Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19-1-2017

Hmmm … 

That’s … sad … 

I’ve found out my Uncle Ray died, yesterday … 

I’m … 

Well, I’m not grieving, per se.

Which will sound strange, I know.

But I never actually got to know Uncle Ray as well as I could: I was never especially close to his end of the family.

I think that’s the loss I’m feeling.

Not so much the loss of a family member.

But the loss of a family member I never had the chance to know better.

~≈Ê≈~

But let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Trevor and Olga scoring four out of five, and Debbi scoring five.   (However, Trevor and Olga do make the very good point that Winnie the Pooh — the character — was named after a teddy owned by Milne’s son: in turn, named after Winnipeg, a black bear at London Zoo.)

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

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

Q1) 19th January, 1839, saw the British East India Company company capture which port?

Q2) 19th January, 1915, saw Georges Claude patent the advertising version of what: the rotisserie, the neon tube or the billboard?

Q3) Belinda and Kymberley were taken into care: on 19th January, 2001.   The twins had been adopted, through what: mail, container ship, or the Internet?

Q4) You Nazty Spy was released, on 19th January, 1940.   the film satirized Adolf Hitler: and starred which comedy team?

Q5) Finally … Apple released the first commercial computer to use a graphical user interface: on 19th January, 1983.   What was that computer?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 18th January, 1882, saw the birth of writer, A. A. Milne, author of the Winnie the Pooh books.   What exactly was Winnie?
A1) A teddy bear.

Q2) Six environmentalist groups join protest against the Newbury Bypass: on 18th January, 1996.   Newbury, and the bypass, were in which English county?
A2) Berkshire.

Q3) 18th January, 2002, saw the end of the civil war: in Sierra Leone.   Sierra Leone is on which continent?
A3) Africa.

Q4) Hurricane Kyrill hit the UK on 18th January of which year: 2003, 2005 or 2007?
A4) 2007.

Q5) Finally … 18th January, 2016, saw the death of singer-songwriter, Glenn Frey.   Which US band had he been a member of?
A5) The Eagles.

Here’s a thought …

“Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.”
R. E. Lee, January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870.

And a tune …

Have a good day.





*        Morning, Trevor!   Say hello to Olga and Debbi, would you … ?

†        Welcome back, Olga!   Would you believe it, the wrench has turned up — which means I can fix the washing machine — but the teapot hasn’t!   Thanks, Amazon!   (Oh, just in case you DIDN’T know, Trevor’s a returning regular.)

‡        Oh, my pleasure, Debbi!   They’s all in glorious 1080, so you know!   I’ll see if I can’t send over something else, as well … !   (Oh, Trevor left his answers, so you know.   )   Oh, by the way …