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Friday 23 August 2019

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23rd August, 2019.

23rd August, 2019.


Yes: before you say anything.

I know I’m up early.

Incredibly early.

But that’s the breaks, I think.

Especially when you’re in a job that means you have to start at a very early time!

Oy … veh … !

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You’ve possibly worked out I’m an Apple fan: I have been for years.

But … ?

Even the best can have their moments.

Apple have introduced their Apple branded credit card.   Which is an interesting expansion of Apple Pay.

They’ve had issues, though.

Apparently, you can’t store it in a leather wallet.   Or in anything denim.

Otherwise, it’ll get discoloured.

Who’d’ve thought?   That the first thing you needed to get with an Apple Card?   Was a card condom?

Oy … 

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Badwolf* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Anne 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) 23rd August, 2011, saw Colonel Gaddafi overthrown: as leader of which country?
Q2) 23rd August, 30BC, saw Augustus Caesar — then called Octavius — execute Caesarion.   Caesarion was the last independent king of where?
Q3) 23rd August saw the birth of drummer Keith Moon.   In which year?
Q4) 23rd August, 1572, saw the start of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre.   In which country?
Q5) Finally … ?   The bodies of the last two members of Tsar Nicholas 2nd’s family were found: on 23rd August 2007.   They were members of which country’s royal family?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 22nd August, 1917, saw the birth of singer/songwriter, John Lee Hooker.   His song, Boogie Chillen first reached №1 in the R&B charts in which year of the 1940s?
A1) 1948.   (His birth year’s disputed: it’s 1917 … or 1913, 1915, 1920 or 1923.)
Q2) Hooker appears in The Blues Brothers: playing Boom Boom in Maxwell Street Market.   Outside a restaurant owned by whom?
Q3) Hooker released a version of Crawlin’ King Snake.   In which year?
A3) 1949.
Q4) Which Hooker tune reached № 8, in the UK, in 1964: Boom Boom, I’m in the Mood or Dimples?
A4) Dimples.
Q5) Finally?   Hooker released a re-recorded version of I’m in the Mood in 1990.   It was performed as a duet with whom?
Here’s a thought …
“I couldn’t kill a fly.”
Vera Miles, born August 23, 1929.
And a song …


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

Have a good day.






*        Morning, Anne!   Oh, you’ve got another reply, here … !

†        Oh, very true, Debbi: we both could … !

2 comments:

  1. (1) Libya (2)Ptolemaic Kingdom(3)1946(4)France (5)Romanovs

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  2. And the editing? I've gotten semi-proficient at it. It would have helped that video. :)

    1. Libya
    2. Egypt
    3. 1946
    4. France
    5. Russia

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