: The Daleks, The Mutants and The Dead Planet, after the story’s first episode.

A10) The Doctor’s own people, the Time Lords.

Enjoy those … !

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