Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23rd March, 2020.

23rd March, 2020.

I think we can say it, can’t we?

The corona virus has killed normality.

To an extent!

The UK is looking at assorted shades of lock down, panic buying and closures.

I know I’m going to go shopping later.

And am very aware the shops are going to be … either crowded or empty.

One of the two.

~≈¥≈~

I’m also very aware I’m jobhunting.

And, yesterday?   Put in an application for my local Iceland.

For one of what the company’s calling a ‘seasonal temporary worker.’

A shelf stacker, in other words: refilling the shelves, over night.

I didn’t get it.

A company who want’s shelf stackers, at a time when shelves need refilling, fast, and a man that wants a job … ?

And a man who ends ups not getting it … ?

It’s seriously screwed up.

~≈¥≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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

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

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

Q1) Handel’s Messiah debuted in London: on 23rd March, 1743.   At what’s now the what?

Q2) 23rd March is the Day of the Sea.   In which South American country?

Q3) 23rd March, 1983, saw the birth of which runner … ?

Q4) 23rd March, 1972, saw the birth of boxer, Joe Calzaghe.   Which country of the UK is he from … ?

Q5) Waltham Abbey was surrendered to the king on 23rd March, 1540: during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.   Which King was it handed to?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 22nd March, 2020, is a Sunday.   When was the last time 22rd March was a Sunday?

A1) 2014.

Q2) ISO 8601 — the international standards covering dates, and time — defines Sunday as what: the fifth, sixth or seventh day of the week?

A2) The seventh.

Q3) Which Roman Emperor declared Sunday to be a day of rest: Claudius 1st, Constantine 1st or Augustus?

A3) Constantine 1st.

Q4) Members of which religion refer to Sunday as ‘the Sabbath’?

A4) Christianity.

Q5) Some members of that religion mark the Sabbath on which day?

A5) Saturday.

Q6) Söndag is the name for Sunday … in which European language?

A6) Swedish.

Q7) BBC Radio 1 has usually broadcast what on Sunday: a sermon, the Chart Show or the Rock show?

A7) The Chart show.   (The show has, in recent years, been moved to Friday: the current hour long, Sunday night show, is an update one.)

Q8) Bloody Sunday took place in Northern Ireland, in 1973: when Paratroopers shot protestors.   Protestors in which city?

A8) Derry/Londonderry.   (U2’s Sunday, Bloody Sunday is all about it.)

Q9) Sunday is a 2019 song by whom?

A9) Jessica Mauboy.

Q10) Finally … ?   The News of the World, The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday are all Sunday … what?

A10) Sunday papers.

Here’s a thought …

“Over-confidence is a weakness because it stops you training as hard as you should.”

Joe Calzaghe, born 23 March 1972.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        We’re getting the same sort of issues with the economy, here, Olga.   It’s not going badly … but bits are being turned off.   McDonalds and Nandos are closing their branches, to give you an example.   And, yes: the government’s helping employees having issues.   But self employed entertainers, and cabbies, and creatives, and accountants, and hairdressers who visit at home … ?   Well … !   At least the teaching course is’s going well.   Can you apologise to your students who read me, and spot any typos?   Sometimes I miss them!   (Technically?   The Times is a broadsheet: even the Sunday edition )

‡        Resilience, Debbi?   Boundless enthusiasm, surely?   😆