Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3-6-2020: Three … is the Magic Number

3rd June, 2020.

It’s official: I caught a movie, last night.

Luis Buñuel’s Viridiana, so you know.

I think The Seventh Seal was better … 

But, on the other hand?

The Seventh Seal, as far as I can see, didn’t win a Palme D’or, nor get condemned as blasphemous by L’Osservatore Romano, the Pope’s own newspaper.

If you’ve pulled of THAT double, you’ve done something!

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* 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 is the 3rd day of the month.   Is the number 3, odd or even?

Q2) Is 3 a prime number?

Q3) 3 to the power of 3 (3³) equals what?   (3³=?)

Q4) Three of the five Platonic solids have triangular faces.   Name one of them.

Q5) A triangle has three sides.   How many vertices — points — does a triangle have?

Q6) Which Swiss chocolate bar is triangular?

Q7) The Tripitaka — the Three Baskets — are the sacred texts of which religion: Jainism, Sikhism or Buddhism?

Q8) There are three Synoptic Gospels in the Bible: name one of them.

Q9) D’Anna Biers — Number Three — is played by Lucy Lawless.   In which sci-fi TV series?

Q10) Finally … ?   Three was a 1979 EP — and début release — from which Irish rock band?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 2nd June is the feast day of Saint Felix of Nicosia.   Nicosia, where: Sicily, Cyprus or Lesbos?

A1) Sicily.

Q2) 2nd June is Festa della Repubblica, or Republic Day.   In which Italian speaking nation: Italy, San Marino or Switzerland?

A2) Italy.

Q3) 2nd June is the feast day of Saint Pothinus.   He’s generally considered to be the first Roman Catholic bishop of where: Marseille, Lyon or Toulouse?

A3) Lyon.

Q4) 2nd Janu, 1976, saw jockey, Lester Piggott win his 7th victory: at which race?

A4) The Epsom Derby.   (The Kentucky Derby takes its name from this race.)

Q5) Finally … ?   2nd June, 1920, saw the birth of writer, Johnny Speight.   He created which Warren Mitchell character in ’Til Death Do Us Part?

A5) Alf Garnett.

Here’s a thought …

“I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.”

Rodney Dangerfield.

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.”

Attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, by Mark Twain.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        I’ll have to see if I can get hold of Halt and Catch Fire, Olga: it does sound good.

I think Apple’s general pricing comes from the fact the classic macOS pre-dates Windows by some twelve months: Apple really could name its price.   Funnily enough?   I think it’s done Apple a favour.   That policy’s given them a 10% market share for 36 years: a small enough chunk that malware makers ignore it‡.   I also know Apple tried going the Windows route, of licensing macOS to other makers^º.   And lost serious money, as a result.   Apple’s mostly a hardware maker, that boosts its profits by making the software to go with the hardware … then selling you the music, the movies, the apps, the ringtones, the tutorials, the cloud storage.   (1989?   That was probably Windows 3, then …)

It’s going to be a day or too more for the digital poverty article, I think: there’s something else I need to chase: but cheers!

†        I can tell, Debbi!   Hopefully, today’s won’t be too much work!

And yes: Archieª was the US version of Alf.   I don’t know that he caused as much of a storm: but the impression I picked up was that they both caused a stink!   I seem to recall Warren Mitchell was worried about his safety at one or two points.   And mildly concerned about the amount of flattering fan-mail Alf got.

‡        The last bit of macOS ransomware I know of was circulating four years ago.   The most recent piece of Windows ransomware I could find … ?   Was last week.

^        I know most people think Windows is free.   That’s like saying your car’s engine is free.   It, like Windows or macOS, isn’t.   The price of an OS is a small part of the price of a computer.

ª        Apparently?   Eric Cartmen, in South Park, was loosely based on Archie: which possibly makes him Alf’s grandson …

º        I’ve also had the impression that Microsoft had some seriously anticompetitive practises.   If I’ve understood things correctly, at one point, you couldn’t build a computer with an Intel chip … without having to install Windows.   Or, at least, without paying for it.   Put a version of Linux on an Intel based PC, at the time, you’d still have to pay for Windows.