Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 21-4-2026 — Elizabeth 2nd (Ten Questions)

21st April, 2026: Elizabeth 2nd.

OK, I’ve done it!

I’ve sent back the camera* I bought from Amazon.

This one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GDY2T7B3

It didn’t, if you’ll excuse the innuendo, have a hole in the bottom.

A mount for a tripod, in other words.

Which means I couldn’t screw it to the tripods I already have, plonk it on my desk, and film myself.

Nor would the camera fit in the cradle at the top of my tripod: with the flip-up screen, the flip up screen that would let me monitor any recording, flipped up.

I’m left … 

Well, I honestly couldn’t tell you how I feel about this.

But it has been a learning experience.

It means that, should I choose to buy another camera, I’m going to know what to look for.

A hole in the bottom for a tripod mount: or a screen that flips out of the things side.

~≈📸≈~

Oh, about the only other thing I bought, recently?

Is a blu-ray copy of The Day of the Triffids: the 1981, BBC version.

A version that’s fairly authentic to Wyndham’s original text.

About my only complaint?

Is that the box-set is quite vanilla: featuring only the six broadcast episodes, an omnibus version of the story, and an eight minute featurette about the show’s restoration for this release.

I can only hope that — were this to get a 4k version — that extra features would be included.

~≈🫚≈~

Let’s move on.


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


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

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

Q1)        Elizabeth 2nd was born on 21st April.   Of which year of the 1920s?

Q2)        She was born in which part of London: Mayfair, Kensington, Chelsea or Lambeth?

Q3)        She became Queen regnant of the United Kingdom when her father died.   In which year of the 1950s?

Q4)        Her coronation was in which year of the 1950s?

Q5)        As Queen, Elizabeth was a member of what: the House of Tudor, the House of Stewart or the House of Windsor?

Q6)        Before becoming Queen, was Elizabeth 2nd the Heir Apparent: yes or no?

Q7)        During her reign, she formally met a number of popes.   How many popes: four, five or six?

Q8)        During her lifetime, she was the official sovereign of, at most, how many nations: sixteen, thirty-two or sixty-four?

Q9)        She married her consort in 1947.   Who was he?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Elizabeth 2nd died in 2022, and passed on the throne to her son, Charles 3rd.   She died in which royal residence: Balmoral Castle, Osbourne House or Buckingham Palace?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Pierre and Marie Curie first refined radium chloride: on 20th April, 1902.   Is radium chloride radioactive?

A1)        Yes.

Q2)        Parliament was dissolved on 20th April, 1653.   Who ordered it to be dissolved: Henry 8th, Oliver Cromwell or James 6th and 1st?

A2)        Oliver Cromwell.

Q3)        20th April is the feast day of Saint Theotimos: a former bishop of what was called Tomi.   Tomi is now called Constanța and is the oldest continuously inhabited city, where: Romania, Hungary or Croatia?

A3)        Romania.

Q4)        20th April is the UN sponsored Chinese Language Day.   According to the Wikipedia entry on the language, a version of Chinese is spoken by what percent of the global population: fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, percent?

A4)        Seventeen percent.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The April Uprising started on 20th April, 1876.   Where: Austria, Bulgaria or Croatia?

A5)        Bulgaria.

Here’s a thought …

“I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family, to which we all belong.”

Elizabeth 2nd, on her 21st birthday.

An extract from her Coronation …

And a confession: whenever a news broadcast mentions ‘the queen’, I think of Elizabeth 2nd, rather than Queen Camilla.

I suspect others do the same.

The next ten question sets is on 23rd April.   It’s about Castile and León.

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 advertised, the thing’s is supposed to have a ‘Pentax K’ fitting: a fitting that lets you take out the lens, and replace it with something better.   I thought that meant you had to unscrew the lens: which didn’t work.   Looking at the camera’s picture reminded me the thing had what seems to be a little button, by the lens: one I’m assuming you push to take the lens out.   I didn’t think to check, though.

†        Hello, Mum!   (It was Oliver Cromwell, Mum, not James 1st and 6th!)

‡        Shifty is being mild, Debbi!   (Oh, did you ever catch the 1981 version of The Day of the Triffids, Debbi?   It’s worth watching.)