Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19th May, 2019

19th May, 2019.

Yes: it’s official: I have a kid sister who’s in Brentwood Operatic Society’s production of the Madness  musical, Our House.

Which I thought was fun.

Jude, on the other hand?

Only liked the bits with Mummy in them.

Oh, and preferred the BOS version of Spamalot.

There’s no pleasing some people!

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Oh … 

You can possibly tell I voted Remain, in the 2016 Referendum, can’t you?

I’m not a Leaver, let’s put it that way.

So finding crowds outside the Sugar Hut — the Brentwood High Street venue that’s home to The Only Way Is Essex —, a couple of days, ago?

I had to struggle to get through.

From what I could gather from the journalists?

It was a Brexit Party meeting: complete with party Leader, Nigel Farage.

At a recent Edinburgh meeting, police had asked the local McDonalds to STOP selling ice cream and milkshakes: after various politicians had ended up with a faceful of milkshake.

Personally?

I just wish I’d had the cash.

There’s a Burger King a few doors from the Sugar Hut … 

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Olga on twelve our of twelve, and Debbi 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 … 

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) Businessman, Johns Hopkins, was born on 19th May, 1795.   The University named for him is in which US state?

Q2) 19th May, 1948, saw the birth of singer, Grace Jones.   She had a 1980 hit with which Chrissie Hynde song … ?

Q3) 19th May, 1944, saw the birth of actor, Peter Mayhew: who died in 2019.   Which character did he play in Star Wars?

Q4) 19th May is the feast day of Saint Dunstan.   He’s usually depicted, holding a pair of blacksmith’s … what?

Q5) St George’s Chapel, in Windsor, played host to a wedding: on 19th May, 2018.   Who’s wedding?

Here’s yesterday’s … 

Q1) 18th May is the International Day of Museums: according to the International Council of … what?

A1) Museums.   (You can read more about them, here)

Q2) What’s the plural of museum?

A2) Museums: the older form is musea.

Q3) A museum has a lot of Es.   What Es?

A3) Exhibits: and exhibitions.

Q4) Some one in charge of those Es?   Is a C.   What C?

A4) A curator.   (Although music festivals have curators, these days: if you have a couple of rock bands in an air conditioned cupboard, somewhere, you may do well.)

Q5) Exhibition Road, in London, is home to three museums.   Name one.

A5) The Victoria and Albert, the Natural History Museum — which includes the former Geological Museum — and the Science Museum.   It’s ALSO home to the Royal Geographical Society, Imperial College London, Pepperdine University Abroad, the Jagiellonian University Abroad … and a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meeting house.   All that genealogy must be handy …

Q6) The Capitoline Museums claim to be the world’s oldest.   At least, the world’s art museum.   It’s in which city?

A6) Rome: on the Capitoline Hill.

Q7) Opened in 1660, what’s said to be Britain’s oldest museum?

A7) The Royal Armouries.

Q8) Which Florentine museum was damaged ion a 1993 car bomb attack by the Mafia?

A8) The Uffizi.

Q9) Which very French museum opened to the public in 1793: after a long career as a palace?

A9) The Louvre.

Q10) The museum considered the first modern museum is in Oxford.   What’s it called?

A10) The Ashmolean Museum.

Q11) はくぶつかん — hakubutsukan, or House of Extensive Things — is a traditional word for a museum: in which language?

A11) Japanese.

Q12) Finally … ?   The original Starship Enterprise — the model, from the 1960s TV series, Star Trek — is now held by which US museum?

A12) The Smithsonian Institution.

Here’s a thought …

“I wanted to look different because I was used to looking different.”

Grace Jones, born 19th May, 1948.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        I think we can say I liked it, Olga: Jude only liked the bits with Mummy in it!   What CAN I tell you?   At any rate … ?   I slept through Eurovision: the Netherlands bagged it.   Hmmm … that’s … well, I’d have to give Miki extra points for being upbeat!   Same for the Italian entry.   You know, that’s something that gets me: they both sang in their nations languages: Spanish and Italian.   A lot of the entries used English: that always struck me as odd.   I know English is a major international language, but … (Did you SEE Iceland?   Ye Gods!)

†        Yeah, sorry, Debbi!   *Shuffles away in embarrassment* … Oh, you’ve possibly guessed Eurovision was on, last night.   Iceland’s entry was … bloody odd!   They were a bunch of Electro-techno-What The Fecks … with their own GIMP …