Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 13-2-2020: Radio Daze

13th February, 2020.

You know, job hunting’s starting to pall.

Really!

Right now, I’m obviously blogging.

But, frankly?

I’m doing a lot of thumb twiddling!

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One thing I do know?

Is I managed to finish Orwell’s The Lion and The Unicorn, last night.

That?   Is quite the read!

I know it sounds strange: especiallly if — like Old Peculiar regular, Debbi Mack — you have a To Be Read pile the size of Chelmsford.

But if you want a good example of of how to write well in English, The Lion and The Unicorn is possibly it.

And … ?   I’m no expert, but think Eric Arthur Blair possibly knew a thing or two.

“The heirs of Nelson and of Cromwell are not in the House of Lord.   They are in the fields and the streets, in the factories and the armed forces, in the four-ale bar and the suburban back-garden: and at present, they are being kept under by an army of ghosts.”

I think … I’ll be keeping The Lion and The Unicorn close at hand.

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring ten out of ten.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 13th February is World Radio Day.   Radio waves are between 30 Hertz … and how many gigahertz?

Q2) Unidirectional, one way, radio transmission, is known as what: simplex, duplex or quadruplex?

Q3) Radio Detection And Ranging uses radio waves to find things.   It’s better known as what?

Q4) One radio band is called VHF.   VHF stands for Very High … what?

Q5) Finally … ?   Many modern radio stations use DAB.   In other words, Digital Audio what?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) The US state of Georgia was founded: on 12th February of which year?

A1) 1733.

Q2) The US state of Georgia was admitted to the Union, in which year?

A2) 1788.

Q3) Georgia was the last of the Thirteen what, to be founded?

A3) Thirteen Colonies.

Q4) The State was named after which British monarch?

A4) George 2nd.

Q5) What’s Georgia’s state capital?

A5) Atlanta.

Q6) The state capital’s Georgia’s largest city by population.   What’s the second largest by population?

A6) Augustus.

Q7) Jackson, Georgia, stands in for the fictional Hawkins, Indiana.   The fictional city is the setting for which series?

A7) Stranger Things.

Q8) Then living in Fulton County, Georgia, 1886 saw Colonel John Pemberton invent the state’s best known fizzy drink.   Which drink?

A8) Coca Cola.

Q9) Georgia born pianist, Richard Wayne Penniman, is better known how?

A9) Little Richard.

Q10) Finally … ?   Which Georgia born model recorded Shake Your Head, with Was Not Was and Ozzy Osbourne?

A10) Kim Basinger.   (Here … )

Here’s a thought …

“For many people in the future, radio will take the place of an inner life.”

George Duhamel.

And a playlist …

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

Have a good day.

*        Yes, you mentioned, Olga: good luck with the course!   It sounds like it’ll be hard work.   Oh, about The Lion and The Unicorn?

“The Spanish people were defeated, but the things they learned during those two and a half memorable years will one day come upon the Spanish Fascists like a boomerang.”

†        It’s a fascinating read, Debbi, I know that.   Oh … I think I’ve added another one to the list, for you.   There’s a quote from The Lion and the Unicorn you may want to throw at Trump … !

“[England] is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax.”