Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar: The Daily Teaser

Tuesday 10 March 2015

The Daily Teaser — 10-3-2015

Bleugh … !

I have to admit to having had some thing of a late night, last night.

At work, believe it or not.

Through no deliberate fault of my own, I should add.

Believe it or not … ?

I was due off at 10·30. Had finished off wiping down and cleaning the restaurant area, counted my till, and headed off …

And got home.

Only to realise I’d gone home … with the office keys.

Talk about an embarrassed pause … … …

At ANY rate … ?

At any rate, I managed the late night … because I’took the things back to work: and got there just before the place was due to shut.

Eventually getting to bed, by one, and asleep by two.

Right now … ?

Right now, I’m hoping you can understand WHY the bleugh … !

~≈†≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video …

Q1) 10th March, 1977, saw rings discovered: around Uranus. Uranus’s name is derived from that of the Greek god of what: the sky, Earth or sun?

Q2) 10th March, 1831, saw the establishment of the French Foreign Legion: by King Louis Philippe. The regiment was founded in support of a French war in which North African country?

Q3) 10th March, 1903, saw the birth of Jazz man, Bix Beiderbecke. Which brass instrument did he play: the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn?

Q4) 10th March, 1862, saw the US issue its first paper currency. What is the USA’s currency?

Q5) Finally … 10th March, 1940, saw the birth of martial artist, Chuck Norris. His school of martial art — Chun kuk do — is based on one from where: Vietnam, Japan or Korea?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 9th March saw Gold discovered: in California. In which year of the 1840s?

A1) 1842.

Q2) The strike was in what was called Rancho San Francisco. Parts of the Rancho were in Ventura County, California. Others are where: Kern County, Los Angeles County or Orange Country?

A2) Los Angeles County.

Q3) California’s famed Gold Rush was six years after this strike: and therefore in which year?

A3) 1848.

Q4) The gold was found after the man who originally found it — Francisco Lopez — dreamt about gold, whilst sleeping with his back to a tree. What KIND of tree: an oak, pine or elm?

A4) An oak. (It’s #168 on the list.)

Q5) Finally … the owners of the Rancho found what, in 1936?

A5) Oil.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?”

Chuck Norris, born 10th March, 1940.

And this song …