Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11th July, 2020

11th July, 2020.

Yes: it’s officially the case.

It’s not Saturday night, and I’m not — thankfully — Whigfield.

I don’t think I’d look that good with a towel wrapped around my head!

Either way … ?   

I’ve just seen the video for the Sparks most recent song, Existential Threat.

You have to give the Mael brothers credit.

They’ve knocked out an interesting tune: and made a good decision, hiring the incredibly strange Cyriak* to animate the video.

That’s a hell of a decision!

~≈§≈~

Oh, just in case you’ve been following the digital poverty stuff?

I’ve finished the piece on the subject: that I’m hoping to get published on PhoenixFM.

All I need to do know, is a little bit of tidying up, and I’m done.

~≈§≈~

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) 11th July, 2010, was the final of the 2010 World Cup.   Who won?

Q2) 11th July, 1990, saw the birth of sportswoman, Caroline Wozniacki.   What does she play?

Q3) 11th July, 1576, saw explorer, Martin Frobisher, spot the world’s largest island.   What do we now call that island?

Q4) Which London railway station was opened on 11th July, 1848?

Q5) Finally … ?   Labour MP, Terry Fields, was gaoled: on 11th July, 1991.   For the non payment of what?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Nikola Tesla was born on 10th July.   Of which year?

A1) 1856.

Q2) In what was then, what: the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or Hungary?

A2) The Austrian Empire.   (It only became Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867.)

Q3) Smiljan, the village he was born in, is now where: Serbia, Croatia or Macedonia?

A3) Croatia.

Q4) Famously, he preferred which form of electricity: alternating current or direct current?

A4) Alternating current.

Q5) Before starting his own company, Tesla worked for the Edison Machine Works.   In which US city?

A5) New York.

Q6) What did he patent in 1891: the Tesla Coil, the Tesla Turbine or the Tesla tube?

A6) The Tesla Coil.

Q7) Who played Tesla, in the Christopher Nolan film, The Prestige?

A7) David Bowie.

Q8) Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror is an episode of which TV show?

A8) Dr Who.

Q9) The fictional being, Nyarlathotep, was said to have been inspired by Tesla.   Which horror writer created Nyarlathotep?

A9) H. P. Lovecraft.

Q10) Finally … ?   Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc, make electric … what?

A10) Electric cars.

Here’s a thought …

“I feel like everything is possible.”

Caroline Wozniacki, born 11th July, 1990.

And a song …

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

Have a good day.

*        Cyriak’s work is worth checking out.   Just don’t expect normality.   Or rationality.   Or … you know … stuff … !

†        I have to admit, the odd nap helps, Olga: at least, it works for me.   And congratulations on the phone call!   Getting one of those is something!

And, yes: O2’s builder’s has finally … added some more scaffolding!   Either way, it’s nice to know someone else has had a potential interview!

‡        :D   At any rate, Debbi, did I mention I’ve been watching a few Fourth Doctor stories, while I’ve been writing the Teasers?   K-9 always seems to sneak around very quietly …