Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th February, 2018

4th February, 2018.

You know, that’s something that caught my attention.

News.

News.

About Robert Wagner, the widower of the late Natalie Wood.

Just in case you didn’t know?

Wood was the Angelina Jolie of her day.   A beautiful, successful and very in demand actress, and the first person a director would want to phone, if he needed a competent actress … who’d also generate interest in the film.

Famously, and after completing her last film, Brainstorm, Wood died: after a not much talked about incident on Wagner’s yacht.

No-one’s talked about it, checked what happened, investigated it … 

Until recently.

When US police have named Wagner as a ‘person of interest’ in their investigation.

Personally?   And having seen Brainstorm, knowing the set was closed down whilst the studio financing it tried to claim the insurance money?   Having known about Wood’s death for a long time, knowing it was only ever lightly investigated?

Personally, I’de like to know what happened*.

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Before earworms about seagulls catch up with us.

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 Teaser.

Here it is, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 4th February, 1789, saw who sworn in as the 1st President of the USA?

Q2) 4th February, 1801, saw John Marshall sworn as US what: President, Chief Justice or Secretary of State?

Q3) 46 ronin committed suicide on 4th February, 1703: in what’s called the Akō incident.   Those ronin were a lordless type of which Japanese warrior?

Q4) 4th February, 1895, saw the birth of actor, Nigel Bruce.   He played Dr Watson opposite whom, as Sherlock?

Q5) Finally … 4th February, 1968, saw ninety-six Asian people arrive in Britain.   After fleeing from where: Kenya, South Africa or Lesotho?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 3rd February is the feast day of Saint Margaret of England.   Saint Margaret was what kind of nun: Augustinian, Benedictine or Cistercian?

A1) Cistercian.

Q2) In Japan, 3rd February is Setsubun (節分.)   In other words, it’s the first day of  what?

A2) Spring.

Q3) 3rd February is the feast day of the obscure Saint Blaise.   He’s a patron saint of which Spanish speaking, South American, country?

A3) Paraguay.

Q4) Which UK medical workers went on strike: on 3rd February, 1988: GPs, nurses or orthodontists?

A4) Nurses.

Q5) Finally … the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake took place: on 3rd February, 1931.   Bay, and ’quake, were in which country?

A5) New Zealand.   (Hawke’s Bay has a reputation as one of the wine growing regions

Here’s a thought …

“I can never tell a joke, I’ve always found it easier to just fall over.”

Norman Wisdom, 4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010.

And a song … 

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

Have a good day.

*        Ahemº … !

†        I’m with you there, Olga: new eyeballs, knees, possible liposuction!   (I keep thinking about stem-cell research: a new pair of custom grown, tissue matched eyeballs would come in handy.   Especially glow-in-the-dark ones.   They’d save on electricityª …)

‡        I can only refer you to some of the comments I’ve made to Olga, Debbi.   Vat-grown replacement knees would be handy!   Some of the throw-away lines in William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy^ would only be the start!   (Oh, I saw this on the BBC’s news site.   And keep wonder if something similar’s being investigated in relation to dystonia.   We’ve talked about it, before, I know, but …)

^        I seem to recall that the Gibson mentioning one of the minor characters in Neuromancer had genetically modified teeth: done up to look like shark teeth.   Something the central character wasn’t bothered about as he’d seen it before.

ª        Google for Lupus Yonderboy, Olga.

º        I’d call Brainstorm science fiction.   Famously?   One definition of science fiction is that it’s “whatever we happen to be pointing at, when we’re trying to define science fiction.”