Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-2-2020: Sweets for My Sweet.

5th February, 2020.

Yes: I’ve done it, again: I’ve had a late — ish — night: catching up with the Apple TV+ show, For all Mankind.

Frankly?

It’s really rather good.

I know Apple’s better known for its hardware: I am sitting in front of a Mac, after all.

But, with For All Mankind, they’ve managed to make a very watchable series!

~≈Â≈~

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) Post-war sweet rationing ended in the UK: on 5th February of which year?

Q2) The rationing had been introduced during which war?

Q3) During war time sweet rationing, a person was allowed how many imperial ounces of sweets, per month: 14, 16 or 18?

Q4) Sweet rationing ended in February of the year in question.   Sugar rationing ended in the same year: but in which month?

Q5) The word, ‘sweets’ is the British English term.   What’s the usual American English term?

Q6) What — according to Wikipedia — is the Australian English term?

Q7) Some sweets contain gelatin.   Who usually won’t eat regular gelatin: vegans, Christians or Mormons?

Q8) Most sweets contain what: sugar, salt or burnt crunchy bits?

Q9) Chocolate — one of the world’s most popular sweets — and has it’s origins with which tribal people: the Olmec, Aztec or Maya … ?

Q10) Finally … ?   Bassett’s, The Natural Confectionery Company and Fry’s, are all sweet brands owned by which C?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered: on 4th February of which year?

A1) 1859.

Q2) The Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in which country: Egypt, Palestine or Israel?

A2) Egypt.

Q3) The Codex is written in which language: Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew?

A3) Greek.

Q4) The Codex is written in a type of script called what: black letter, uncial or rustic capitals?

A4) Uncial.   (I’m not sure: but believe many font foundries has typefaces based on Uncial.)

Q5) Finally?   The Codex Sinaiticus is a codex: obviously.   A codex is a type of what: scroll, book or tablet?

A5) Book.

Here’s a thought …

“If it is too sweet for him, let him eat salt. If it is not too sweet for him, let him eat liquorice.”

Sumerian proverb.

And a playlist …

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

Have a good day.

*        Ye gods, Olga, fourteen seasons?   That’s impressive for a TV series: especially when you consider the original Star Trek had three!   Which reminds me, I’m going to have to try and catch up with Star Trek: Picard: I’m hearing good things about it!   (Did I mention For All Mankind?)

†        Debbi, thanking you for the comment!   I’ve had a couple on the video version, as well: the fact I felt Praxeus was Pertweesque caught someone’s eye!