Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-10-2019: Lincolnshire Day.

1st October, 2019.

It’s got to be said, Christmas presents are on the move.

At least … 

In theory.

I ordered a few bits on Saturday: from both Ebay and Amazon.

The 28th, so you know.

The stuff from Ebay?

Has been posted.

Dispatched.

Sent.

Shipped.

Transmitted.

You get my point.

The items from Amazon, on the other hand … ?

Are still in a warehouse, somewhere … 

Ho … 

Hum … 

~≈⇧≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Badwolf† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with all three 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) 1st October is Lincolnshire Day.   What’s Lincolnshire’s county town?

Q2) The day was chosen to mark the Lincolnshire Uprising: against which English king?

Q3) Lincolnshire is the second largest ceremonial county by area.   What’s the largest: North Yorkshire, Devon or Essex?

Q4) The county’s listed in the Domesday Book: under what name?

Q5) The county’s flag has a red cross, with a yellow border, and blue and green squares.   In the centre, there’s a yellow … what?   (Today’s video has a clue.)

Q6) The coast of Lincolnshire is on which sea?

Q7) A person from Lincolnshire is a yeller … what?

Q8) One of those yeller people was Arthur Lucan: who was better known as which drag character?

Q9) The second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics came from Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, in Lincolnshire.   Who was that professor?

Q10) Finally … ?   Lincolnshire sausages are usually flavoured with what: rosemary, sage or fennel?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Suleiman the Magnificent was proclaimed ruler of the Ottoman Empire.   On 30th September of which year?

A1) 1520.

Q2) As ruler, what was his title?

A2) Sultan.

Q3) Suleiman was a member of which house?

A3) The House of Osman.

Q4) What was Suleiman’s — and the empire’s — capital city?

A4) Constantinople: also known as Istanbul, and Byzantium.

Q5) Finally … ?   Suleiman’s main residence would have been which palace?

A5) The Topkapı Palace.

Here’s some poetry …

“At length I saw a lady within call,


Stiller than chisell’d marble, standing there;


A daughter of the gods, divinely tall,


And most divinely fair.”

st. 22, A Dream of Fair Women, by Alfred Lord Tennyson: originally born in Somersby, Lincolnshire.

And possibly the world’s best known Numbers Station …

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

Have a good day.

*        I think I know it, Olga: or, at least I’ve seen it mentioned!   I’ll have to see if I can add it to my wish list.   That’s assuming Amazon delivers!   As for vaccines … ?   About the only problem with I can see with it, is the amount of conservative religious groups — Christian, Muslim, Jewish, et al — who’d cause a stink.   It’s possibly the one bit of law that would need a group of theologians working on it: to come up with counterarguments!   (It strikes me the Jehovah’s Witnesses — with their habit of not accepting blood donations — would have issues.)

†        It’s a good one, Anne: at least, I think so.   I saw a few movies, recently, that got me thinking … 

‡        That’s the one, Debbi.   It’s aimed at medics, only?   That seems a shame, somehow.   I’ve got one (extra) question, though.   Did you get your shoe back?   (One of Terry Pratchett’s throwaway creations?   Was the Eater of Socks.   It lives in washing machines … )