Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-11-2020: The Number Twelve

12th November, 2020.

Right … 

I’ve had news … !

My landlord’s Digital Futures team has approved the loan of a laptop for me: so that I can do the ECDL course that starts on the 25th.

Phew!

That’s a relief!

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On the door front?

Remember, that we need the building’s door handle, and a security bar, fitted?

And that the repairs had been re-scheduled for the 20th?

Well, I got the phone call, yesterday: it’s been rescheduled, again … for the 19th!

Oy veh … !

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡, David^, Debbiª and Edithº, putting in their answers: with Olga, Trevor, David and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum and Edith on two.

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

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

Q1)        It’s the 12th November. Is twelve odd or even?

Q2)        What’s twelve: in Roman numerals?

Q3)        What’s twelve: in binary?

Q4)        Which one’s noon: 12am or 12pm?

Q5)         Which one’s midnight: 12am or 12pm?

Q6)        Twelve is the atomic number of which metal: iron, magnesium or manganese?

Q7)        A group of twelve items is a ‘D.’   Which ‘D?’   (It’d not Little D, Debbi!)

Q8)        Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis and Madeleine Stow appeared in which Terry Gilliam film: 12 Monkeys, Brazil or Tidelands?

Q9)        You will immediately lose a game, if you roll twelve.   In which dice game?

Q10)        Finally? There were thirteen people sat at King Arthur’s Round Table.   King Arthur himself: plus twelve what?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        11th November is Armistice Day: marking the end of World War One.   In which year?

A1)        1918.

Q2)        It’s also known — in many Commonwealth countries — as what Day?

A2)        Remembrance Day.

Q3)        Name any one of the six main powers who signed the Armistice.

A3)        France, the UK, Russia, Italy, Japan or the United States of America.

Q4)        Name any one of the four Central powers who signed the Armistice.

A4)        Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire or Bulgaria.   (As a note? I won’t accept Turkey as an answer: as it didn’t exist until after World War One.)

Q5)        Finally, and traditionally?   Many in the UK will mark the end of World War One and Two, on Remembrance … what

A5)        Remembrance Sunday: it’s the nearest Sunday to the 11th: this year, it was held on the 8th November. 

Here’s a thought …

“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.”

Phylis Diller.

And a playlist …

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

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        I’m hoping they will, Olga: there’s always quirks with new software, and when it’s juggling a lot of balls?  Well!

Small form factor computers can be a very good buy: I know I’ve gone a couple of posts from friends front rooms: with Bruce, my Mac mini, hooked up to a spare monitor.   (I’ve still got him: on my immediate right.)

A mini can be a good buy, if that’s something you’re looking at: you’d need to factor in a mouse, keyboard and monitor, but they do save space!

†        Sounds like fun, Trevor.   Just as a pointless piece of trivia, in Spain, Friday 13th isn’t as unlucky as Tuesday 13th.   Neither are a problem in Italy: where Friday 17th’s the unlucky day.   We have Olga to thank for those.

Good luck if you DO try this lot!

‡        Hello, Mum!   (I know it’s a long set, today, Mum, but the numbers questions are usually worth a guess!)

^        Morning, again, David!   Now … should we start singing this?

ª        Oh, TELL me about it, Debbi!   I shut down Katie, last night, and she said good night, last night!   That was a first!

(I’ve not upgrade to Big Sur, just yet: as it’s not rolled out to my update system.   but The default wallpaper looks a bit … you know … loud!)

º        That reminds, me, Edith, I need to get tomatoes!   (Oh, the numbers questions are usually worth a guess, if that’s any help!   Now … did I mention I give my computers, names?)