Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-1-2019: Annus Novus

1st January, 2019.

You can just picture it, now, can’t you … ?

It’s now, officially, 2019: and I’m dancing around my front room, in an over-excitable way.

Actually, no, scrub that … 

It’s not an especially pretty site!

At any rate?

It’s now 2019: Happy New Year to you … !

~≈§≈~

In amongst all that … ?

I’ve got the BBC’s Tech Tent Quiz of the Year, at the moment: fascinating listen, I should add.

It’s nice to know they … um … beat me to a question with yesterday’s Review of The Year quiz.

The one about the Spectre and Meltdown security holes.

Hopefully?

That’s a flaw that will get fixed: soon.

Personally?

I think we’ll see more flaws like them.

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Badwolf* and Olga† putting in their answers: with Olga scoring eleven out of twelve, and Badwolf on ten.

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

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

Q1) 1st January, 2019, is New Years’s Day.   Is 2019 AD, or BC?

Q2) AD stands for Anno … what?

Q3) AD assumes that who was born in 1AD?

Q4) AD is can also be called CE: or Common … what?

Q5) Before AD?   Years are BC: or before … whom?

Q6) Is there a Year Zero between 1BC, and AD1?

Q7) The Spanish Era starts when: 36BC, 37BC or 38BC?

Q8) Occasionally, the US government uses an era that starts on Independence Day … in which year?

Q9) Many scientific disciplines use the BP, or Before Present dating era.   In other words: so many radio carbon years, before which year of the 1950s?

Q10) Finally … ?   It’s 2019.   What year is it in the Holocene Era?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 31st January of this year, saw a total Lunar Eclipse.   That moon was which ‘B’?

A1) A blue moon: in other words the second full moon of the month.

Q2) The Winter Olympics were held in February of 2018.   But in which Asian city?

A2) Pyeongchang, in South Korea.

Q3) 4th March — my birthday — saw someone attempt to poison former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia.   With a nerve agent called what?

A3) Novichok.

Q4) Which Arabic country opened cinemas in 2018: after closing them in 1983?

A4) Saudi Arabia.

Q5) Prince Harry got married, this year.   To whom?

A5) The now Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.

Q6) The US held a summit meeting in June, this year: with which Asian nation?

A6) North Korea.

Q7) A junior football team were rescued from flooded caves in 2018.   In which country?

A7) Thailand.

Q8) The first company to reach a $1 trillion dollars of market capitalisation in August of 2018.   Which company?

A8) Apple.

Q9) September, 2018 … and the Supreme Court of India decriminalised what … ?

A9) Homosexuality.

Q10) The Kepler telescope’s mission ended in October of 2018.   What was it helping to find: quasars, exoplanets or black holes?

A10) Exoplanets.

Q11) November of this year saw many countries mark a century since The end of what?

A11) World War One.

Q12) Finally … The International Telecoms Union reported that 51.2 percent of the population will be connected to and using … what?

A12) The Internet.

Here’s a thought …

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man”.

Benjamin Franklin, January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790.

And a song …

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

Have a very happy new year.

*        Happy New Year, @Badwolf: hope the questions are challenging … 

†        Yeah, I knew it was a group of agents, Olga: I wanted to go for a fairly easy version of the answer.   I think I was the same about Netta winning: it was those chicken impressions!   I felt the same about Lordy, as well.   I saw them on the contest, on the night: and though “They’ll do well!”.   The one song I thought had it in the bag was the French entry in ’91.   It lost out in a tie break!   They were had!   (And you’re right, the ’Net’s getting bigger.   It’s accessible on phones!)