Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10th June, 2018

10th June 2018.

Yep: it’s true … I’ve a day off.

Today and tomorrow.

I’ve got work to do, though.

Frankly?

Being single is lovely: but does men no-one’s around to volunteer to do the laundry … 

Which reminds me … 

I possibly need to put my teatowels through the wash … 

~≈§≈~

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) 10th June is the feast day of Saint Olivia of Palermo.   Palermo is on which island?

Q2) 10th June is the feast day of Saint Bardo.   Of where: Cologne, Trier or Mainz?

Q3) 10th June saw the end of the Six Day War.   In which year?

Q4) 10th June, 1910, saw the birth of blues legend, Howlin’ Wolf.   The Wolf was well known as a bluesman: specialising in a from named after which US city?

Q5) Finally … 10th June, 1922, saw the birth of actor Bill Kerr‡.   He’s best remembered for playing a version of himself: in which radio show?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 9th June, 2017, saw the death of actor Adam West.   Which caped crusader was he famous for playing … ?

A1) Batman: in the 1960s TV show.

Q2) The first broadcasts from the UK’s House of Commons were made on 9th June, 1975.   Vis what: radio, television or internet?

A2) Radio.

Q3) A coup took place on 9th June, 411 BC.   In which Greek city state?

A3) Athens.

Q4) 9th June, 1970, saw King Hussein avoid an assassin’s bullet.   King Hussein was King Hussein of where?

A4) Jordan.

Q5) The International Council on Archives was founded on 9th June.   9th June of which year?

A5) 1948.

Here’s a thought …

“A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a minute.”

Sir Terence Rattigan, 10 June 1911 – 30 November 1977.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        The relevant version of the song’s possibly out there, somewhere, Olga: under a really obscure title!   As for Amazon^ … ?   Well, they’ve possibly got a lot of cards close too.   Now you mention cards … ?   I’m wondering if that includes online betting.   That might back fire: given the fuss in the UK about fixed odds betting terminals.

†        Oh, I know what you mean, Debbi.   Thankfully?   Amazon^ is just one among a few media players in the UK: ’net based or traditional.   And, beyond the impact it’s having on the high street?   Isn’t causing much worry on the monopolies front.   I think the antitrust issue getting looked at over here?   Is satellite broadcaster, Sky, potentially getting bought by Fox.   Sky News is a major newscaster in the UK: it, parent company, Sky — and Fox —are owned — directly or otherwise — by a certain Mr Rupert Murdoch. You can imagine, can’t you … ?

‡        Oh, Debbi, JUST so you know?   Bill Kerr crops up in The Enemy of the World.

^        As I’m sure Debbi already knows?   I used to work in a local off-license — a liquor store, in other words — called Threshers: which collapsed in 2009.   The opinion of the various area managers I spoke to?   Was that the largest factor in Threshers collapse was a company called Majestic.   Majestic let you order online, at very cheap prices: then would deliver to your door.   Sound familiar?