The Daily Teaser …

Hmmm …

Well, that’s a thing!

I’ve just been text messaged by Brentwood Library: hopefully, that’ll be the biography of Steve Jobs I ordered …

At any rate, let’s move on, shall we … ?

Yes, lets …

Here’s today’s questions, along with the ‘How To’ and License …

Q1) 15th June, 1996, saw a bomb explode just outside the Arndale shopping centre: in which British city is that shopping centre … ?

Q2) 15th June, 1846, saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established the border between two countries: name either.

Q3) 15th June, 1215, saw King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta: what’s the Magna Carta’s full name … ?

Q4) More to the point, how does that translate into English … ?

Q5) 15th June, 1911, saw the formal incorporation of one of the companies that went on to form IBM: what does IBM stand for … ?

Q6) And finally … 15th June, 1909, saw the founding of the International Cricket Council: What aspect of Cricket does it govern: the rules, Cricket tournaments, or domestic Cricket?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 14th June, 1966, saw the Vatican abolish … what?

A1) Index Librorum Prohibitorum: or Index of Forbidden Books.

Q2) 14th June, 1822, saw Charles Babbage propose his Difference Engine to the Royal Society: which Countess famously wrote one of the first algorithms for its successor machine, the Analytical Engine … ?

A2) Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace: usually just known as Ada Lovelace.

Q3) More to the point, who was she the daughter of … ?

A3) Poet, Lord Byron.

Q4) 14th June, 1942, saw who begin to keep a diary … ?

A4) Anne Frank.

Q5) 14th June, 1789, saw the Reverend Elijah Craig, produce the first batch of what, in Kentucky … ?

A5) Bourbon Whiskey.

Q6) And finally … 14th June, 1952, saw the keel laid for the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine: what was it called … ?

A6) The USS Nautilus.

Enjoy those, everyone, I’ll catch you later … !