Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 28th October, 2020

28th October, 2020.

It’s officially official … 

It’s a Wednesday!

You’ve possibly noticed.

At any rate, Brentwood’s had something of a blow.

Brentwood has — or, at least, had — a leisure centre: called the Brentwood Centre.

It was a mixture of exercise facilities, performance space, swimming pool and licensed bar: and various other bits and bobs.

Unfortunately?

It seems the charity that runs it, the Brentwood Leisure Trust, has closed: after not receiving help from Brentwood Council.

That’s, temporarily, closed the centre itself.

In these times … ?

That’s a shame.

~≈😐≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡ and Debbi^ putting in their answers: with Trevor, Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five and Mum 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)        28th October, 1982, saw the birth of actor, Matt Smith.   He was captain of which football club’s youth team?

Q2)        28th October, 1958, saw John 23rd elected as what?

Q3)        28th October, 1909, saw the birth which Irish born, English painter: Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon or Ruth Adams?

Q4)        Christina Fernández de Kirchner was elected President: on 28th October, 2007.   Of which South American country?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Auguste Escoffier was born on 28th October, 1846.   What was he: a soldier, chef or politician?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        27th October saw the birth of John Cleese.   In which year?

A1)        1939.

Q2)        He recorded I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That, Again for the BBC Home Service.   Then for the BBC Light Programme.   Then for which Radio station?

A2)        BBC Radio 2.   (It’s currently being repeated on BBC Radio Four Extra.)

Q3)        Cleese wrote sketches for The Frost Report, with whom: Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin or Terry Gilliam?


A3)        Graham Chapman.   (The show’s host was David Frost, the cast included Ronnie’s Corbett and Barker, Barry Cryer, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor.   Some musical interludes were provided by token mathematician, Tom Lehrer.)

Q4)        Cleese, Jones, Chapman, Idle, Palin and Gilliam went on to make possibly the most influential comedy show ever made.   What IS that comedy show?

A4)        IT’S Monty Python’s Flying Circus.   (The group has always named the late, great, Spike Milligan as the biggest influence on Python.)

Q5)        Finally?   Cleese’s best known solo work?   Was a sitcom he made with his first wife, Connie Booth: about a hotel in Torquay.   What was that sitcom?

A5)        Fawlty Towers.

Here’s a thought …

“The NHS is the only Religion left in Britain.”

David Dimbleby, born 28 October 1938.

And a song …

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

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day!

*        I remember you saying, Olga … ! :D   The BIG question … ?   Is ‘Which part of Mexico was he from?’   I’d love to know!   I have to say, I grew up on The Young Ones: and always wondered how much of an influence Fawlty Towers was on it.   They both share a lot of physical comedy.

And somehow, the theme doesn’t surprise me.   The BBC can be a bit … iffy about they’re IP.   I know I’ve had to take a lot of Dr Who videos off my YouTube channel.   Mozrt sounds like a better option … !

†        Now, why does that not surprise me, Trevor?

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Tell me about it, Debbi: I had a second one at ten to ten!