Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 13th January 2026.

13th January, 2026.

It’s official: I’ve got a case of gas.

And the trots!

Nope: it wasn’t the spaghetti sauce!

I think it’s the medication I’m on: one or two of them can be funny like that.

Either way … ?

I’m hoping that I’ll recover, quickly.

It’s always embarrassing, even if I don’t have visitors!

~≈💨≈~

Actually, talking about the last batch of spaghetti sauce?

I had some more of it, last night.

Turns out it goes better with peas and potatoes.

That’s my cookery reputation, shot!

~≈🍲≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum†, Debbi‡ and Irene§ putting in their answers: with Olga, Debbi and Irene 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)        Harold Shipman was found dead in his cell: on 13th January, 2004.   He’s said to have killed how many people: 200, 300 or 400 … ?

Q2)        13th January is Liberation Day.   Where: Togo, Turkey or Uganda?

Q3)        13th January is Stephen Foster Memorial Day in the US.   Stephen Forster was a noted American what: composer, postman or soldier?

Q4)        The Nika Riots started on 13th January, AD532: at Constantinople’s Hippodrome.   The Hippodrome was a what: Roman Circus, soccer ground or theatre?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Chemical Weapons Convention was signed on 13th January. 13th January of which year of the 1990s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Batman TV series debuted on 12th January.   Of which year of the 1960s?

A1)        1966.

Q2)        The show aired on which US network: NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox or the CW?

A2)        ABC.

Q3)        Who played Batman, in Batman?

A3)        Adam West.   (Apparently, West got the role as he was the only actor who could deliver the lines with a straight face.)

Q4)        That actor also played Batman’s alter-ego.   Who was that alter-ego?

A4)        Bruce Wayne.

Q5)        The Boy Wonder was Batman’s sidekick, and played by Burt Ward.   The Boy Wonder’s name and costume were inspired by legendary English hero?

A5)        Robin Hood.   (I originally thought he was inspired by the Robin Redbreast: but apparently not.)

Q6)        Batman drove a heavily rebuilt, black, Lincoln Futura.   A heavily rebuilt, black, Lincoln Futura known as the what … ?

A6)        The Batmobile.

Q7)        Frank Gorshin, and John Astin, played which Batman villain: Solomon Grundy, the Riddler or Poison Ivy?

A7)        The Riddler.

Q8)        What did Cesar Romero refuse to do, when playing the show’s version of the Joker: wear a hat, shave his moustache off or sing

A8)        Shave his moustache off.

Q9)        RADA graduate, Alan William Napier-Clavering, played Alfred.   Alfred was Batman’s what?

A9)        Butler.   (He used Alan Napier as his stage name: which makes things easier … !)

Q10)        Finally … ?   Burgess Meredith played the Penguin: and quacked while he did so.   He quacked, to cover the sound of a what: a cough, a fart or a burp?

A10)        A cough.

Here’s a thought …

“I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having ‘too much’ sex. At what point does a ‘healthy’ amount become ‘too much’?”

Edmund White, (January 13, 1940 – June 3, 2025).

And a Richard Blackford composition …

The next ten question set is on 15 January: it’s about director, David Lynch.

Your comments, and today’s answers, will be published in tomorrow’s Teaser.

AI is avoided 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.

*        You’re right, Olga.   (It’s one of those situations where I have to word the questions, carefully.)

†        Hello, Mum!   (He was covering up a cough, Mum!)

‡        I always thought Robin was supposed to based on a Robin Redbreast, Debbi: but there you go!

        I had the impression DC was very influential on the creation of the Romulans: from what I can gather, the script for “The Enterprise Incident” was written by her, under a pen name.   (That said, some of the Diane Duane/Peter Morwood Romulan novels are good.)

§        Morning, Irene: how IS the day … ?