Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8-12-2019: The Island Of Ireland

8th December, 2019

It’s true … 

At least I think it’s true.

Today is a slow news-day!

For a start?

I’ve got a quiet day ahead of me.

And a quiet day behind me.

Although — to be fair — I did manage to catch the bus into town, yesterday.

On an old fashioned, green double decker*: complete with a conductor with an old fashioned ticket machine.

What can I tell you?

Bar it was a nice bit of retro technology.

Especially when you saw how many people were taking photos of the thing.

There’s possibly an irony, there.

~≈†≈~

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) 8th December saw the formal establishment of the Irish Free what?

Q2) The establishment was in which year: 1922, 1923 or 1924?

Q3) After the Establishment?   After the establishment, which part of the island remained part of the United Kingdom?

Q4) The free Irish area consisted of how many counties?

Q5) Finally … ?   In which year did those counties become the Republic of Ireland?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 7th December is the feast day of Saint Ambrose.   The saint was a bishop of what was called Mediolanum: and is now which Italian city?

A1) Milan.

Q2) 7th December, 1932, saw the birth of actress, Ellen Burstyn.   In which film does she play Sara Goldfarb?

A2) Requiem for a Dream.

Q3) American Football teams from the US Army and US Navy played one of their annual game: on 7th December, 1963.   It saw the first use of what: Video Assistant Referee, Instant Replay or linesmen?

A3) Instant Replay.

Q4) 7th December, 1917, saw the USA declare war on which empire?

A4) The Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Q5) 7th December, 1949, saw the birth of James Rivière.   Rivière is a noted Italian what: jeweller, actor or organist?

A5) Jeweller.

Here’s a thought …

“In my opinion it gives us freedom, not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire and develop to, but the freedom to achieve it.”

Michael Collins, speaking about the Anglo Irish Treaty that paved the way for today’s events.

And some rebel songs …





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

Have a good day.

*        Many years ago, buses outside London — at least in the Home Counties — were green: and usually known as Country buses.   Contrast that with the buses in London: they’re still that traditional red colour.

†        I THINK I’ve just found you on Facebook, Olga: but I’m not seeing an ‘Add Friend’ button!   I have just sent you a message!   Thanks for the help with ‘On Ripping’ piece by the way.   As for legality … ?   As I’m sure Debbi will tell you, and you probably already know, copyright’s an utter swamp.   The Hargreaves report I mentioned — and which never got made into law — had provisions that allowed for people to rip CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray: purely for personal use.   It’s comes under the various Fair Use provisions, I believe.   The report wasn’t made into law … because record companies and musicians objected.   I can appreciate that … but would rather not pay twice for a film!   (I’ve got a copy of Requiem, somewhere, Olga: but I’ve never actually seen it!)

‡        Cheers, me dears!   It’s an idea, certainly, Debbi!   Although I might just do a video version of that article: with a bit that reminds people it’s illegal, and therefore their decision.   We’ll have to see. (It’s still, technically, illegal to copy a CD into iTunes/Music.app, so you can shove it on an iPhone.   I’ve said it for years: that’s stupid.)