Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-3-2020: The Other Place

7th March, 2020

I’m officially a silly person … 

I’ve got a new laptop: a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad, running a version of Ubuntu Mate.

And was slowing transferring bookmarks and job sites over to it, manually.

I made a mistake in doing so, though: and needed to change my password.

Only to find that — somewhere along the line — I’d lost the sixteen digit PIN number needed to change my password.

In a word?

Bugger!

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw David* 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) 7th March saw the UK’s House of Commons vote for a one hundred percent elected House of what?

Q2) That house is the what: upper house or lower house?

Q3) It’s known as the ‘Other Place’. And as the House — or Chamber — of what: Peers, Equals or Nobles?

Q4) The Other Place considers laws … and Measures: Measures submitted by the Lords Spiritual.   Those lords are senior members of what?

Q5) Finally … ?   The presiding officer of the House is the Speaker.   What does the Speaker sit on?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 6th March is Independence Day in Ghana: marking the country’s independence from where?

A1) The UK.

Q2) What was Ghana called, whilst a colony?

A2) The Gold Coast.

Q3) Ghana gained independence in which year?

A3) 1957.

Q4) Ghana’s on which continent?

A4) Africa.

Q5) Ghana is sub … what part of the continent?

A5) Sub-Saharan: generally considered to be south of the Sahara Desert.

Q6) What’s Ghana’s official language?

A6) English.   (Along side English, there’s some eleven  regional languages.)

Q7) Ghana’s capital — and largest — city is called what?

A7) Accra.

Q8) You’ll find Adinkra symbols on many things made in Ghana: from clothes to furniture to pottery.   The symbols have their origins with which tribe: the Ashanti, the Kusasi or the Zulu?

A8) The Ashanti.

Q9) Kenkey is a type of Ghanaian what: potato, dumpling or fish?

A9) Dumpling.

Q10) Finally … ?   Highlife is a genre of Ghanaian what?

A10) Music.

Here’s a thought …

“The [Other Place] has many fine aspects, but at its heart, it is a betrayal of the core democratic principle that those in the enlightened world hold so dear - that those who make the laws of the land should be elected by those who must obey those laws.”

Charles Kennedy, 25 November 1959 – 1 June 2015.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Pleasure, as ever, David!   Keep your eyes peeled for the end of March … 

†        Cheers, Debbi!   Oh, I should have The Faceless Ones in at some point: keep your eyes peeled!