Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22nd November, 2018

22nd November, 2018.

It’s officially official.

I had an interview over in Harold Hill, yesterday: managing to get myself good and lost, in the process.

Which was possibly a bad omen.

Unfortunately?

I didn’t get the job.

I will give the company credit for at least getting in touch with me, quickly, and letting me know.

Letting me know:

That I’d not got the job.

That they’d be recruiting for their Customer Care team in February

I’d be welcome to try again, then.

That’s something, I suppose … 

Although, hopefully?

I’d’ve found something, by then … 

~≈§≈~

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) 22nd November is the feast day of Saint Cecilia.   She’s the patron saint of whom: writers, painters or musicians?

Q2) 22nd November, 1998, saw the death of games player, Stu Ungar.   Which game was he best remembered for playing: Monopoly, Chess or Poker?

Q3) 22nd November, 1984, saw the birth of actress, Scarlett Johansson.   In which film does she play Ashley Parker?

Q4) 22nd November, 1988, saw the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, unveiled for the first time.   The B-2 is the first what: stealth fighter, stealth bomber or stealth submarine?

Q5) Finally … ?   Writer, Aldous Huxley died on 22nd November, 1963.   What was the title of his first book … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Thirty-one people were killed, on 21st November, 1920, in the Irish city of Dublin: on a day known as Bloody … what?

A1) Sunday.

Q2) 21st November, 2002, saw Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, all invited to join what?

A2) NATO.

Q3) 21st November, 1985, saw the end of a summit in Geneva: between the main super-powers.   It failed to reach agreement about what: Star Trek, Star Wars or The Matrix?

A3) America’s Strategic Defence Initiative, also called Star Wars.

Q4) Who resigned as president: on 21st November, 2017?

A4) Robert Mugabe.

Q5) Finally … ?   21st November, 1898, saw the birth of which Belgian painter?

A5) René Magritte.

Here’s a thought …

“In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.”

Hoagy Carmichael‡, November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Looks like I rolled double zilch on that one, Olga.   Still, I’ve one or two others coming up.   You know, I’m sure there’s more animated Magritte paintings than this one.   (There’s a famous painting of his with a train coming out of a fire place, isn’t there?   I’m sure someone’s animated it! No, wait, found it!)

Time Transfixed from Marie Angoulvant on Vimeo.

†        You’d POSSIBLY need a good artist to work with, Debbi: don’t look at me!!   (Actually, I know there’s a utility on the Mac called ColorSync Utility, that can alter the colour profiles of a pic, so they match whatever you’s displaying them on.   Not that I have ANY idea of what to do with it!)

‡        Ian Fleming described James Bond as looking like Carmichael.