27th November, 2025.
OK … I’ll admit it: I need stamps .
Two of them.
I spent most to last night writing out ones I’m going to be sending to friends and family in the UK … after having sent off three international cards.
Which cost a (comparative) bomb.
At any rate … ?
I have sixteen cards to send … and fourteen stamps.
I wonder how many I’ll need … … … … … …
Let’s move on.
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* 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?
Q1) 27th November is Teacher’s Day. Where: Spain, Portugal or Romania?Q2) 27th November is the feast day of Congar of Congresbury. Congresbury is in what’s now where: Somerset, Gloucestershire or Devon … ?Q3) 27th November is Lancashire Day in the UK. Lancashire is on the west coast of where: England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales?Q4) The Canadian House of Commons recognised Québécois citizens as “a nation within a united Canada”. Canada’s Québécois citizens speak a version of what: English, French or Spanish?Q5) Finally … ? The Utah Monolith vanished on 27th November. 27th November of which year: 2001, 2010 or 2020?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) HMT Rohna was sunk on 26th November, 1943. During which war?Q2) The heaviest rainfall ever recorded — one and a half inches in the space of a minute — took place on 26th November, 1970: in the town of Basse-Terre. Where is Basse-Terre: Curaçao, Guadeloupe or Martinique?A2) Guadeloupe.Q3) The Insight probe landed on Elysium Planitia on 26th November, 2018. Where is Elysium Planitia: the Moon, Mars or Venus?Q4) 26th November is Constitution Day in India. The country’s constitution came into effect in which years of the 1950s?A4) 1950.Q5) Finally … ? 26th November is the feast day of Saint Bellinus of Padua. Bellinus is usually prayed to if you’re trying to ward off what: tuberculosis, rabies or syphilis?A5) Rabies. (Whether he’s involved with Saint Sithney, the patron saint of mad dogs, is a whole other question.)
Here’s a thought …
“I’m a painter. That’s what I do. I paint.”Josh Kirby‡, 27 November 1928 – 23 October 2001.
A Derroll Adams LP …
And an earworm …
The next ten question set is on 5th December: it’s about The Great Smog!
Your comments will be published, and today’s questions answered, in tomorrow’s Teaser.
The author avoids AI, when writing these questions.
Answers are as accurate as possible: at the time of writing.
Decisions about scores are final.
Thank you for coming: have a good day.
* Hello, Mum!
† ‘Nuts’ is possibly putting it mildly, Debbi!
‡ For many years, Kirby did the covers for many of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels: along side various other covers.



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