Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-8-2025 — World Lake Day. (Ten questions.)

27th August, 2025: World Lake Day.

Right, then: it’s Wednesday.

And I have to go back into town.

Because … ?

The test strips — and associated lancets — won’t turn up until today.

At the earliest … !

Don’t you just love bank holiday hold-ups … ?

~≈💷≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on three.

The day also saw Olga‡ leaving us a message, here.


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

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

Q1)        27th August is World Lake Day.   According to whom: the United Nations, the European Union or the Organization of American States?

Q2)        Lakes are large bodies of what: water, acid or air?

Q3)        Lakes are usually surrounded by what: dry land, seas or air?

Q4)        As such, lakes are which ‘L’?

Q5)        Lakes are usually fed by what: seas, ponds or springs?

Q6)        Most lakes are what: freshwater, aerated or cheesy?

Q7)        Some rare lakes are what: saltwater, Salem’ed or Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

Q8)        Oxbow lakes are what: curious, cantankerous or curved?

Q9)        Artificial lakes used to store fresh water are an ‘R’.   Which ‘R’?

Q10)        Finally … ?   ‘Loch’ is a word for a lake.   In what: Scottish, Welsh or Cornish?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        To the Catholic Church, 26th August is the Feast Day of Melchizedek.   Melchizedek was an ancient king of where: Salem, Lebanon or Beta Israel?

A1)        Salem.

Q2)        He’s first mentioned in which book of the Bible?

A2)        Genesis.

Q3)        26th August is Heroes Day, where: Mozambique, Namibia or Niger?

A3)        Namibia.

Q4)        Robert Walpole was born on 26th August, 1676.   He’s seen as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, and the First Lord of the what: Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Office or Home Office?

A4)        The First Lord of the Treasury.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Antoine Lavoisier was born on 26th August, 1743.   He famously named what: uranium, oxygen or sodium?

A5)        Oxygen.

Here’s a thought …

“A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature.”

Henry David Thoreau.

A song …

And an earworm …

The next ten question set is on 5th September: it’s about On the Road.

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!

†        I honestly couldn’t tell you if Walpole’s a founding father figure, Debbi: merely the first PM.   I think there’s arguments for Alfred the Great, Henry 8th, Elizabeth 1st, James 6th and 1st, William Beveridge, Nye Bevan, Oliver Cromwell and the group of medieval barons that forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, being the nearest UK equivalents.   What’s now the UK has at least a thousand years of history.

        Oh, Britain’s unwritten constitution is very written.   Wikipedia tells us that the most recent acts of Parliament that can be seen as part of the constitution date from between 1911 and 1998.   And those are the recent ones.

        A quick Google search tells me that the Statute of Marlborough — that dates to 1267 and the reign of Henry 3rd — has four chapters that are still in force.   (Oh, you can’t be drunk in a pub: that one dates back to 1839.   And, if I recall correctly, and in addition to drunks?   Bar staff couldn’t serve on-duty police officers, or working prostitutes.)

‡        I’m not surprised the Naitilus won, Olga: that looked incredibly authentic!   The one pictured is in Disneyland Paris: so had the advantage of working to the original plans.

        It reminds me of the various hobbyist prop builders: some of the reproduction Daleks are superb!