Tuesday 13 October 2009

The Daily Teaser …

I’m going soft, I must be!

I’m looking at yesterday’s answers, and thinking it’s almost a three way tie …

Tim, Tim, if you HADN’T mentioned the fabric … !!

Oy!

Let’s move on, shall we? Shall we?

Yes, LET’S!

Here’s the ‘How to Comment’ bit

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) 13th October, 54AD, saw the death of which Roman Emperor?


Q2) It also saw the accession to the throne of which Roman Emperor?


Q3) 13th October, 1792, saw the laying of the foundation stone of the American Executive Mansion; how is this mansion better known?


Q4) Today in 1884, saw which meridian officially named as the baseline for Universal time?


Q5) George Virl Osmond was born today, in 1917; which 70s band was he heavily involved with?


Q6) 13th October, 1988, saw the British government lose its court battle to ban which book?


Q7) And finally, today in 2005, saw which playwright receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 12th, October, 1216, saw King John — the ‘Phoney’ king of England, according to the Disney version of the story of Robin Hood— lose his what, in the Wash?

A1) Crown Jewels.


Q2) 12th October, 1823, saw Charles Mackintosh sell the first waterproof what?

A2) Raincoat.


Q3) Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet wear bombed at the Tory Party conference, on this day in 1984; in which English city?

A3) Brighton.


Q4) Today in 1986, saw the Queen become the first British monarch to visit which Republic?

A4) The Republic of China.


Q5) October 12th, 1978, saw which member of the Sex Pistols arrested for the murder of his girlfriend?

A5) Sid Vicious.


Q6) Today in 1945, saw Private Desmond Doss receive the US Congressional Medal Of Honour, for his work as a medical orderly in WW2; he was the first what to do so?

A6) Conscientious objector.


Q7) And finally; today in 1492, saw Christopher Columbus land in which islands in the New World?

A7) The Bahamas.


Enjoy those, folks. I’ll catch you later!



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Claudius
2. Nero
3. Executive Mansion/
Virginia Governor's Mansion
(was better known as Executive
Mansion)
4. Greenwich
5. The Osmond Brothers (country
band)
6. A Problem from Hell
7. Harold Pinter

~starlingpoet~

Andy Shirling said...

Q1) Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus


Q2) Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus

Q3) White House


Q4) Greenwich


Q5) The Osmonds


Q6) Spycatcher


Q7) Harold Pinter

Andy (GIYF) ;-)

trev-v said...

Q1 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I
Q2 Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Commonly called NERO.
Q3 The White House
Q4 Greenwich Meridian
Q5 The Osmonds or Osmond Family
Q6 Spycathcher
Q7 Harold Pinter

Anonymous said...

Q1. Claudius
Q2. Nero (adopted son of Claudius)
Q3. The White House (Executive Mansion)
Q4. The Prime Meridian (runs through Greenwich)
Q5. The Osmonds
Q6. Spycatcher
Q7. Harold Pinter

Andrea @pinkylips29

Tim said...

q1 claudius
q2 nero
q3 whitehouse
q4 greenwhich
q5 osmonds
q6 spycatcher
q7 harold pinter

Tim