Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8th February, 2020.

8th February, 2020.

It has to be said … 

I’m spending a lot of late nights watching TV.

Or, at least, watching For All Mankind.

With last night’s episode featuring suspicious Soviets, rocket rescues and bodies in airlocks?

It was worth the effort.

~≈¥≈~

One thing that’s caught my eye?

Is Microsoft’s Xbox division announcing that Nintendo and Sony — the companies behind the Switch, and the Playstion — aren’t its main rivals.

It’s Google and Amazon.

Which seemed counter-intuitive, to me.

Until I watch a video from LinusTechTips, over on Youtube.

One that made a very good point or two.

Naming Amazon may have been a bad choice.

But naming Google’s Stadia was an idea.

After all, in North America?

Macs and Chromeboxes are the default educational machines.

Get gamers buying them when they’re kids?

And you could be on to a long term winner … 

~≈¥≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Olga on four.

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 February, 1915, saw the premiere of the film, The Birth of a Nation.   The Birth of a Nation presented which fascist group as heroes?

Q2) The Queen was proclaimed as queen: of 8th February, 1952.   She was declared, Queen, head of the commonwealth: and defender of the what?

Q3) 8th February, 1879, saw Sandford Fleming propose Universal Standard … what?

Q4) The first part of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible was released: on 8th February, 1946.   Which language is it in?

Q5) Finally … ?   A crew of astronauts returned to Earth on 8th February, 1974.   Which space station had they been on?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 7th February saw the Beatles arrive in the US: for their first US tour.   In which year?

A1) 1964.

Q2) Famously?   Various newspapers dubbed the band the mop … what?

A2) Moptops.   (According the the BBC article in question one?   Beatle wigs were available for $2.99)

Q3) The Beatles were responsible for the Beatle boots.   Those boots were a version of which C?

A3) Chelsea boots.

Q4) Their first scheduled appearance?   Was on which show?

A4) The Ed Sullivan Show.

Q5) Finally … ?   Frenzied Beatles fans were suffering with which B?

A5) Beatlemania.

Here’s a thought …

“Trash is something you get rid of—or disease. I’m not something you get rid of.”

Lana Turner, February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Sorry, Olga!   But, strictly, they were mop tops … !   At ANY rate, I’ve managed to find a copy of Spartacus: so I’ll be watching that when I’ve got time.   And I’m converting Groundhog Day into a watchable file type, as we speak.   It’s 4k, it’s taking AGES!   Olivia de Havilland’s still alive?   Blimey: ‘glory’ is the right word … !   (Wasn’t Tony Curtis in The Vikings?   I read Kirk’s autobiography, many years ago.   I seem to recall him saying he teased Curtis mercilessly: for being the only Viking with a New Jersey accent.)

†        The DJ, Debbi?   I have to admit, I’d never heard of him, ’til you mentioned him!   As for the screaming … ?   It was George, they went made for him … !   Oh, did you see the BBC America Still to Come trailer?   The Cybermen have been re-designed …