Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24-8-2017

Mmmm … 

I’m … 

Thing … 

Wosname … 

Feeling MIXED … 

So you know.

Frankly?

This morning, I’m having to wait in for an electrician: who’s due to replace the light fitting in the hallway.

He’s due to turn up, anytime between now — 8am — and 1 o’clock.

At the end of it?

It means I’ll hopefully have a working light.

But will mean I’m going to be stuck indoors, ’til he’s gone.

I hate that.

I’ll be getting cabin fever!

~≈®≈~

Let’s move on.

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* 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 August, 1662, saw the Act of Uniformity go into force.   It forced Churches in England to accept what: the Book of Common Prayer, the Authorized King James Bible or the General Synod?

Q2) What volcano is traditionally said to have erupted: on 24th — or the 25th — August, 79AD?

Q3) 24th August, 1875, saw Matthew Webb swim across what: the Bering Strait or the English Channel?

Q4) Spanish speaking writer, Jorge Luis Borges, was born on 24th August, 1899.   Which country was he from?

Q5) Finally … Jean Michel Jarre was born: on 24th August of which year?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 23rd August is the feast day of Saint Tydfil.   She’s the patron saint of which Welsh town?

A1) Merthyr Tydfil.

Q2) 23rd August, 1989, saw the death of R. D. Laing.   Laing was a noted what: psychiatrist, neurosurgeon or oncologist?

A2) Psychiatrist.

Q3) 23rd August, 1949, saw the birth of Shelley Long.   In which film did she play Carol Brady?

A3) The Brady Bunch Movie.

Q4) 23rd August, 1990, saw East and West Germany announce their upcoming unification.   On 3rd October of which year?

A4) 1990.

Q5) Finally … Michael Gregsten was killed, and Valerie Storey, injured, after being shot on the A6: on 23rd August, 1961.   Who was eventually convicted of the crimes?

A5) James Hanratty.

Here’s a song/poem from the father of both dub, and Anglo-Jamaican poetry … 

And a thought …

“I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.”

Linton Kwesi Johnson, born 24th August, 1952.

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        It … um … It’s Methyr, Olga‡, what can I tell you?   Bar the fact there’s a few town in Wales, named in Welsh … … Um … Moving on … ?   As for Mad to be Normal … ?   Hmmm … That looks rather good: although David Tennant seems to have the usual slightly odd hairdo.   (I THINK he’s like most actors: he’s working working out his character, by working out one bit of that character.   He does it with hairdos, Gary Oldman does it with the voices.)

†        Did you know there’s two Channel Fours in the UK, Debbi‡?   The main one, Channel Four — their news reporting’s got a very good international rep — is in English, and newer.   S4C is older: and in Welsh.   Ioan Gruffudd, who crops up in Titanic, and the 2005 version of Fantastic Four?   Made his first TV appearance on Pobol y Cwm, S4C’s Welsh language soap.   Amazes me what you find out.

‡        Makes for a great pub quiz question: ‘How many languages are native to the UK/British Isles?’   It’s five for the UK: English, Welsh, Scots, Scots Gaelic and British Sign Language for the UK.   Or six, if you count Cornish.   If you’re talking about the British Isles, you can add Irish Gaelic, Manx, and the three — or four — version of Norman French spoken in the Channel Isles.