Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24th August 2025

24th August, 2025.

Yay!!

It’s Sunday … !

And … ?

The last bank holiday weekend before Christmas.

You can tell two things, right now.

One?

I’m excited!

Two?

My weight management meeting is off, tomorrow.

Which means I get an hour, extra, in bed.

Three?

I can’t afford to go to the Notting Hill Carnival.

Which is good: I don’t have the hips for the costumes …

~≈👯≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with all three scoring six out of six.

The day also saw Olga’s answers for the 22nd August finally turning up: giving her a score of 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)        Charlie Watts died on 24th August, 2021.   He’d been the drummer for which band: the Who, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones?

Q2)        24th August marks Willka Raymi, in the Cusco region.   Where is Cusco: Peru, Bolivia or Chile?

Q3)        The Panic of 1857 started on 24th August, 1857.   In which country: the US, UK or France?

Q4)        24th August is the feast day of Saint Aurea of Ostia.   Where is Ostia: Italy, Spain or Croatia?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Writer, Orson Scott Card, was born on 24th August, 1951.   He was a missionary for which organisation: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Church of England, or the Nation of Islam?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        23rd August is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism.   It’s marked by which organisation: the European Union, the United Nations or the African Union?

A1)        The European Union.

Q2)        The Day is marked as Black Ribbon Day, where: Canada, Vanuatu or South Africa?

A2)        Canada.

Q3)        George Villiers was assassinated on 23rd August, 1628.   He was the first Duke of where: Buckinghamshire, Essex or Kent?

A3)        The first Duke of Buckinghamshire.

Q4)        The R38 experienced structural failure over Hull: on 23rd August, 1921.   It crashed into what: the Humber, Thames or Avon?

A4)        The Humber.

Q5)        More to the point, what was the R38: an airship, a jumbo jet or a spitfire?

A5)        An airship.

Q6)        Finally?   The World Council of Churches was formed on 23rd August.   Of which year of the 1940s?

A6)        1948.

Here’s a thought …

“I don’t know a soul who doesn’t maintain two separate lists of doctrines — the ones that they believe that they believe; and the ones that they actually try to live by.”

From Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card, (born August 24, 1951).

And a very French LP …

The next ten question set is on 25th August: it’s about Nottinghamshire.

Comments will be published, tomorrow morning.

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        Quite what happened, there, Olga, I don’t know!   The email notification still hasn’t turned up: but the notification in my Blogger dashboard turned up this morning … !   What IS the Catalan equivalent to ‘Ho-hum’?

        If I recall correctly, Olga§?   Out of the pair of them — the Pope and the head of the Egyptian Coptic Church — the Coptic leader’s the only one whose title is ‘the Pope’.   The Roman Catholic pope’s ‘merely’ a senior archbishop-Cardinal who’s nicknamed ‘the Pope’.

        I couldn’t tell you what the difference in the Orthodox Churches is: although I know some of the Orthodox churches music I’ve heard is hypnotic.   But as for the various Protestant ones … ?

        Well … Anglican churches are what the Americans call Episcopalian.   The Church of England has no religious authority in Scotland, Wales or Ireland: and the King is only the head of the Church of England.

        Moving on … ?   I think the sound from laptops will vary: the signal will be good enough to power external speakers, or headphones.   But the laptop’s own speakers won’t be good.   It’s like flat screen TVs.  The built in speakers aren’t deep enough to play the bass notes.   We’ll have to see what happens, I think!

‡        I don’t think Hugh could get away with the costumes, either, Debbi: you need the figure for them.   (The things been going for years, is the British Caribbean event of the year and — if I’ve understood things correctly — featured some of the first Sound Systems to play in the UK.)

        I think I was more bothered by Sean Connery’s Egyptian accent.   ‘Convincing’ is the last word for it!

§        All I can do, there, Olga?   Is point you at this: