Wednesday 24 April 2019

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24-4-2019: The Ego and the Id

24th April, 2019.


Yes: I’ll happily admit to being something of an armchair snooker fan.

One who’s happy to watch the World Championships, if they’re on … 

And one who was happily glued to the First Round match, last night: between Stuart Bingham, and Graeme Dott.

That … ?

That was quite a match.

Going into the last session, Bingham was 9-1 ahead, and looking at a near whitewash … 

Until Dotty managed to catch up, over the next few hours: only losing after a missed red.

And after a lot of tippy tapping around.

Old school snooker, in fact.

With Ronnie O’Sullivan out in the first round?

This year’s championship is looking good!

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Badwolf* and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring ten out of ten, and Badwolf on eight.

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

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


Q1) The Ego and the Id was published: on 24th April, 1923.   Who wrote The Ego and the Id?
Q2) Its author was what: a neurologist, cardiologist or oncologist?
Q3) Equally to the point, the book outline’s the author’s ideas about the ego, the id … and what else?
Q4) The author’s famed 1899 book was The Interpretation of … what?
Q5) Finally … ?   The author of The Ego and the Id is known as the  father of what?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 23rd April is Saint Georges Day.   The saint was a member of which Roman military force: the Scholae Palatinae, the Praetorian Guard or the Speculatores?
A1) The Praetorian Guard.
Q2) The first mention of Saint George’s day in England isn by which famous monk?
A2) The Venerable Bede.
Q3) In the 15th century, William Caxton published a version of Saint George’s encounter with what?
A3) A dragon.
Q4) There’s a Church of Saint George, in Lalibela.   Church and town is in which country?
A4) Ethiopia.
Q5) Saint George is the patron saint of which Catalan city?
A5) Barcelona.
Q6) The town of Saint George is on an island in the Bering Strait.   That means it’s in which US state?
A6) Alaska.
Q7) During the 1990s, the Saint George ad … advertised which soft drink?
A7) Blackcurrant tango.   (I want the orange fat guy back.)
Q8) The Saint George’s Defence is used in what: US law, military tactics or chess?
A8) Chess.
Q9) Saint George’s Channel connects the Atlantic to what?
A9) The Irish Sea.
Q10) Finally … ?   The Church of Saint George the Martyr is in which part of London: Stockwell, Shepards’s Bush or Southwark?
A10) Southwark.
Here’s a thought …
“It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.”
From The Ego and the Id.
And a song …


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

Have a good day.



*        Morning, Badwolf!   (Oh, did you spot the Venerable Bede … ?)

†        Yeah, he got about a bit, Debbi.   He’s not as bad as Saint Valentine.   There’s a dozen of them!

2 comments:

DEATH COMES TO US ALL said...


(1)Sigmund Freud (2) neurologist (3)super-ego(4)Dreams (5)psychoanalysis. Yes did spot that

Debbi said...

Wow! Well, bless ... :)

1. Sigmund Freud
2. a neurologist
3. the superego
4. Dreams
5. psychoanalysis