Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2-4-2020: Portsmouth

2nd May, 2020.

I think we can safely say too things.

Lockdown is still on.

Which … is par for the course, I think.

After seeing some fan art on Instagram?

I’m reminded my dentist is the spit of Sacha Dhawan.

In other words, I know a man who looks like a psychotic Time Lord, happy to kill everything and anyone for fun … 

Who has access to dental drills.

It’s not what you call reassuring … !

And, to top that lot off … ?

Noted anti-semite, and conspiracy theorist, David Icke, has had his Facebook page taken down.

Thank heavens for that.

The next stop’s a Twitter ban!

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Trevor on five out of five, and Debbi on four.

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

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

Q1) The city of Portsmouth received its first Royal Charter.   On 2nd May of which year?

Q2) From which English King: Richard 1st, Richard 2nd or Richard 3rd?

Q3) That King was a what: Tudor, Stuart or Plantagenet?

Q4) Is Portsmouth mentioned in the Domesday Book: yes or no?

Q5) Portsmouth’s in which English county?

Q6) Portsmouth is home to the UK’s Senior Service: the oldest of Britain’s armed forces.   What IS the Senior Service?

Q7) Much of Portsmouth in on which island?

Q8) Portsmouth FC plays in Portsmouth.   What’s the name of their home ground?

Q9) Which engineer was born in Portsmouth in 1806?

Q10) Finally … ?   Which Goon was born in Portsmouth’s Southsea region?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 1st May, 1776, saw the foundation of the Illuminati.   In what’s now which German federal state?

A1) Bavaria.

Q2) 1st May is the traditional date of May Day.   The holiday is a traditional European what holiday: Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?

A2) Spring.

Q3) 1st May, 1866, saw race riots begin: in which Tennessee city?

A3) Memphis.

Q4) The Empire State Building was dedicated: on 1st May.   Of which year?

A4) 1931.

Q5) Finally?   1st May, 1961, saw Fidel Castro ban Cuban what?

A5) Elections.

Here’s a thought …

“I never saw Portsmouth by day.”

Quentin Crisp.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Yeah, COVID 19’s going to make my review 2020 Teaser set interesting, Olga: if I’ve recall, the first cases were actually reported in 2019, in China.   You know, if the Four Horse of the Apocalypse^ were real, the End of the World would never start.   There’d be too much mucking about with diaries!   You know, I can’t remember exactly where I was when Clinton’s war started: but I remember where I was when the First Gulf War got off the ground.   From what I recall?   Me and the people I worked with spent most of our time wishing the news programmes would shut up about it … !

†        I’ve managed to get them corrected, Trevor, thanking you!   Four whole guineas?   What’s that, now, about £4·20?   As I recall, a guinea was twenty-one shillings … 

‡        I’ll look forward to it, then, Debbi!   He’s at the bottom of the pile, unfortunately.   I do know I’m reading Live and Let Die, the Bond novel, at the moment.   It’s an interesting read … but Fleming couldn’t write it, that way, todayª … (Oh, Germany’s a bit like the US: it’s a federal republic with looks of states.)

^        I don’t know if you ever read any Pratchett, Olga, but his version of the Horsemen originally have five members.   One left before they got famous.   Musical differences … 

ª        Some of the language, Debbi, is … well, not quite the thing …