Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-7-2018: A wild Hare.

27th July, 2018.

It is — I’m told — Furnace Friday.

I’ve got Radio Four’s Today programme on in the background: which is something of a tradition, for me.

So on top of the Amber warning the Met office have issued?

There’s the possibility of thunderstorms.

We could be looking at flood warnings.

Although I’d rather just have the thunderstorms.

We need to get the air cleared.

~≈§≈~

On top of that … ?

On top of that, we’re expecting a Blood moon, tonight: a Lunar eclipse, in other words.

Given the timings?

It’ll hopeful be visible on the way home from work.

Assuming, of course … 

That the skies are clear.

Oy!

~≈§≈~

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) 27th July saw the release of A Wild Hare: the first cartoon to feature Bugs Bunny.   In which year was the short released?

Q2) The ’toon was distributed by Vitaphone: and which other movie company?

Q3) Bugs uses his famous catchphrase for the first time, in A Wild Hare.   That phrase is “What’s Up … ” who?

Q4) Bugs was being hunted in the cartoon.   By whom?

Q5) Finally … who provided Bugs’ voice?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 26th July, 1945, saw the signing of the Potsdam Declaration.   It was signed by whom: the Allies or Axis Powers?

A1) The Allies.

Q2) Strictly?   It was signed by the leaders of three nations.   Name any one of the three nations.

A2) The UK, US or Nationalist China.

Q3) It demanded the surrender of which belligerent nation?

A3) Japan.

Q4) More to the point: was that surrender to be conditional or unconditional?

A4) Unconditional.

Q5) Finally … Potsdam is in which country?

A5) Germany.

Here’s a thought …

“Be vewy quiet...I’m hunting wabbits.”

Bugs’ opponent in A Wild Hare.

And a video: a few bars of this tune were used in A Wild Hare … 

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

Have a good day.

*        Ah HA!   Sounds like we need to swap the baseball bat for the comfy chair, Olga!   No one expects … ya da, ya da … !   :D   That book certainly needs a looking at!   funny you should mention comics.   I grew up on 2000AD, the comic that was home to Judge Dredd.   They had a villain in one of the strip, Nemesis the Warlock, called Tomás de Torquemada: named after the former head of the Spanish Inquisition.   (The character’s a bit nasty.   Possibly not as nasty as the original, though.)

†        Hmmm … don’t know if angels swear, Debbi, vocally or otherwise!   Which reminds me, I’ll have to sit down with Attack the Block, again, I really am!   It’s a fun little movie.   Which reminds me, you’ve got a little something in your inbox!   Enjoy!