Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 28-3-2020: The Number 28.

28th March, 2020.

Yes: it’s now Saturday … and day whatever-it-is of the lock down.

I can officially go out: mostly where I’ve got some medication to pick up.

Oh, and can you remind me to buy bin bags?

I’m running out of bin bags … !

Ye gods!   I started this blog, many years ago, to help my fellow pub quiz masters find question sets … 

And know I’m asking people to remind me to buy bin bags!

Given that I almost spelt ‘remind’ as ‘remand’ … ?

Given that, I think the sooner this is over, the better!

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor* 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) Today’s the 28th of March.   Twenty-eight is atomic mass of which chemical element?

Q2) Twenty-eight is atomic number of which chemical element?

Q3) Traditionally?   It takes what, twenty-eight days to cure: cheddar, concrete or oak?

Q4) 28BC saw the Emperor of Rome start a census of the Empire.   Which Emperor: Augustus, Tiberius or Caligula?

Q5) Twenty-eight is a what shaped number: square, circular or triangular?

Q6) Twenty-eight is a card game from where: Niger, Bangladesh or India?

Q7) What’s 28 … in Roman Numerals?

Q8) There are twenty-eight Hebrew letters in the first verse of the Bible.   That verse is in which book of the Bible?

Q9) What was the twenty-eighth state to join the USA?

Q10) Finally … ?  28000 to 28999 are the postcodes for the part of Spain surrounding which city?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 27th March is World Theatre Day: according to the International Theatre Institute.   Theatre is a performing … what?

A1) Performing art.

Q2) Kabuki, noh and kyōgen are forms of theatre from which country?

A2) Japan.

Q3) Agathon, Euripides and Hipparchus were playwrights from Ancient … where?

A3) Ancient Greece.   (Euripides trousers, you mend a these trous … no, never mind.)

Q4) Most traditional Chinese theatre is what: opera, mime or ballet?

A4) Opera.   (Western style plays only arrived in the 20th Century.)

Q5) Finally?   The Theatre, the Curtain and the Globe, were theatres that staged whose plays?

A5) William Shakespeare’s.

Here’s a thought …

“… being 28 is like being a brand new, beginner’s level gymnast, perilously seesawing between “real” adulthood and (what feel like) the last crumbs of your true youth.”

Joseph Ejiro.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Suitably corrected, Trevor.   Oh, the FB group I mentioned has a local WhatsApp group: just in case you HAVE got a smart phone!

†        Oh, blimey, the interview: it didn’t go well, Debbi, they were looking for people more local to them!   Oh, well, maybe next time …