Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9-1-2022: Connecticut

9th January, 2022.

Yes: I forgot to mention something.

I forgot to mention my neighbour, in number three.

He’d been there for some years: living there with his long term partner and their son.

Unfortunately?   They split up, about a year back: and she had moved in with her parents.

He, with his complex mental health needs?   Stayed with his parents.

It was and is a better option.

However?   He didn’t formally move out, until recently.

Indeed, a worker from out landlord was here on Thursday: to install a new lock.

I’m … 

I’m sad to see him go: he was always pleasant enough.

Even I could see the effects his mental health condition was having.

But, whilst I’m sorry to see him go … ?

I’m very aware that his former flat is much needed: given the shortage of affordable homes.

Hopefully?

It’ll be refurbished quickly, and occupied soon.

I only hope we get someone reasonable.

We’ve had a few horror stories, around here … !

~≈Â≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone 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)        Connecticut joined the USA on 9th January.   9th January of which year of the 1780s?

Q2)        It did so by ratifying what: the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights?

Q3)        It was which state to do so: the fourth, fifth or sixth?

Q4)        What’s the state’s capital: Stamford, Bridgeport or Hartford?

Q5)        The Connecticut state tree is a species of what: pine, beech or oak?

Q6)        Musician, Richard Melville Hall, lived in Connecticut for many years.   He’s better known how: Moby, Ishmael or Queequeg?

Q7)        Connecticut native, Tommy Dorsey, recorded a version of Stardust in 1940.   Who was the singer on that version of the song: Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald?

Q8)        Seth MacFarlane was born in Connecticut.   In which series does he voice Peter, Stewie, Brian and Quagmire?

Q9)        What’s the only Ivy League university in Connecticut: Harvard, Princeton or Yale?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Windham, Connecticut is the home to an odd bit of history. An incident known as the Battle of the what: frogs, toads or newts?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        8th January saw the birth of scientist, Stephen Hawking. In which year of the 1940s?

A1)        1942.

Q2)        Between 1979 and 2009, Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.   At which University: Oxford, Cambridge or Liverpool?

A2)        Cambridge.

Q3)        He famously proposed what’s now called Hawking radiation.   It’s a type of radiation emitted by what: neutron stars, black holes or super novas?

A3)        Black holes.

Q4)        For many years, he worked with which mathematical physicist: Roger Penrose, Albert Einstein or Pierre de Fermat?

A4)        Roger Penrose.   (De Fermat’s the man behind on of the most famous quotes in maths: “I have discovered a truly remarkable proof of this theorem which this margin is too small to contain.”)

Q5)        Finally … ?   1988 saw him release him release his best known book: A Brief History of what?

A5)        A Brief History of Time.

Here’s a motto … 

“He who transplanted still sustains.”

Connecticut’s motto.

And Connecticut’s state song …

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

The quizmaster’s decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        We’ll have to see what happens, I think, Olga.   My next meeting with them’s on a couple of weeks away, so I can chat about it, then.

        Only forty?   That doesn’t surprise me: I can only hope those doctors can help with ICU care.   It’s still wouldn’t be enough!

        Now you mention the emergency squads?   I think we had something similar, here: I think a few squads were used the set up the various Nightingale hospitals.   I can only hope some of those are still around.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I’ve seen the movies, as well, Debbi.   Did I tell you I’ve got the special edition versions?   I gave up after the first nine hours … !

        Cheers for letting me know: enjoy the day, whatever you do … !