Tuesday 19 December 2017

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19th December, 2017

Can I make a confession?

Right now, I’ve got last night’s episode I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue on.

And?

And it’s sounding as funny as it ever possibly could be: with a game of Uxbridge English Dictionary on a par with some of the best.

Personally … ?

I don’t think it’s likely, but I’m hoping a for a game of Mornington Crescent.

Here’s hoping.

~≈§≈~

Do you watch the news, at all?

I keep an eye on it: and notice that HMP Liverpool is in trouble, as according to a leaked report, it’s in a condition best described as ‘atrocious.’

Compounded by the gaol’s problems with its healthcare unit.

Frankly?

I think that’s disgusting.

We sentence people to time in gaol.

We should make sure the conditions prisoners are are good: that includes the healthcare provision, inside.

We need to do this?   Because it’s a prison.

Look, we send people to gaol as a punishment.

To me, that means those prisoners walk out alive at the end of their sentence, having done their time.   Falling physically ill as a result of unhealthy conditions or bad healthcare is an extra sentence that has not been handed out by a court.   Falling mentally ill — and potentially being a suicide — as a result of that gaol time, means that prisoner doesn’t complete their sentence is on a par.

Either way?

The state of HMP Liverpool does not serve justice.

~≈§≈~

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 questions, shall we?

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

Q1) Henry 2nd was crowned on 19th December, 1154: at Westminster Abbey.   Which Royal House was he a member of?
Q2) Famously?   Henry wanted rid of which troublesome priest?
Q3) Three ships departed England: on 19th December, 1606.   The ships contained settlers who eventually founded which historic Virginia town?
Q4) A vehicular attack took place on a Christmas market: on 19th December, 2016.   In which German city?
Q5) Finally … 19th December is the Feast day of Urban 5th.   He was a what pope: Avignon pope, Roman pope or Coptic pope?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 18th December is UN Arabic Language Day.   How many letters has the Arabic alphabet got?
A1) 28.
Q2) Two Australian truckers had their appeal for heroin smuggling rejected: on 18th December, 1985.   In which country?
A2) Malaysia.
Q3) 18th December is the feast day of St Flannán.   The saint was from where: England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales?
A3) Ireland.
Q4) 18th December, 1964, saw the birth of actor, Brad Pitt.   Who was he married to, until 2016?
Q5) Finally … 18th December, 1939, saw the birth of writer, Michael Moorcock.   Moorcock novel, The Coming of the Terraphiles, was a spin off of which TV show?
A5) Dr Who.
Here’s a rhetorical question …
“So, has there been any shagging going on!?”
Limahl, born 19th December, 1958.
(Speaking as he turned up as a surprise guest on the Norwegian version of Big Brother.)
And — as Limahl was the lead singer — a tune … 


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

Have a good day.




*        We’re going to have to see, Olga, we really are … !   (Sorry about the HMS Liverpool  rant, but that’s something of a bugaboo …)

†        I know I’m looking forward to it, Debbi: I mean … three Doctors … (You know, I’m going to HAVE to read Coming of the Terraphiles: Moorcock is one of the British fantasy/SF authors.)

2 comments:

Olga said...

Q1) Plantagenet
Q2) Thomas Becket
Q3) Jamestown
Q4) Berlin
Q5) Avignon Pope
I agree with you. I did a prison psychiatric clinic for a while, and things were getting worse and worse (we were visiting a prison in Doncaster, where there are a few). But they had closed the healthcare wing by the time I left work, so I'm not sure how things will be now. They had to transfer people who needed care because of lack of facilities... We would get prisoners transferred sometimes but it was not easy if they were not spotted due to lack of care.

Debbi said...

I've never read him. FWIW, I have read C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, of course. And Terry Pratchett, thanks to you! :)

And, of course, Douglas Adams. Heavens!

1. Plantagenet
2. Thomas Becket (I fell in love with Richard Burton after seeing him play Becket!)
3. Jamestown
4. Berlin
5. Avignon pope