Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-3-2020: The Number 5

5th March, 2020.

Hmmm … 

I’m officially a year older: but officially not any less glum.

Still … ?

I have had a very nice lunch, yesterday: courtesy of my sister, Ruth.

And managed to get the refurbished laptop to her, in the process.

I’ve also had one of my birthday presents turn up: a cheap laptop I’m intent on using as a spare machine … after I’ve installed a version of Ubuntu on it.

It’ll be handy: I can job search in Brentwood library, with out my passwords leaving a machine I own.

Here’s hoping … 

~≈Ç≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw David* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring ten out of ten.

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 is the 5th March.   Is five a prime number?

Q2) Is five odd or even?

Q3) The geometric shape with five edges is a what?

Q4) A five pointed star is a what?

Q5) Name one of the five Platonic solids.

Q6) A triangular prism has five faces.   So does the square … what?

Q7) Thunderbird Five is a what: space station, rocket or rocket plane?

Q8) What’s the fifth pillar of Islam?

Q9) White Lines was a hit for whom?   (Be careful, here: there’s at least one wrong answer …)

Q10) Finally … ?   №5 is a fragrance from whom?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Who — in The Lord of the Rings — speaks about his ‘birthday present’?

A1) Gollum.

Q2) More to the point, what was that present?

A2) The One Ring.

Q3) Who originally made that present?

A3) Sauron.

Q4) Moving on, slightly?   The Birthday Present is a 2008 novel by whom?

A4) Ruth Rendell: writing un her pseudonym, Barbara Vine.

Q5) Singer, Nick Cave, forted a band called the Birthday Party.   Which country were the band from?

A5) Australia.

Q6) The band recorded a 1980 song called Happy Birthday.   Which Scottish band released a 1981 album called Happy Birthday?

A6) Altered Images.   (Indeed, the title track was the band’s biggest hit.)

Q7) In the UK, the copyright of the traditional song, Happy Birthday to You, is is what: owned by Warner/Chappell Music, owned by the Micheal Jackson estate or in the public domain?

A7) In the public domain.

Q8) It’s My Birthday is a 2014 song … by whom?

A8) will.i.am.

Q9) The Birthday Party is a play by who: William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter or Samuel Beckett?

A9) Harold Pinter.

Q10) Finally … ?   If you’re wearing your birthday suit, you’re what?

A10) Starkers.   In the altogether.   As nature made you.   Naked, in other words.   (Cue Louise Redknapp.)

Here’s a thought …

“It was Pythagoras who discovered that the 5th and the octave of a note could be produced on the same string by stopping at 2⁄3 and ½ of its length respectively.”

James Gow.

And a playlist …

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

Have a good day.

*        Glad you liked it, David.   I’ve got a run of themed sets up until the 9th, so you know.

†        Cheers, Debbi: it’s tough, right now!