Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 24-4-2020: The Number 24.

24th April, 2020.

It’s officially official … it’s silly season.

For starters?

In a comment at yesterday’s Presidential press conference?

President Trump suggested injecting disinfectant was a possible way of curing Covid 19.

Will former President George W. Bush be running for a third term, this year?

In retrospect, he honestly sounds like a better option!

“They misunderestimated me.”

George W. Bush.

~≈†≈~

Then there’s 5g phones mast!

According to a downright stupid theory doing the rounds?

5g signals are, apparently, responsible for corona virus … to the point where people are attacking, or harassing, engineers installing 5g kit.

The stupidity of people … really doesn’t surprise me, sometimes!

“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”

George W. Bush.

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* 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) Is 24 an odd or even number?

Q2) Is 24 a prime number?

Q3) What’s 24: in binary?

Q4) There are 24 items in two dozen.   How many items are there in one dozen?

Q5) There are 24 hours in a day: on Earth.   A Martian solar day, or sol, is 24 hours … and how many minutes?

Q6) A tesseract has 24 faces.   It’s the four dimensional version of what: the tetrahedron, the cube or the octahedron?

Q7) One hundred percent pure gold contains 24 … what?

Q8) The Elder Furthark has 24 what?

Q9) There are 24 points on a backgammon board.   Each player has how many pieces?

Q10) Finally … ?   Who plays Jack Bauer in the TV series, 24?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 23rd April is UN English Language Day: marking its use as one of how many official UN languages?

A1) Six.

Q2) Name on of the others … 

A2) Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish.   (Mandarin Chinese, British English and Castilian Spanish, are the UN standard version.)

Q3) The UN preferred version is British English.   With what’s called what spelling?

A3) Oxford spelling: also called Oxford English Dictionary spelling, Oxford style, or Oxford English spelling.

Q4) English is the most widely spoken language on Earth.   What’s the second most widely spoken?

A4) Mandarin Chinese.

Q5) English is the main official language in most of Canada.   Which of Canada’s provinces has French as its only official language?

A5) Quebec.

Q6) Norman dialects of French are spoken in which of the British Isles?

A6) The Channel Islands.

Q7) English is one of two official languages in the Republic of Ireland.   What’s the other?

A7) Irish.

Q8) English is one of how many official languages in South Africa?

A8) Eleven.  (11.)

Q9) Between 1400 and 1700, English went through the Great what Shift?

A9) The Great Vowel Shift.

Q10) Finally?   Who published his Dictionary of the English Language in 1755?

A10) Samuel Johnson.

Here’s a thought …

“I have killed two people since midnight. I haven’t slept in over 24 hours. So maybe you should be a little more afraid of me than you are now.”

The character, Jack Bauer in the series 24: Live Another Day.

And a playlist …

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

Have a good day.

*        Hang on, Spanish Language Day was yesterday, Olga … !?‽   They’ve gone and changed that, then.   It was in October.   At least it was, in 2015!   At ANY rate, Herbert West: Re-Animator is decided un-cheesy … I don’t think the ’85, Jeffrey Combs version is, either, but there’s a sick sense of humour in it.   Pretty much on a par with Pulp Fiction, I always think!   (Oh, I’ve got this on order, in case you’re interested.)

†        I always think the old pulp serials were the (then) equivalent of the soaps, Debbi.   I vaguely remember Terry Pratchett saying we like escaping to somewhere.   Which could do with examining, I know.   But I think we like serial stories: To Be Continued is a frustrating phrase, but … !