Tuesday 18 August 2009

The Daily Teaser …

Oh, bless!

I’ve just had @starlingpoet, over at Twitter, how distracted she got by “A Little Less Conversion”.

JK, what can I tell, that one is rather distracting …

Almost as distracting as last night episode of “Just a Minute”. And didn’t Shappi Khorsandi play a blinder?

At any rate, here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 18th August, 1920, saw the USA introduce the 19th Amenment to the Constitution. The 19th Amendment guaranteed women’s what; votes, university degrees, or rights?


Q2) In 1964, August 18th saw which country banned from the Olympic Games?


Q3) Today in 1634, saw Father Urbain Grandier burnt alive, in the French town of Loudun, after being accused of witchcraft; which 1971 Ken Russell film was this made into?


Q4) Today is also Long Tan Day, in Australia; this commemorates the Australian veterans of which war?


Q5) Jimi Hendrix played the ‘unofficial’ last day, at Woodstock Festival, today in 1969; what was Jimi Hendrix’s middle name?


Q6) And finally, today in 1877, saw Asaph Hall discover which of the moons of Mars?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) August 17th, 1887, saw the birth of Afro-American Civil Rights leader, Marcus Garvey; members of which religion regard him as a prophet?

A1) Rastafarianism.


Q2) August 17th, 1907, saw the opening of Pike Place Market, the world’s longest running farmer’s market; in which US city is Pike Place Market?

A2) Seattle.


Q3) One year later, “Fantasmagorie”, the world’s first cartoon, was first shown; in which European city?

A3) Paris.


Q4) August 17th, 1953, saw the first meeting of which 12 Step group; AA, CA, or NA?

A4) NA. (Or Narcotics Anonymous, to give it its full name.)


Q5) And finally, today in 1998, President Clinton admitted to a Grand Jury, that he’d had an inappropriate relationship … with who?

A5) Monica Lewinsky.


Enjoy those!!



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