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Welcome to Questions of the Day for Sunday, August 21, 2022. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Leo. Some notable people born in this date include bandleader Count Basie, animator Friz Freleng, HRH Princess Margaret, actor-director Melvin Van Peebles, basketball legend Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain, singers Kenny Rogers, Jackie DeShannon and Kacey Musgraves; Google founder Sergey Brin, Olympic runner Usain Bolt and actresses Carrie-Ann Moss and Hayden Panettiere.
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person?
What smells bring back good memories for you?
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her?
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary?
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites?
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be?
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it?
Today in History: 1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta. 1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt. 1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. 1716 – Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule. 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. 1772 – King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot. 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry. 1791 – A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution. 1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French forces under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War. 1810 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. 1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances. 1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks. 1852 – Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. 1858 – The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois. 1863 – Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders. 1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. 1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. 1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee. 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre, pre-empts a French offensive in the same area. 1918 – World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. 1942 – World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru. 1944 – Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins. 1944 – World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France. 1945 – Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. 1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. 1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. 1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. 1965 – The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution. 1968 – Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals. 1968 – James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine. 1971 – A bomb explodes in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. 1982 – Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. 1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range. 1988 –The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured. 1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940. 1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses. 1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. 2000 – American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year. 2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria. 2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
Word of the Day: prelapsarian [ pree-lap-sair-ee-uhn ] adjective
characteristic of, or pertaining to, any innocent or carefree period.
Quote of the Day:
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
- Sergey Brin
Today Is:
Admission Day (Hawaii)
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
National Senior Citizens Day
National Spumoni Day
Ninoy Aquino Day
Brazilian Blowout Day
Welcome to Questions of the Day for Sunday, August 21, 2022. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Leo. Some notable people born in this date include bandleader Count Basie, animator Friz Freleng, HRH Princess Margaret, actor-director Melvin Van Peebles, basketball legend Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain, singers Kenny Rogers, Jackie DeShannon and Kacey Musgraves; Google founder Sergey Brin, Olympic runner Usain Bolt and actresses Carrie-Ann Moss and Hayden Panettiere.
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? I'm more of a fly by the seat of my pants person, but I do plan ahead for the important things like saving money for unexpected expenses, you know, stuff you do have control over.
What smells bring back good memories for you? honeysuckle, Avon's Trailing Arbutus, Jergens lotion, collards cooking, to name a few
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her? I guess that would be a guy I've known since I was 7, if you mean are we still friends then no, as of July 4th. Long story. We lived in the same neighborhood and he came to my 7th birthday party.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? It varies. I'm not a morning person normally, so I don't usually get up before 9 am.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites? Basketball, softball, kickball, and I really don't remember what else. Least favorite probably basketball, most favorite would be softball.
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? It's too late now because they are either 60 or pushing it but I would have liked to see a 'Friends' reboot. Timeless classic.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it? LOL I just took it out the other day. It's a 1981 REO Speedwagon concert t-shirt.
That's right, it's 41 years old. It's so little it might fit one of my legs now. I can't believe I was ever that small.
Word of the Day: prelapsarian [ pree-lap-sair-ee-uhn ] adjective
characteristic of, or pertaining to, any innocent or carefree period.
Quote of the Day:
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
- Sergey Brin
Today Is:
Admission Day (Hawaii)
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
National Senior Citizens Day
National Spumoni Day
Ninoy Aquino Day
Brazilian Blowout Day
Thanks Bay!
Last edited by Northsouth; 08-20-2022 at 11:19 PM..
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? Generally plan ahead. Have done 'spur of the moment' a few times.
What smells bring back good memories for you? Various homemade cookies.
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her? Spouse, met her at one of my retail businesses.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? Usually late mornings unless an appointment is early.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Track and Field and Cross Country.
Which ones were your favorites?
Which were your least favorites?
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? Ed Sullivan Show.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? A suit and vest.
Do you still wear it? Haven't had any need to in recent years.
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? Plan ahead.
What smells bring back good memories for you? Pine trees, low tide
Who is your oldest friend? Well, I know a few 70 year olds and one 80 year old. But seriously, I'm thinking you mean the one I knew the longest. That would be a couple I've known for about 50 years. How did you meet him or her? Met them through my ex-husband.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? It depends on when I went to sleep and whether I have any morning appointment or I'm going out with my camera. If it's the latter, I literally get up with the birds.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites? Didn't like tennis or gymnastics. My gym teacher, Ivy Cover-Ramsey, was still alive in 2015 and living in my old town. She was a tennis player before she taught gym in my school. Liked her, just didn't like tennis. According to this tennis forum, she's in the Jamaican Sports Hall of Fame, now:
Liked soccer, basketball, volleyball, dodgeball and softball.
