Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15-10-2016: Boom Bang-a-bang …

Hmmm …

I’ve actually got today, off.

Which sounds odd, coming from a chap that’s literally just started work.

Today?

Today, though?

Is different, because it’s a Saturday off … for someone who’s a working man.

Unlike last Saturday, where I was an unemployed parasite, leeching off the state.

The fact I’ve not been paid my first week’s wages?   And really can’t afford to do anything about it … ?   Or actually, I don’t know, maybe take a friend out for a coffee?

Really has nothing to do with it.

~≈◊≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser was quiet: with no-one putting in their answers.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s themed questions, shall we?   Here they are, along with the How To, License and video …

Q1) 15th October saw the UK carry out its second nuclear bomb test: in which year of the 1950s?

Q2) The tests were carried out in a remote part of Australia.   Called what: Emu Field, Koala Meadow or Wombat Hill?

Q3) The government name for the tests was Operation what: Toboggan, Totem or Tomahawk?

Q4) These Australian tests were so the government could see how much fissionable metal to use in a bomb.   Which metal: plutonium, uranium or curium?

Q5) The metal concerned was named after what: a cartoon dog, a planet or a scientist?

Q6) The metal was produced at what was then Britain’s best known nuclear reactor: Windscale.   Windscale is now a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant called what?

Q7) Britain’s first nuclear test were in Australia.   This was called Operation what: Hurricane, Tornado or Storm?

Q8) Materials used in nuclear bombs are fissile: the reaction at the heart of the bombs involves splitting an atom.   The opposite type of reaction is what: nuclear fusion, nuclear fuses or nuclear flailing?

Q9) Britain is one of five states allowed nuclear weapons: under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.   Name one of the other four.

Q10) Finally … Three nations have tested nuclear weapons since the signing of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.   Name one of them.

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) The world’s first Gay Rights March took place: on 14th October, 1979.   In which US city?
A1) Washington DC.

Q2) Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide, on 14th October, 1944.   After being involved in a plot to kill whom?
A2) Adolf Hitler.

Q3) The 50p piece was introduced: on 14th October, 1969.   The Queen is on one side.   Who, until 2008, was on the other?
A3) Britannia.

Q4) James 2nd of England was born: on 14th October, 1633.   He was James 2nd of England: and James 7th of where?
A4) Scotland.

Q5) Finally … Éamon De Valera was born: on 14th October, 1882.   He was the third president: of where?
A5) The Republic of Ireland.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“It worked!”
Robert J. Oppenheimer, on successfully completing the Trinity tests: the original US bomb tests.

And this tune* …

Oh … and THIS tune …

Oh … and the Carnage mix …

I wonder how much money ZTT made off the back of that?

And, JUST for something completely different … ?

Enjoy your day.





*        The wrestlers in the Video Destructo version of the song?   Are supposed to be then US and USSR leaders, Ronald Reagan and Konstantin Chernenko.   So you know.   A modern version of the video would probably feature Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin.