Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15th February 2026

15th February, 2026.

Right … it’s officially official !

I’ve had to re-inflate the boiler!

Or, at least, twiddle the valves that raise the pressure in whatever it is that needs pressure, raising, to get the thing working.

I’m thankfully that I knew the trick.

It would be a nippy wait, in the cold, for a repair man.

And a long wait, heating enough water to have a bath!

~≈♨️≈~

As an extra point … ?

After complicated backing and forthing, between Amazon and I … ?

I now have a toaster*!

An Amazon Basics one, if you’re interested: which came with a warming rack, for if I ever wanted to toast croissants.

Which isn’t something I’m planning on.

The one question I have left … ?

Will the thing work … ?

~≈🥪≈~

Did I mention I’m on Quora?

The site that let’s you answer questions: and occasionally ask one, yourself?

I had this question float across my time line, a few days ago: asking if people would buy a Mac, if they were frustrated by — or were put off buying — Windows 11.

My answer?

Was that I felt that, yes: that’s one option.

What were you expecting, given I’m a Mac fan?

But I also added that I felt many would look at Chromebooks, or a model of tablet, before making a decision.

I’ve also added something else: that I think the big factor will be not how powerful a machine is, nor the operating system or whether MS Word works on the thing … 

But quite simply one thing: budget.

Money’s always the biggest factor … 

~≈£≈~

Let’s move on.


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

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

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

1)        The last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar, did so on 15th February, 1923.   Which country was it?

Q2)        A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk Oblast: early on the morning of 15th February, 2013.   The Oblast is in which country?

Q3)        15th February is Susan B. Anthony Day.   Where: California, Florida or New York?

Q4)        15th February is the Feast Day of Saint Sigfrid of Sweden.   He’s traditionally depicted holding three severed whats: heads, arms or legs?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Helsinki Cathedral was inaugurated on 15th February, 1852.   It was originally dedicated to whom: Saint Charles, Saint Nicholas or Saint Christopher?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        YouTube launched on 14th February.   Of which year: 2004, 2005 or 2006?

A1)        2005.

Q2)        YouTube’s owned by who: Alphabet, Meta or Apple?

A2)        Alphabet.

Q3)        YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen.   The three were early employees of whom: Google, PayPal or Oracle?

A3)        PayPal.

Q4)        YouTube is headquartered in San Bruno.   San Bruno is in which US state?

A4)        California.

Q5)        As of the time of writing, and according to an article on Wikipedia, YouTube is the world’s second most visited website.   What, according to that same article, is the world’s most visited website?

A5)        Google.

Q6)        The first video uploaded to the site was called ‘Me at the zoo’.   It was uploaded by which of the founders: Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim or Steve Chen?

A6)        Jawed Karim.

Q7)        More to the point, the video was filmed, where: Windsor Safari Park, San Diego Zoo or Disneyland?

A7)        San Diego Zoo.

Q8)        The videos on Youtube are generated by the likes of you and me.   These are known as user-generated what: content, videos or posts?

A8)        User-generated content.

Q9)        Fortunate creators on YouTube can join the YouTube Partnership program.   In other words, they can earn money from what: adverts, jingles or trees?

A9)        Adverts.

Q10)        Finally … ?   As of 2016, what was YouTube’s most watched video: Psy’s “Gangnam Style”, Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” or Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance”?

A10)        Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance”.   (I’ve never watched “Despacito”: but thorough enjoyed “Gangnam Style”.)

Here’s a thought …

“There is no incidental music to the dramas of real life.”

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, ch.9, by Sax Rohmer, (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959).

And a UB40 song with vocals from Ali Campbell …

The next three ten-question sets are on the 27th and 28th of February, and 1st of March: they’re about Pokémon, Andalusia and Nebraska.

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.

*        As I can’t afford Final Cut Pro, I used the free version of DaVinci Resolve to make that video: as it has more features than iMovie.   DaVinci is more powerful, more feature rich: but it’s not until you use something like it that you realise quite how easy iMovie makes things.

†        Hello, Mum!   (It was Alphabet, ‘content’ and Baby Shark, Mum, rather than Google, Videos and Gangnam Style.   Alphabet’s the company that used be the holding company called Google, rather than what’s now called Google..)

‡        You’re going to be a workout at the end of the month, Debbi: that’s the three in a row I’ve been mentioning.   It’s a long run of five question sets, after that!