Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th November 2026.

7th November, 2026.

OK … Prunesquallor — the faux-Gormenghast version of me lurking in the above video’s thumbnail — has escaped.

Oh, at least, is in the thumbnail, picking up my new spectacles!

Something I’m going to be doing myself, later today: as the new set have turned up, and need to be fitted.

The only problem?

Is that the appointment’s at one.

Lunch may have to wait.

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As you’re no doubt aware, Russell Brand has been convicted of various sexual offences: and is now facing sentencing, on Monday.

I’m tempted to call him a comedian: except I never found him especially funny*.

At any rate?

The former performer has spent his first night in HMP Wandsworth.

In what’s called the Care and Support Unit, where especially vulnerable prisoners end up: a block that’s separate from the usual Vulnerable Prisoners wings.

Even knowing Wandsworth’s reputation?

I’m not exactly sympathetic.

If he didn’t want the time, he shouldn’t’ve done the crime.

~≈🫆≈~

Let’s move on.


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

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

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

Q1)        Lindsay Duncan was born on 7th November, 1950.   She played Lady Smallwood in which series: Count Arthur Strong, Sherlock or The Honourable Woman?

Q2)        The first woman be elected President of Ireland was elected to office on 7th November, 1990.   Who was that president: Mary Robinson, Mary McAleese or Catherine Connolly?

Q3)        Interstellar was released in the UK on 7th November.   7th November of which year: 2012, 2014 or 2016?

Q4)        Albert Camus was born on 7th November.   In which year: 1913, 1915 or 1917?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Gaither Report was handed to the then US president: on 7th November, 1957.   Which US president: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower or John F. Kennedy?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        And Then There Were None was first published on 6th November.   Of which year of the 1930s?

A1)        1939.

Q2)        It was published by which company: Collins Crime Club, Simon and Schuster or Penguin Books?

A2)        Collins Crime Club.

Q3)        The book had how many principal characters: nine, ten or eleven?

A3)        Ten.

Q4)        The story is set on a small island.   An island that’s off the coast of which English county: Cornwall, Devon or East Sussex?

A4)        Devon.

Q5)        At one point, the book was called Ten Little whats: Indians, Sailors or Soldier Boys?

A5)        Indians. That was the toned down version!

Q6)        Finally … ?   Who wrote And Then There Were None?

A6)        Agatha Christie.

Here’s a thought …

“If I had inhabited some of the characters I played, I'd probably be in jail or in an insane asylum.”

Lindsay Duncan, born 7th November, 1950.

And a song …

The next ten question sets are on 8th, 10th, 19th, 25th, 29th November and 6th December: they’re about Monty Python’s Life of Brian, All Quiet on the Western Front, Quatermass and the Pit, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the Grand Ole Opry and The Wicker Man.

Your comments, and today’s answers, will be published in tomorrow’s Teaser.

AI is used to suggest themes for some dates: but avoided when writing the 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.

*        I have distinct memories of seeing the man as a guest on Have I Got News for You, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks: partnered with Ian Hislop on the former, and Noel Fielding on the latter.   Hislop seemed underwhelmed by Brand, and Fielding seemed intimidated.   But that could just be me … 

†        Hello, Mum: six out of six, yesterday.

‡        We used to have family holidays in Cornwall, Debbi: many years ago.   That’s the next county along from Devon, and is just as spectacular.   Tintagel, one of the supposed homes of King Arthur, was gorgeous, but scarily high up!

        I think it’s my turn to buy coffee, though …