Nik NAk’s Daily Teaser — 20-8-2019: The National Football League

20th August, 2019.

Yes: I am officially knackered, again.

To be honest?

These eight hour shifts are VERY hard work!

Thankfully, though?

I’ve had a word with management: who are happy to arrange more frequent, shorter shifts for me.

Once the other new recruits have started* … 

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Badwolf†,  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) 20th August, 1920, saw the founding of the US National Football League, or NFL.   It’s formed of how many conferences?

Q2) How many teams are there, in the League?

Q3) Those teams play American football.   The game is also known as which ‘G’?

Q4) How many players, per team, are on the pitch during a game: eleven, twelve or thirteen players?   (11, 12 or 13)

Q5) Usually, an American football team a group of offensive players, and defensive players.   Which ‘Q’ leads the offensive team members?

Q6) That player was — until a 2007 rule change — seen as the team’s de facto what?

Q7) On the defensive section of the team?   Occasionally, a team will field a five person defensive line: with the fifth man known as what band?

Q8) Were it not for the sadistic Lucy, Peanuts character, Charlie Brown, would be his team’s … what?

Q9) American Football’s championship game is the … what?

Q10) Finally … ?   Four American football games will be played in the UK, in 2019.   Two in Tottenham Hotspurs stadium: with the other two in which other stadium?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 19th August saw the death of Augustus Caesar, the man generally considered the first emperor of where?

A1) Rome.

Q2) In which year?

A2) AD14..

Q3) Technically, Augustus used which title: Khan, Princeps or Shah?

A3) Princeps.

Q4) Apparently?   Augustus found Rome as brick, and left in … what?

A4) Marble.

Q5) Finally?   Augustus was named to which Roman post, on 19th August, 43BC: Prefect, Transit or Consul?

A5) Consul.

Here’s a thought …

“We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.”

Former Green Bay Packer, Vince Lombardi, June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Turns out one of the newbies?   Is someone I worked with at the now closed Brentwood branch of KFC.

†        It’s definitely worth a watch, Anne!   Oh, did you ever see Event Horizon?   Laurence Fishburne is great, and Sam Neill’s fantastic.

‡        I know, I know!   I’m sorry about the length of today’s set, Debbi.   I’ll try and make baseball shorter … !   (King’s not the only person to say something like that.   Terry Pratchett always said his best work was Nation.)