Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 6th December, 2025.

6th December, 2025.

In the land of the humpty bongos, where the masticating parrots say “YURT” at frequent intervals …

In the land where flolloping mattresses hunt vagrant stewpots, and rentable conkers fly over the lucid purple clouds, where humming birds argue philosophy with ambulatory begonias … 

Where large fish point at passing spoof-wangers … 

There exists one thing.

There exists an insistence … on a world that makes rational sense.

Rational sense that does not include something that happened, yesterday.

Rational sense demands that the 47th President of the USA does not get a peace prize from FIFA: from the body that organises international football.

Which is exactly what happened.

The president got a peace prize … from a sports body!

I would say I’m speechless: as speechless as I possibly could be.

But … ?

I’m also thinking that’s the most pointless trophy a football body can hand out … 

~≈⚽️≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring ten out of ten, and Mum on nine.

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

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

Q1)        6th December, 1958, saw the birth of animator, Nick Park.   The animation company he works for is called what: Aardman, Disney or Studio Ghibli?

Q2)        6th December, 1933, saw Judge Woolsey of the US District Court for the South District of New York lift a ban on which James Joyce novel?

Q3)        The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 6th December.   6th December of which year: 1920, 1921 or 1922?

Q4)        A covert agent training ground called Special Training School No. 103 opened in Canada: on 6th December, 1941.   It was also known as Camp what: Camp X, Camp Y, Camp Z or Camp Freddie?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Britain was covered on 6th December, 1962.   By what: fog, rain or clouds?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        5th December saw the start of the Great Smog.   Of where: London, Manchester or Liverpool?
A1)        London.

Q2)        The Smog started on 5th December: of which year of the 1950s?
A2)        1952.

Q3)        The word, ‘smog’, is a portmanteau.   Is a combination, in other words, of the words ‘smoke’ and what: fog, bog or hog?
A3)        Fog.

Q4)        The Smog was blamed, in part, on the heavy use of nutty slack.   Nutty slack is a kind of cheap what: coal, uranium or petrol?
A4)        Coal.   (Strictly speaking?   It’s small lumps of coal — known as nuts — mixed with coal dust, known as slack.)

Q5)        That fuel’s use led to an increase in what: sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide or hydrogen hydroxide>?
A5)        Sulphur dioxide.

Q6)        The weather contributed to the Smog: when a high pressure area settled over the city.   This sort of area is called what: a cyclone, anticyclone or piteraq?
A6)        An anticyclone.

Q7)        One well known Netflix series featured the Smog: in the fourth episode of series one.   The fourth episode of series one of what: Stranger Things, The Crown or Slow Horses?
A7)        The Crown.

Q8)        According to the Wikipedia entry on the Smog, people could buy smog masks.   From whom: pub landlords, chemists or brain surgeons?
A8)        Chemists.

Q9)        ‘Forog’ was an episode about the Smog.   An episode of what: Round the Horne, That Was The Week That Was or The Goon Show?
A9)        The Goon Show.

Q10)        Finally … ?   The Smog led to Parliament passing what: the Clean Air Act of 1956, the Clean Air Act of 1968 or the Clean Air Act of 1993?
A10)        The Clean Air Act of 1956.

Here’s a thought …

“The helm went down hard and we just cleared the rocks.   Otherwise it would have been the end of this poor craft.”
Evelyn Underhill, 6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941.

And a song …

The next ten question set is on 17th December, 2025: it’s about Ludwig van Beethoven.

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!   (It was an anti cyclone, Mum, rather than a cyclone!)

        I can still remember getting a bottle of milk at infants school, Mum.

†        That’s OK, Olga: I know how busy the situation for you, is: I can only thank you for coming in.   I can only hope your mother’s health stabilises: circulation issues can be nasty, as can falls.   (Which reminds me, I’ll have got organise my foot check: I believe the neuropathy diabetes can cause is related to the circulation.)

‡        That’s a shame about the occupational therapist, Debbi!   A good one’s priceless!

        Whenever I hear the phrase ‘PT’, I keep thinking of “I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor”: the song mentions the term.   Just don’t look for the 12” version, it gets a bit vernacular … !