Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8-5-2018: Paramount

8th May, 2018.

Really: that was a bank holiday weekend I’d find hard to forget … !

For starters?   Well Mark Williams won his third World Championship final.

Which I’m sorry to say missed: I was working.   Although I caught some of the action on Sunday.

The tenth frame … ?

Was seriously old fashioned snooker: with a lot of riveting tippy-tapping around, quite a few nerve shredding almost pots … 

And some great potting from both Williams, and his opponent, John Higgins, putting in some great play.

I’m sorry I missed it.

~≈§≈~

Of course, the reason I missed it … ?

Was simply the fact I was working.

Which was relatively relaxed, actually.

Apart from one thing.

The water’s was switched off … somehow … 

Which made several things awkward.

Flushing the toilet, for starters.

AND washing your hands, afterwards.

Granted, the boss managed to get a lot — a serious lot — of bottled water.

Which helped: especially when you realise that — once you’ve pooed — you need water to not only flush, but to eliminate the smell.   From what I understand?   The … uh … gas … from any solid waste doesn’t fill the room, as it can’t get past the water that’s above it in the u-bend.

Quite!

All I can do, right now … ?

Is hope it’s back on, when I go in, tonight.

~≈§≈~

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) 8th May saw the formal founding of Paramount Pictures.   In which year?

Q2) Under what Famous name was the studio founded?

Q3) It’s first film was a version of which novel?

Q4) With a worldwide gross — at the time of writing — of $2,186,772,302, which 1997 film is Paramount’s biggest grossing?

Q5) Finally … 2018 saw Paramount release it’s most recent — and very quiet — horror film.   What’s that film called?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 7th May, 2007, saw Israeli archeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great.   Which of the four Gospels mentions Herod?

A1) Matthew.

Q2) The Pope arrived in Romania on 7th May, 1999: on an official visit.   Which pope?

A2) John Paul 2nd.

Q3) 7th May, 2000, saw who named as President of Russia?

A3) Vladimir Putin.

Q4) 7th May, 1917, saw the birth of actor, Peter Tomlinson.   He played Peter Thorndike: in which film?

A4) The Love Bug.

Q5) Anne Dudley was born on 7th May, 1956.   Which 1980s band was she a member of?

A5) The Art of Noise.   (Who’s Afraid (Of the Art of Noise)‡ is essential listening!)

Here’s a thought …

“Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?”

Adolf Zukor, founder of Paramount.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        I seem to recall, Olga, that Keaton did a hell of a lot of his own stunts: and that Jackie Chan’s a huge fan of the guy … !   As for Max … ?   I caught some of the music shows: those were part of the idea behind the character’s creation.   But never actually saw the Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future thing that preceded it!

†        There’s a few rebranding exercises doing the rounds, Debbi: usually the UK government’s good at it, if something’s gone wrong!   On the less contentious front?   There’s an cleaner cream called Cif: that many in the UK still call Jif!   Oh, almost forgot, Debbi: that’s the link to the original Max Headroom programme, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future.   In the UK, it was the pilot for The Max Headroom Show: kind of a music show.   It’s US equivalent was Max Headroom: a science fiction show.   I have to confess, I never saw Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future, but caught bits of The Max Headroom Show.

‡      I know it’s not everyone’s thing: but Who’s Afraid (Of the Art of Noise) really did show off what you could do with electronic music.   The Headroom stutter?   Is one of the results.