Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 10-12-2019: Number 10?

10th December, 2019.

Right … 

It’s official: I’ve had half an hour extra in bed.

As the course I’m on is now starting at ten, instead of nine thirty: we are, as a group, getting ahead of ourselves.

I can’t complain.

An extra half hour in bed is always welcome.

~≈†≈~

I have to admit, I’ve got a Youtube channel.

And, of course, I get advertised to!

We all do.

Yesterday?   I opened up Youtube, so I could do my usual amount of uploading.

And … ?

Faced a huge advert from the Conservatives encouraging me to vote for them.

They can b*gger off!

Especially as I’ve got a ‘Vote Green’ poster in my window … 

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* 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) The number ten is what: odd, or even?

Q2) Is ten divisible by two?

Q3) Is ten a prime number?

Q4) Most humans have ten fingers: and ten … what?

Q5) If we’re talking about a period of ten years, we’re talking about a what?

Q6) Ten — in base ten, or decimal — is written as 10.   How is ten written in binary?

Q7) 10 is the binary version of which number?

Q8) Network Ten is a TV network: in which country?

Q9) The album, 10, released in 1990, was the tenth album by which band?

Q10) Finally … ?   Who directed the 1979 film, 10?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 9th December is the feast day patron saint of indigenous peoples.   He’s Saint Juan … what?
A1) Saint Juan Diego.

Q2) 9th December, 1957, saw the birth of Donny Osmond.   What was the name of The TV show he and his sister introduced?
A2) The Donny and Marie Show.

Q3) 9th December, 1960, saw the birth of politician, Caroline Lucas.   The Brighton Pavilion MP is parliament’s only MP from which party?
A3) The Greens.

Q4) The first episode of Coronation Street was broadcast on 9th December, 1960.   Coronation Street is the world’s longest running soap opera.   What’s the world’s longest running radio soap?
A4) The Archers.   (If I’ve understood correctly?   The Archers is the longest running soap of any kind.)

Q5) Finally … ?   Hikaru Nakamura was born on 9th December, 1987.   He’s a noted player of what: Go, Chess or Mancala?
A5) Chess.

Here’s a thought …

“Ten is the very nature of number. All Greeks and all barbarians alike count up to ten, and having reached ten revert again to the unity.”
Aëtius of Antioch.

And ten pieces by Mozart …

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

Have a good day.

*        Cuauhtlatoatzin?   I’m glad I didn’t know that when I made made the videos, Olga.   You’re right: it’s a hell of a mouthful!   It got me remembering an odd bit of history, though.   During World War Two, the US government employed Native Americans — Navaho, as far as I know — to translate messages into Navaho: then encrypt the messages.   It added an extra layer of difficulty to decoding attempts: as Navaho’s a rare language, with nothing to do with English or Japanese.   I was thinking that’s the problem, with Facebook: I’ve adjusted the settings at my end, if you wanted to have another try at your end!   (Yes: you did mention it: around the time of the initial Referendum.)

†        That it was, Debbi.   I’d not seen him in much, beyond Star Trek and Benson — way back in the day —   but Odo was one of THE characters … !   As for the Prisoner?   Remember the opening sequence?   The bit where we see McGoohan walking across the Village Green?   They recorded that bit after Checkmate: you can just the outline of the chessboard!   (I’m convinced Engardine’s a wizard: in the same sense James Bond’s Q, or or Neuromancer’s the Finn is.   They’re the people you go to, to get the bit of kit, or information, you need.)