Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24-12-2019: Eve …

24th December, 2019.

Yep: I’ve learnt a trick!

I’ve been writing this blog for some time: and changed the design, several times.

With the effect that — occasionally — you’ll see posts floating past with  eye-waveringly off-colour lettering.

This one?

Was in a hideous shade of pink.

Until I managed to edit it.

Simply by copying the text into a lightweight text editor … and reimporting it back into Blogger’s editing page.

Result …

~≈¥≈~

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) Bette Davis played Margo Channing in which film?

Q2) All About Eve is a 1988 album: by which band?

Q3) The film, The Three Faces of Eve was a (fictional) sufferer of what?

Q4) Eve Con is a volcano.   In which country?

Q5) Finally?   The IATA code, EVE, identifies Harstad-Narvik Airport, Evenes.   The airport is in which country?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 23rd December, 1815, saw the original publication of Jane Austen’s Emma.   Who’s due to play Emma, in the upcoming 2020 film version of the novel?

A1) Anya Taylor-Joy: she of The Witch fame.

Q2) Yohl Ik’nal was crowned as Queen of Palenque: on 23rd December, 583.   Palenque is in what’s now which country?

A2) Mexico.

Q3) The transistor was patented on 23rd December, 1947.   By which company: Intel, Bell Labs or Nvidia?

A3) Bell Labs.

Q4) 23rd December, 1925, saw the birth of publisher, Rayner Unwin.   He worked for his father, George Unwin, as a children’s book reviewer: which of Tolkien’s books did the review?

A4) The Hobbit.

Q5) Finally … ?   23rd December, 1946, saw the birth of TV writer, John Sullivan.   Which of his series saw Stephen Greif play Harry Fenning?

A5) Citizen Smith.

Here’s a thought …

“We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

Eve, to the Serpent, Genesis 3:2-3 (KJV).

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Yeah: Anya’s name IS a bit of a gobful, Olga, isn’t it?   I saw her in The Witch: she gives a competent performance.   She was in her early twenties, in that: and looks about ten!   I swear, leading actresses look younger, every year.   Hang on, the wi-fi?   Are you getting router issues?   Mine has this bad habit of restarting: when I would rather it didn’t.   Usually in the middle of doing something.   And, yes: I knew there was Messenger issues.   At least one friend had the same issues.   (Oh, mentioning The Witch reminded me of Midsommar.   Definitely worth a watch, Midsommar.)

†        A pleasure, as ever, Debbi!   (Yeah, Rayner started early.   His father, Stanley Unwin, ran George Allen and Unwin,  The Hobbit’s publisher.   I got the impression Stanley thought that, if you’re going to review a children’s book, you should ask a child to do it.   Saying that?   Jude’s eight: I don’t think he’d sit still long enough to read a book!)