Nik NAk’s Daily Teaser — 15th May, 2019

15th May, 2019

Oh, wait, hang on, a minute.

I’ve got a decided earworm.

Yes: I have a song playing through my head.

The B-52 tune, Roam.

Why?

I wish I knew.

All I CAN tell you, is that it’s not not my favourite B-52 song: that’s Song for a Future Generation* … !

Or possibly Rock Lobster.

The incredibly menacing sounding Rock Lobster, or even more menacing Planet Claire … 

So why on EARTH I’ve got Roam floating around?

I really couldn’t tell you!

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Badwolf†, Olga‡, and Debbi^ putting in their answers: with Olga and Anne scoring five out of five, and Debbi 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) 15th May, 1991, saw Édith Cresson named as the first female Prime Minister of where?

Q2) 15th May, 1957, saw the UK drop its first H-bomb.   Over which island?

Q3) Arsenal Football club earned the nickname, “the Invincibles,” on 15th May, 2004: for completing a season with no lost games.   Who is the only other team to do this?

Q4) 15th May was one of four days of the year that the Ancient Romans would celebrate the Argei ritual.   This involved throwing straw effigies into which river?

Q5) Finally … ?   15th May is the feast day of Saint Isidore the Labourer.   He’s the patron saint of whom: Farmers, bricklayers or furniture polishers?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 14th May saw the launch of Skylab: the first US space station.   It was launched in which year?

A1) 1973.

Q2) It was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: who are better known as … whom?

A2) NASA.

Q3) Skylab included the Apollo Telescope Mount: an observatory designed to observe what?

A3) The sun.

Q4) How many crew did Skylab have, at any one time?

A4) Three.

Q5) Finally … ?   The first manned Skylab mission saw Paul J. Weitz become the first person to use Skylab’s what?

A5) Shower.

Here’s a thought …

“It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.”

The Master and Margherita, Mikhail Bulgakov, 15 May, 1891 – 10 March 1940.

And more music … !

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

Have a good day.

*        I first came across Song for a Future Generation, listening to Annie Nightingale’s Sunday night show: not quite as way out as Peelie, but still guaranteed to come up with something!

†        Morning, Badwolf.   Hmmm … do you ever see anything produced by Troma?   I’m thinking of digging up Class of Nuke ’Em High …

‡        You know, the bookshop owner sound like the safer bet, Olga!   Or possibly the local councillor.   (We’ve now lost one from one party, gained another from a different party, and saw my lot’s votes go up.   I’ve even managed to keep the posters up.)

^        Wrapped in cellophane … … you’re right, Debbi!   And that’s an image that’s going to stay with me!   (Would’ve been one of the last stories Robert Holmes was script editor for.   That was a golden era … )