Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22-9-2018: One Web Day.

22nd September, 2018.

No, really … 

I’m not happy.

In point of fact, I’m fucking fuming: if you’ll excuse the language.

I’ve seen my rota for the week commencing 1st October.

I have no shifts for that week.

Why … ?

Why?

I have no idea.

The last time I had a One-to-One — the regular meeting we have with our supervisor, to discuss how we’re doing — was in June.

And, from what I could gather, back then … ?

Things were going — as far as I could tell — well.

So, seeing last week’s rota?   Where I was down to two shifts, until a couple of co-workers asked me to cover.

Is something I should maybe have taken as a hint.

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi on five out of five, and Olga on four.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

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

Q1) 22nd September is OneWebDay.   OneWebDay was first held in which year?

Q2) ‘Web,’ in this case, is short for … what?

Q3) The Web is accessible from desktops, laptops, phones and tablets: via the inter … what?

Q4) Which scientist invented the Web?

Q5) Finally?   What, according to Alexa.com, is the world’s most visited website?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 21st September, 1933, saw the first ever professional wrestling show held: in Mexico.   What’s the Mexican name for this type of wrestling?
A1) Lucha libre

: literally, ‘freestyle wrestling’.

Q2) J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit was first published: on 21st September, 1937.   Which was the most recently published of his posthumous works?
A2) The Fall of Gondolin.

Q3) 21st September, 1866, saw the birth of H. G. Wells: one of science Fiction’s founding fathers.   Which of his novels is about a man called Graham?
A3) The Sleeper Awakes.

Q4) Writer, Stephen King, was born on 21st September, 1947.   His first novel was published in which year of the 1970s?
A4) 1974.

Q5) Finally … The People’s Republic of China was declared, on 21st September, 1949: in what’s now the capital.   What IS that capital?
A5) Beijing.

Here’s a thought …

“The World Wide Web went from zero to millions of web pages in a few years. Many revolutions look irrelevant just before they change everything swiftly.”
George M. Church.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Ah HA!   We have a psychiatric Newshound, Olga!   good luck with it, And let us know what happens!   (Oh, we know the airdate.   It’s the time slot that we don’t know!)

†        I don’t think it’ll be too different, Debbi: people would get put off!   (I still think the one for William Hartnell’s era was definitive … !   It’s Music Concrete!)