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? "Justified" but it would have to be with everyone from the original above the title cast who was still alive when the show ended, not just Timothy Olyphant/Rayland Givens...which is what they are doing now. Not thrilled with that.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it? Gave away or threw out my old clothes every time I moved. Don't have anything more than 15 years old. All I have now are washable play clothes. No dresses or suits.
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person?
------ Things that are essential are planned. Everything else is touh abd go, mat not get done at all.
What smells bring back good memories for you?
----- Most are now illegal -- bonfires, model airplane glue, non-plastic new-car smell.
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her?
------- I don't think any older than me are still alive.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary?
------- When living alone, at first daylight, But I don.t control thst anymore.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites?
------- Baseball transcends mere sport, it is the essence of the universe.
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be?
----- "The Defenders" with E G Marshall. Should be required watching for all so-called lefties, to see what REAL lefties were up against, just to get to the 60s.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it?
------ The leather belt in my trousers.
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? - Plan, for the most part anyway...
What smells bring back good memories for you? - I have nothing for this.
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her? - 47 years. We met at a job.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? - Usually it can go something like this: Sleep from about 2:30 PM - 7 PM (has been later) then around 2:30 AM to between 5:30 and 7:00 AM (or later, depending).
About midnight - 5:30 AM or so is another possibility if no nap was taken.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites? - Baseball but only in the neighborhood. For the most part I hated gym class in school.
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? - The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. One of the few shows I watched and enjoyed, especially that first half hour. I never cared for his replacement, Jimmy Fallon. Still makes me angry NBC did that which was more an age discrimination thing. He was still rated #1 night time host when he got the boot. If I remember correctly NBC was afraid Fallon was going to bolt to another network for a primetime slot. I don't get his appeal but whatever. Leno was funny, Fallon is not, in my view anyway...
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it? - I have an old pair of athletic shorts about 20 years old that I only wear in my apartment sometimes.
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? I like to plan ahead, but in my business, that's not always possible. Customers sometimes ask to change appointment times/days. That's when my schedule gets backed up.
What smells bring back good memories for you? Apple pies baking in the oven, Fall harvesting of crops
Who is your oldest friend? Can't say on here. How did you meet him or her? Classmate
What time do you usually get up? Usually 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. Does it vary? No
Which sports or games did you play in school? None Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites?
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? No answer for this. I don't watch much t.v.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? A couple of cotton tops, for summer Do you still wear it? Yes
Today’s Questions:
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? A little bit of both.
What smells bring back good memories for you? A freshly opened bag of UTZ potato chips. That is what my grandmother always gave us for a snack when we visited her, with a glass of Coca-Cola. We would visit her every Sunday, she did not speak English. She lived in the city, an old house which was kind of scary to small kids.
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her? A friend from my college years. We went our separate ways when our lives changed with having kids. We did have lunch last year, it was good and a bit awkward at the same time.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? Work days, 2:15am. Off days, somewhere between 4am-5am.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites? Ugh, I did not like Gym class in school. In the summer and weekends my friend and I would play tennis for fun.
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? Northern Explosure
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it? Hmmm, probably my Scottish kilt. Haven't worn it for years.
Today in History:
Thanks for the History lesson Bay!
Quote of the Day:
“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”
- Sergey Brin
Today Is:
Admission Day (Hawaii)
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
National Senior Citizens Day
National Spumoni Day <--I will participate!
Ninoy Aquino Day
Brazilian Blowout Day <--had to look that up
Do you like to plan ahead, or are you more of a “go with the flow” type of person? Both.
What smells bring back good memories for you? Burnt wood, certain old perfumes, Indian incense, cinnamon, forest in the mountains after rain.
Who is your oldest friend? How did you meet him or her? I met her in first grade, at school.
What time do you usually get up? Does it vary? Between 3 and 5 am.
Which sports or games did you play in school? Which ones were your favorites? Which were your least favorites? Volleyball (least fav), gymnastics, tennis (fav).
If you could bring back one television show that was canceled, what would it be? Jay Leno's Tonight Show.
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe? Do you still wear it? A t-shirt from '92. Made in Germany. Adidas, light blue, original, unisex. I sleep in it sometimes.
Thanks Bay.
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