The Daily Teaser — 24-8-2011

You know, I’m thinking several things, this morning …

No, seriously …

I mean, for starters … ?

I’m going to do some shopping, with the little actual cash I’ve got.

That’s not too bad: I can usually get a few things, cheaply enough.

What’s got me mildly concerned … ?

Is the good old British weather.

There was absolute, rock-solid, drizzle, yesterday.

Not exactly what I’d call good shopping weather, I know that much …

Oh, well …

I’m thinking that’s something I’m going to have to correct, today.

Go shopping, that is.

I’ll probably just have to make sure I’m wearing a raincoat …

Lets get moving on, shall we … ?

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Kaiju, Debbi and East Fife Lyn* all putting in their answers, and ALL scoring 5 out of 6. Paris and Fountainebleu, eh … ?

Lets see how they — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) 24th August, 1952, saw the birth of the second living poet to be published in the Penguin Classics series of paperbacks: who is he … ?

Q2) 24th August, 1954, saw the suicide of Getúlio Vargas: where had he been president of … ?

Q3) 24th August, 1968, saw which country explode its first atomic bomb … ?

Q4) One year earlier, 24th August, 1967, saw two penguins from Chessington Zoo cooled off during a heatwave, by being taken to a local where … ?

Q5) And finally … 24th August, 1989, saw drug barons in Columbia declare war on whom … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 23rd August, 1650, saw Colonel George Monck found Monck’s Regiment of Foot, the oldest continuously active regiment in the British Army: how is it now known … ?

A1) Her Majesty’s Coldstream Regiment of Foot: or just The Coldstream Guard.

Q2) More to the point, which Guards regiment has served the Crown for longer … ?

Q2) The Grenadier Guards.

Q3) 23rd August, 1975, saw a successful Communist coup in which East Asian country … ?

A3) Laos.

Q4) 9 years earlier, 23rd August, 1966, saw the Lunar 1 Orbiter take the first photo of what, from orbit … ?

A4) Earth.

Q5) According to UNESCO, 23rd August is the International Day for the Remembrance of what … ?

A5) The Slave trade, and it’s abolition.

Q6) And finally … 23rd August, 1944, saw the liberation — during World War 2 — of which French town?

A6) Marseille.

Enjoy those, everyone: and as it’s Stephen Fry’s birthday, I’ll leave you with this …

* Who’s right in the middle of the high season, at the moment: Lyn, how is the weather up there … ? Please tell me it’s not drizzling … !