Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 18th november, 2017

You know, I can’t help but think the government is incompetent.

Or, at least, capable of inspiring incompetence in others.

The reason I mention this?

I saw a news report, yesterday: that told us many on various illness related welfare payments had been underpaid.

This was being corrected: albeit slowly.

In other news: and going by news on the BBC’s Moneybox programme, those of us claiming Universal Credit, and on weekly pay, could lose their money: and have to reapply, in January.

Apparently?   It’s — in part — where some months have five Fridays: and others had four.   Friday is payday, so you know.   In other words, I’d not get Universal Credit because I have too many paydays, rather than the amount of hours I’m actually working.

I’m weekly paid and on Universal Credit.   And worried.

Up until now?   Up until now, occasionally, I’ve not been paid by the Benefits in some months because of this.

But then had payments restored, automatically, a month later.

I’m worried: especially if I have to reapply for the thing … 

~≈Ÿ≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* putting in her answers: scoring nine out of ten in the process.

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

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

Q1) 18th November is the feast day of Saint Mabyn.   She’s patron saint of a small village in which English county: Cornwall, Devon or Somerset?

Q2) 18th November, 1987, saw a fire at King’s Cross Saint Pancras Station.   How many people were killed as a result: 7, 17 or 27?

Q3) NASA launched the MAVEN probe: on 18th November, 2013.   Where was the probe heading?

Q4) In the UK, 18th November, 2003 went into effect: which repealed Section 28.   Section 28 banned the promotion of what: homosexuality, paedophilia or asexuality?

Q5) Finally … 50000 pro-democracy protestors hit the streets of Sofia: on 18th November, 1989.   Protests, and city, are in which country?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 17th November is International Students Day.   It marks the day when the Nazis stormed the University of where?

A1) Prague.

Q2) The Nazis stormed the University in which year?

A2) 1939.

Q3) A University does what kind of education: primary, secondary or tertiary?

A3) Tertiary.

Q4) Which ‘b’ — in the UK, at least — is the lowest type of degree a student can study for?

A4) A bachelor’s degree.   (If I’ve got it right, that’s good for most of the UK: although there’s variations between England & Wales & Northern Ireland, and Scotland.)

Q5) Which ‘D’ is the highest level of degree a student can study for?

A5) A doctorate.

Q6) The University of Al Quaraouiyine is said to be the world’s oldest degree awarding body.   It’s in which North African country?

A6) Morocco.

Q7) The oldest university in Europe — and the oldest to be called a university — is in which Italian city?

A7) Bologna.

Q8) The term, ‘Oxbridge,’ describes the UK’s two poshest Universities.   Name either one of the two cities the universities are in.   (We just need one!)

A8) Oxford or Cambridge.

Q9) Which students went to the fictional university, Scumbag College?

A9) The Young Ones.

Q10) Finally … although some universities have tried banning the tradition, many students throw what in the air, when they graduate?

A10) Their mortarboards, the traditional hats.

Here’s a thought …

“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.”

Margaret Attwood, born 18th November, 1939.

A song … 

And a clip — courtesy of last’s night’s Children in Need appeal — of the upcoming Dr Who Christmas Special … 

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

Have a good day.

*        There’s another writer to keep an eyeball open for, Olga†‡!   These things do seem to run in families, I think.   Christopher Tolkien’s an college lecturer, and his eldest son a writer.   Rhianna Pratchett writes the storyboards for video games, and is an published journalist and author, and actresses Billie Lourd and Grace Gummer have even more famous mothers.   Oh, and Michael Douglas’s son’s an actor: apparently, Michael’s dad’s quite well known, too … Both my sisters threw theirs mortar boards up.   I’m the family black sheep, and don’t actually have a degree.   Well … I’ve got an NVQ … 

†        We have a missing Debbi!

‡        Sorry about the score, Olga: but strictly, the University is of Prague: although, yes, it’s in the Czech Republic … !