Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24th May 2026.

24th May, 2026.

Have you ever heard of a TV series called The Blacklist?

YouTube’s been throwing clips of the James Spader vehicle at me for the past few weeks.

So, late last night, I was clicking around on the Apple TV, floated over to the Channel 4 catch-up app … and noticed they had it available.

So I watched the first episode.

It’s a great deal of fun.

Granted, this opening episode seems similar to The Silence of the Lambs.

But Spader’s charismatic in the central role, Megan Boone* as Elizabeth Keen comes over as intelligent, and the episode jogs along at a good pace.

And one character seems to be named after Robert Ressler.

This could be worth watching … 

~≈📋≈~

Let’s move on.


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


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

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

Q1)        24th May is the feast day of Saint Sara.   She’s a patron saint of whom: the Romani, Yenish or Pavees?

Q2)        More specifically, Sara’s a saint to those people: in the Camargue.   Where is the Camargue: Southern France, Northern Spain or Western Portugal?

Q3)        24th May, 1975, saw eighty journalists allowed to leave Saigon.   The then Vietnamese capital is now called what?

Q4)        24th May is the International Day of the Markhor.   The markhor is a type of what: goat, sheep or pony?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Brooklyn Bridge opened for business on 24th May, 1883.   It crosses from Brooklyn to Manhattan and goes over what: the Hudson River, Harlem River or East River?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        Morgan Spurlock died on 23rd May, 2024.   His best known film, Super Size Me, saw him eating a lot of food from whom: Pizza Hut, KFC or McDonalds?
A1)        McDonalds.

Q2)        George Osborne was born on 23rd May, 1971.   What was the highest ministerial office he reached: Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary or Chancellor of the Exchequer?
A2)        Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Q3)        23rd May is Constitution Day.   Where: Germany, Vietnam or Yemen?
A3)        Germany.

Q4)        Heinrich Himmler committed suicide in custody: on 23rd May, 1945.   He’d been the head of which Nazi organisation: the Gestapo, the SS or the SD?
A4)        The Schutzstaffel, or SS.   The Sicherheitsdienst, or SD</> were an intelligence unit.   The Gestapo were the Nazi era secret police.

Q5)        Finally … ?   23rd May, 2022, saw Anthony Albanese sworn in.   As Prime Minister of where: Australia, Canada or New Zealand?
A5)        Australia.

Here’s a thought …

“Of course we were brought to the verge of war.   The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art.”
John Foster Dulles, February 25, 1888 – May 24, 1959.

And a Prince Buster song …

The next ten question sets will be on the 26th and 31st May, and on 3rd, and 7th, June: they’re about Miles Davis, Trinity Sunday, Liverpool football club and “The Dreaming City”.

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.

*        Boone vaguely reminds me of Róisín Murphy, the lead singer of Moloko: but didn’t sing … 

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        Lucky towel day, Debbi!   (I’ll wear a tea-towel … )