Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-6-2018

5th June, 2018.

I’ve a definite confession to make … I like some of Radio Four’s Monday night comedies.

One of the classics?

One of their classics, of course, is the ever listenable Just a Minute: fronted since 1967 by presenter, Nicolas Parsons.

He’s 94: which is one hell of a good innings

But … ?

For the first time in his fifty years presenting the show, he missed an episode: last night’s.

Which was a sombre affair, as a result.

I think I can understand that.

Nicolas being off is understandable: is is 94, after all.

But it’s mildly worrying to see.

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There’s something else I’ve seen, that struck me.

The news from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference: that Apple will be re-designing Safari, their browser, so that it will be able to block the various tracking tools used by — very specifically — Facebook.

With the recent row over Cambridge’s Analytica’s use of data from FB?

And with ongoing tracking by various advertisers?

That’s possibly a good move: in the original iPhone update, Apple refused to build in an ability to use the battery draining Flash.

And encouraging the uptake HTML5, with it’s more efficient use of power in doing the same job.

Personally?

I can’t help but think that — and the various upcoming parental controls — are a good thing.

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both 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) 5th June, 1967, saw Israel launch an attack on Egypt.   This start the what Day War?

Q2) 5th June is the feast day of Saint Dorotheus of Tyre.   Tyre is in which country?

Q3) Which Italian city was liberated by Allied Troops: on 5th June, 1944?

Q4) 5th June, 1981, saw the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention release its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for that week.   It’s report on a rare form of pneumonia, marked the first mentions of which disease?

Q5) Finally … Louis Brandeis was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice: on 5th June, 1916.   He was the first person of which background to be so named: Jewish American, African American or Hispanic American.

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on 4th June: of which year?

A1) 1917.

Q2) Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliot and Florence Howe Hall, won one of the first Pulitzers.   But for what type of book: a biography, history or journalistic report?

A2) A Biography.

Q3) Robert Frost, Eugene O’Neill and Robert E. Sherwood, have all received how many prizes?

A3) Four.

Q4) The prizes are available as a result of Joseph Pulitzer seetting up the fund for them in his will.   He made his money as a publisher of what: books, music or newspapers?

A4) Newspapers.

Q5) Finally … ?   Which singer won one of the three Pulitzer Prizes for Music, this year? (2018)

A5) Kendrick Lamarr for the album, DAMN.

Here’s a thought …

“The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much unintermittent gloom.”

Margaret Drabble, born 5 June 1939.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        I know I get funny looks, doing impressions of Heath Ledger’s version of the Joker, Olga!   And don’t worry, I’ve got SHELVES worth of Pratchett quotes!

†        It’s supposed to be on Twitch, as well, Debbi: I can’t see why, that’s USUALLY just a games broadcaster … !   At ANY rate … ?   The (UK) iPlayer has all of the new series — from Christopher Ecclestone’s — available for the next five months: I don’t know if that’s a hint for when series eleven kicks off …