Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11th November, 2017

*Yawn*

Yep … 

It’s Saturday.

And, as much as I don’t mind working days?

I think that all those years working from Lunch to early evening?

Means getting up at five for a 10 o’clock start?

Does leave its scars.

~≈Ê≈~

In other news?

Other news has seen Ofcom, the UK’s telecoms regulator, has announced that — if a customer’s broadband goes down — they’d be done compensation.

Some eight pounds per day.

I know that’s not much.

But frankly?

That’s going to come in handy, at some point.

~≈Ê≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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 set, shall we?

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

Q1) 11th November is Remembrance Day: marking the end of the First World War.   In which year will Remembrance Sunday mark a century since The end of the war: 2016, 2017 or 2018?

Q2) A painting called Irises sold for a record price: on 11th November, 1987.   Who painted those Irises?

Q3) Joseph Blake was hung: on 11th November, 1724.   What sort of criminal was Joseph Blake?

Q4) On a related note?   Which bushranger was hung on 11th November, 1880?

Q5) Finally … Angola gained its independence on 11th November, 1975.   From where: Spain, Portugal or France?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 10th November, 2008, NASA announced the conclusion of the Phoenix mission.   The Phoenix lander was on which planet?

A1) Mars.

Q2) Henry Winston made a donation to the Smithsonian: on 10th November, 1958.   Which diamond did he donate?

A2) The Hope Diamond.   (Strictly?   He donated it to the National Museum of Natural History: which is run by the Smithsonian.)

Q3) Which US author was born on 10th November, 1871?

A3) Winston Churchill.   (He and the late former PM knew each other: but weren’t related.)

Q4) Henry Stanley found missing explorer, David Livingston: on 10th November, 1871.   Stanley greeted Livingston with the words, “Dr Livingston, I …” what?

A4) Presume.

Q5) Finally … ?   A book published by Penguin sold out on its first day of publication: on 10th November, 1960.   Which DH Lawrence novel was that book?

A5) Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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Here’s a thought …

“I sometimes wondered what the use of any of the arts was. The best thing I could come up with was what I call the canary in the coal mine theory of the arts. This theory says that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are super-sensitive. They keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.”

Kurt Vonnegut, November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007.

And a song by a man who’s not a sloop … 

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

Have a good day.

†        Yep, I’ve Stepped on the ODD rural object, Olga: the perils of having feet, hey?   I get the impression the Transpennine Trail’s one of the walks‡.   I don’t know if my teeth are a soap: more a mafia epic.   The amount of menacing pliers about …  (I’ve know a couple of BDSM’ers: Apparently, 50 Shades is not only nothing new … it’s not even an accurate accurate representation.)

†        Oh, yes!   (It’s part of the reason I try and avoid some channels, Debbi: I’m not even fond of the ad breaks on Channel Four, and ITV.   Which is a shame: that and the timings mean I’ve missed Electric Dreams^ on Channel Four!)

‡        Best my home town can do?   We’re on one of the pilgrimage routes to Canterbury: there’s an old ruined chapel in Brentwood High Street — that I think I managed to show Debbi, when she and Rick were here — that was a prayer stop for anyone following Saint Thomas.   (It was ALSO a meeting point for several of the men involved with the Peasants Revolt.)

^        Oh, to hell with it: cue the cheesy pop!