Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26th March 2026.

26th March, 2026.

Right: I’ve managed to get up, early, today.

I have a phone appointment with my Job Centre case worker, at 9·40, today.

I could sit here, in my dressing gown, talking to someone who can’t see me.

Or, I can at least get dressed.

If nothing else, I’d be looking decent: even if I’m the only one who knows it.

~≈👕≈~

Hmmm … 

I’ve recently started watching the first series of Starfleet Academy, the latest entry in the franchise.

I grant I’m not reviewing it: but am enjoying it.

Even if I’m not telling you that, on an episode by episode basis.

Sadly?

Yesterday saw the news break, that Paramount have cancelled the show: despite filming being completed on a second series.

That’s sad to hear: I was enjoying that.

~≈🖖≈~

I had a strange call, on Friday, just gone.

I’d made a welfare check call on a neighbour, a while back: as they’d been behaving in a way that caused me some concern.

To the police, in case you were wondering.

Let’s call the neighbour Kylie.

I was concerned Kylie was being cuckooed.

It was only last Friday, that I had a separate call about about Kylie: from someone phoning on a Brentwood landline — 01277 381687 — claiming to be called ‘Richard’, and claiming to be from a small, hush-hush, police team, that specialised in ‘collecting information from knowledgable people’: wanting to know if I could tell them more about Kylie.

Which I couldn’t.

They also told me I should put in another welfare check about this person, and another — let’s call them Fiona — who was a shared contact.

Very specifically on 101, the police non-emergency line.

Which I tried.

101 told me to phone 111: the NHS non-emergency line.

Who were happy to take Fiona’s details: even though they later told me they couldn’t do anything to help.

At any rate, I tried phoning the Brentwood number, the 01277 381687 number, again, to let them know what I’d been told.

Only to get a ‘Number Not Recognised’ message.

Fair enough: they didn’t want me speaking to them.

But … ?

Getting a ‘Number Not Recognised’ message, about a number that had been working a few hours before, seemed very strange.

But also means I should be careful around Kylie.

There’s obviously a lot more going on than I know about.

~≈☎️≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring nine 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.

Q1)        26th March is the feast day of Harriet Monsell.   She’s venerated by whom: Anglicans, Catholics or Eastern Orthodox?

Q2)        London’s Stock Exchange finally admitted women to the trading floor on 26th March.   26th March or which year: 1971, 1973 or 1975?

Q3)        26th March is Independence Day in Bangladesh.   Until Independence in 1971, Bangladesh was known as East … where?

Q4)        Keira Knightly was born on 26th March, 1985.   She plays Juliette Paxton in which 2002 film: Bend it Like Beckham, The Guru or My Little Eye?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Biological Weapons Convention went into force on 26th March.   Of which year of the 1970s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        25th March is Independence Day in Greece.   It marks the country’s independence from where: the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire or the British Empire?

A1)        Ottoman Empire.

Q2)        It also marks the Greek Revolution: of which year of the 1820s?

A2)        1821.

Q3)        Formally, Greece is the Hellenic what: republic, monarchy or theocracy?

A3)        Republic.

Q4)        What’s the capital city of Greece: Athens, Thessaloniki or Patras?

A4)        Athens.

Q5)        Greek is spoken in Greece.   How many letters are in the Greek alphabet: twenty-six, twenty-five or twenty-four?

A5)        Twenty-four.   (The Wikipedia entry tells us it’s an ancestor script of the Latin, Gothic, Coptic ands Cyrillic scripts.)

Q6)        According to the relevant Wikipedia article, Greece has between one hundred and sixty six, and two hundred and twenty seven, inhabited whats?

A6)        Islands.

Q7)        The country’s current currency is the Euro (€).   When did Greece adopt the Euro: 2001, 2002 or 2003?

A7)        2002.

Q8)        What was the currency of Greece, before it adopted the Euro?

A8)        The Modern Drachma, or Drachma.   (The symbol was “₯”, and it was divided into one hundred lepta.)

Q9)        Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, wrote Ancient Greek whats: operas, plays or books?

A9)        Plays.   Aristophanes wrote comedy: Sophocles and Euripides wrote tragedy.   (“Knock, knock.”   “Who’s there?”   “Euripides.”   “Euripides who?”   “Euripides trousers, you mend these trousers.”)

Q10)        Finally … ?   Retsina is a traditional Greek what: beer, wine or liqueur?

A10)        Wine.

Here’s advice …

“When in doubt, faint.”

Keira Knightly, born 26th March, 1985.

And a song by Xiumin …

The next ten-question set is on 31st March: it’s about Newfoundland.

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.

*        Hello, Mum!   (It was 1821, 2002 and plays, Mum: rather than 1721, 2001 and books!)

†        I know he compared Billy Idol to Perry Como, Debbi … … … 

        (Oh, it was 2002!)