Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8-9-2017

That’s a thought … 

I’ve got the radio on: or, at least, Radio 4 is on, on my digital TV.

The Today programme, so you know.

Of course, they’ve had a brief item on Le Carré’s latest work, A Legacy of Spies: the most recent, and possibly the last, to feature Le Carré’s most famous character.

Smiley … 

They made a rather good point.

That Bond?   Is not a spy: he’s really a hired gun, an assassin.

Smiley, on the other, is something Britain is rather good at.

Being not a spy … but a wizard … 

I’m not sure if they have a thought, there, or not: but the fact the character’s an old fashioned sort of spy, a wizard in the sense that his powers come from knowing that one extra fact?

Certainly made sense to me.

And matches very well wit Alec Guinness’s other well known role: of a wizard with a magic sword* … 

~≈Ê≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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

So let’s see how everyone who’s interested does with today’s questions, shall we?

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

Q1) During WW2, which country surrendered: on 8th September, 1943?

Q2) The President of Chile survived a rebel ambush: on 8th September, 1986.   Who was that president?

Q3) 8th September, 2016, saw the death of singer, Cecil Bustamente Campbell.   How was he better known?

Q4) William the 4th was crowned as King of Great Britain and Ireland: on 8th September, 1831.   He was succeeded by his niece.   Who was she?

Q5) Finally … The US Navy lost seven destroyers on 8th September, 18th, 1923: when the ships ran aground at Honda Point.   Honda Point is in which US state?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 7th September, 1940, saw the start of the Blitz: the bombing of many British cities.   By which country’s air-force?

A1) Germany’s.

Q2) What was that air-force called?

A2) The Luftwaffe.

Q3) Britain’s capital was attacked, during the Blitz.   What’s the name of that city?

A3) London.

Q4) Roughly how many tons of bombs were dropped on the city: ~18000, ~19000 or ~20000?

A4) ~18000.   (It’s 18,291: if you want to be picky.)

Q5) The word, blitz, comes from the word, blitzkrieg.   Which means lightning … what?

A5) War.

Q6) The Blitz came at the end of the Battle of where?

A6) The Battle of Britain.

Q7) Britain’s main Atlantic sea port was blitzed.   What was that port?

A7) Liverpool.

Q8) Famously, Britain’s capital used what transport system, as communal air-raid shelters?

A8) The Tube: the London Underground, in other words.

Q9) Britain blacked out during the Blitz: in order to not be targets for enemy aircraft.   It means people closed thick curtains: and turned out what?

A9) Lights.   (My granddad, on my mum’s side of the family was an ARP warden: an air-raid warden, in other words.   He’d’ve been one of the men responsible for organizing the blackout, making sure people turned out their lights.)

Q10) Finally … The Blitz ended in which year?

A10) 1941.

Here’s a song … 

And a thought …

“The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.”

Sid Caesar, September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014.

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

Have a good day … 

*        I once saw an interview with the late Sir Terry Pratchett: where he described some forms of science fiction as ‘fantasy with rivets.’   In the case of Julian May’s Pliocene Sage, some elements of Dr Who and Star Trek — it’s got elves — and Star Wars, itself?   He had a point …