Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 14th March 2026.

14th March, 2026.

Right … 

I am definitely looking forward to pay day … !

Because … ?

I’ve got a bad — possibly bad — habit of getting anxious: if I don’t have backups.

The Mac, enough money to buy domestic appliances, at least two boxes of various medications, lancets, test strips, unopened bags of frozen vegetables, what have you!

Backups, in other words.

Or plan ß, if you want to put it that way.

At ANY rate … I like spares.

So … ?

Was grateful, when the buttons finally went on the remote control* for my TV, that I’d bought two of them, back in the day.

And still had an extra one: that I could use, straight away.

The problem, there?

Is that I now, don’t have a spare!

It’s like having an itch that’s just out of reach … 

~≈📺≈~

I thought viral videos couldn’t get any sillier.

They have.

A few years ago, Baby Metal’s “Gimme Chocolate” — a song about chocolate by the world’s only Japanese heavy metal girl band — was everywhere.

Except it get’s sillier.

As YouTube, Facebook, et al, have now started throwing “Gimme Chocolate” shorts at me!

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You couldn’t make it up.

Well … you could: but no-one would believe you …

~≈🍫≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum† putting in her answers: scoring five out of five in the process.

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

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

Q1)        14th March is New Year’s Day in the Nanakshahi calendar.   It’s a calendar used used by whom: Hindus, Sikhs or Jains?

Q2)        14th March is Constitution Day.   Where: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City?

Q3)        Many parts of Asia will be celebrating White Day on 14th March.   It’s a festival inspired by what: Christmas Eve, Saint Valentine’s Day or Ruby Tuesday?

Q4)        14th March is Summer Day.   Where: Albania, Brazil or Croatia?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Diane Arbus was born on 14th March, 1923.   She found fame as a what: chemist, photographer or saxophonist?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Coco Gauff was born on 13th March, 2004.   She plays what: Rugby Union, Chess or Tennis?

A1)        Tennis.

Q2)        Uranus was discovered on 13th March, 1781.   It’s the seventh planet from the Sun: what’s the eighth?

A2)        Neptune.

Q3)        A black and white British banknote ceased to be legal tender: on 13th March, 1961.   Which black and white note: the £1, £5 or £10?

A3)        The £5 note.

Q4)        13th March is Scouts Day.   Where: Africa, South America or Europe?

A4)        Africa.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Gordon Lonsdale, Henry Houghton, Peter Kroger and his wife Helen, and Ethel Gee, all pleaded guilty on 13th March, 1961.   Pleaded guilty to passing British secrets to whom: the USSR, the USA or the People’s Republic of China?

A5)        The USSR.

Here’s a thought …

“Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.   It’s what I’ve never seen before that I recognise.”

Diane Arbus, March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971.

And an earworm …

The next ten-question set is on 25th March: it’s about Greece.

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.

*        The control that went … ?   Was a replacement for an earlier, on that gave up the ghost, in 2024.

†        Hello, Mum!   (5/5: well done!)