Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24th February, 2020.

24th February, 2020.

It’s definite: I’m rushed!

I’ve officially got an appointment … at the Job Centre, at 9:30.

Which would be lovely … if it was still around the corner, from my place!

It’s not: it’s now in Brentwood’s Town hall.

Yes: I know I need the exercise … but even so … 

~≈†≈~

Just as a quick point … ?

Remember I’ve been trying to turn a cheap USB memory stick into a Ubuntu installer?

And been having issues doing so?

A quick Googling told me that balenaEtcher, the app that’s supposed to make making these things easy … is having issues under macOS Catalina.

Wouldn’t you know it.

At ANY rate … ?

I’ve finally managed to borrow my sister’s PC, last night: installing the Windows version of balenaEtcher, and converting the stick into the installer.

Then getting into the BIOS system, so I could re-arrange the boot order.

And then double checking it, to see if it worked.

I think we can say it did.

Roll on my birthday … 

~≈§≈~

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) 24th February, 1955, saw the birth of Steve Jobs.   He was the Chairman of which animation company?

Q2) Games designer, Sid Meier was born a year earlier: on 14th February, 1954.   He’s known for which series of games: Grand Theft Auto, Civilisation or Tomb Raider?

Q3) Parts of the UK were frozen under: on 24th February of which year of the 1950s?

Q4) 24th February, 2007, saw which country launch its fourth spy satellite?

Q5) Finally … ?   Who retired as President on 24th February, 2008?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 23rd February saw the birth of diarist, Samuel Pepys.   In which year?

A1) 1633.

Q2) He was born on which London Street?

A2) Fleet Street.

Q3) He started his diary on 1st January, of which year: 1660, 1661 or 1662?

A3) 1660.

Q4) 23rd February saw Pepys visit a Mr Mumford.   Mr Mumford was A what: MP, Chaplain or cheesewright?

A4) Chaplain.

Q5) August, 1665, saw Pepys write: “But, Lord! how sad a sight it is to see the streets empty of people, and very few upon the ’Change.”   The streets were empty because of the what?

A5) Great Plague of London.

Q6) 2nd September, 1666, saw Pepys telling the King to pull down houses in London.   He did this: to stop damage from the Great … what?

A6) Great Fire of London.   (Famously?   Pepys buried a rather valuable wheel of Parmesan cheese, to stop it getting damaged.)

Q7) Which King did he say that to?

A7) Charles 2nd.

Q8) Pepys played the Flageolet.   A flageolet is a type of what: flute, violin or guitar?

A8) Flute.   (Technically, it’s a fipple flute: with a mouth piece similar to a recorder.)

Q9) Pepys was elected — in 1673 — as an MP for which constituency?

A9) Castle Rising, in Norfolk.

Q10) Finally … ?   Whilst President of the Royal Society, Pepys authorised the publication of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.   Who wrote the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica?

A10) Isaac Newton.

Here’s a thought …

“The irony is we thought we were behind the curve, that the industry had already peaked, and we were just trying to catch up.”

Sid Meier, born February 24, 1954.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        It’s OK, Olga, I’ll survive.   I had two in a row, actually.   Ascension of The Cybermen: what can I tell you … ?

†      Yeah: I tried signing onto your movie blog, to leave you a comment on the Cowboys and Aliens post.   Couldn’t do a thing!   And, yeah: Dolarhyde’s the Tooth Fairy.   And — in case you didn’t know it — Red Dragon, the Thomas Harris novel he’s in, is the first with a well known psychiatrist.   The original film versions called Manhunter … so you know …