Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 14-1-2021: The Number 14.

14th January, 2021.

Yes: it’s Thursday.

And I’ve more food than I had, yesterday.

Quite what I’m supposed to be doing with that many spring onions, I don’t know!

At ANY rate … ?

I have to stay in, today: we’re expecting a repair man to look at the communal aerial.

~≈Ç≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor*, Mum†, Olga‡, Debbi^ and Edithª putting in their answers: with Trevor, Olga, Mum and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Edith 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)        Today is the 14th January.   Is 14 odd or even?

Q2)        Is fourteen a prime number?

Q3)        What letter represents 14, in Hexadecimal: D, E or F?

Q4)        14 is a Catalan numbers.   Catalan numbers take their name from what: a mathematician, a Spanish region, or a type of cheese?

Q5)        14 is the atomic number of what: Aluminium, Silicon or Phosphorus?

Q6)        14 is the atomic weight of what: Carbon, Nitrogen or Oxygen?

Q7)        Which Egyptian god was torn into 14 pieces: Set, Horus or Osiris?

Q8)        There are — in traditional British weights — 14 pounds in a what?

Q9)        There’s fourteen Enigma Variations.   Who composed the Enigma Variations: Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar or Gustav Holst?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Woodrow Wilson issued his Fourteen Points.   After what: World War 1 or World War 2?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        13th January is the feast day of Saint Mungo.   He’s the patron saint of which Scottish city?

A1)        Glasgow.

Q2)        13th January , 1977, is the birthday of actor, Orlando Bloom.   He plays Will Turner in which well known movie franchise: The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean or James Bond?

A2)        Pirates of the Caribbean.

Q3)        The Taal Volcano erupted: on 13th January, 2020.   The volcano is where: the Aegean Islands, the Hawaiian Islands or the Philippines?

A3)        The Philippines.

Q4)        Al-Hakam 2nd was born on 13th January, 915.   He was the second Caliph of where: Córdoba, Granada or Marbella?

A4)        Córdoba.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Shots were heard on 13th January, 1997.   At which country’s Peruvian embassy: Japan’s, China’s or Vietnam’s?

A5)        Japan’s.

Here’s a thought … 

“What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker?”

Stanley Kubrick.

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.

*        As I recall, Trevor?   They got bought by Time-Warner.   I’ve just had a lot at their email site: apparently, they provide a delightful email service.   There’s possibly comments … 

Oh, so you know, Trevor?   The next two ten question sets are on the 17th and the 26th: neither are numbers sets.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        Here’s hoping those elections go well, Olga: whenever they’re held!   Our next local elections — including ones for the Scottish parliament — are due on 6th May … after being delayed from 7th May, last year.   They’ll possibly be delayed, again!   I think, in Brentwood’s case, it’ll leave the council under the control of the same twits we’ve got now.   But seeing it delayed, again?   Well, it’s frustrating.   US democracy’s suffering from Donald Trump.   Sound’s like the UK and Catalonia’s got a case of COVID-19.

^        Funnily enough, Debbi?   Machen describes Meirion as a ‘seaside town of some repute with holiday-makers for five or six weeks in the summer.’   And in the far west of Wales.  I’m just surprised he didn’t have a giant weather balloon, floating around.   If you can access the Project Gutenburg version of the story, Debbi, it might grab you.

Oh, I mention OMD to Edith.   Did you ever hear a song of their’s called Atomic Ranch?   They’ve got a Mac: it’s where the voices come from!

ª        My pleasure, Edith.   Did you know OMD were fans of Cabaret Voltaire?   OMD’s Architecture and Morality, and Dazzle Ships, were classic albums.