Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 13th March, 2021

13th March, 2021.

Yay … !

I’m rising the Brentwood Centre, today.

Because — wait for it — I’m getting the COVID-19 jabs, today.

Or, at least, the first of them.

Hopefully?   I won’t get too many side effects.

~≈💉≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡, Debbi^ and Edithª‚ putting in their answers: with Olga, Trevor and Debbi scoring five out of five, Edith on four, and Mum on three.

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

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

Q1)        13th March, 2020, saw the shooting of Breonna Taylor: in her Kentucky home.   By whom: the Police, the Hell’s Angels or the Mafia?

Q2)        13th March is National Elephant Day. Where: Thailand, India or Kenya?

Q3)        13th March, 1884, saw the start of the Siege of Khartoum.   Khartoum is in which modern African nation?

Q4)        13th March, 1939, saw the birth of singer, Neil Sedaka.   Who released a version of Sedaka’s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo in 1971: Frank Sinatra, Tony Christie or Tom Jones?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Who was elected pope on 13th March, 2013: John Paul 2nd, Benedict 16th or Francis 1st?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, 12th March, 2020, saw the US Government suspend travel.   From where: Europe, Africa or South America?

A1)        Europe.

Q2)        Liza Minelli was born on 12th March, 1946.   Judy Garland was her mother.   Who was her father?

A2)        Vincent Minelli.

Q3)        Singer, David Daniels, was born on 12th March, 1966.   Is he a baritone, tenor or countertenor?

A3)        A countertenor.   If I’ve understood it correctly?   A countertenor has a similar range to a soprano.

Q4)        Sir Terry Pratchett died: on 12th March, 2015.   What was the name of his first Discworld novel: The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic or Equal Rights?

A4)        The Colour of Magic.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Jack Kerouac was born: on 12th March, 1922.   In a town in which US state?

A5)        Massachussetts.

Here’s a thought … 

“You don’t get rich writing science fiction.   If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”

Scientology founder and SF writer, L. Ron Hubbard, March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986.

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.

*        Terry Pratchett once said, that, when he started work as a journalist, he saw his first corpse on his first day.   It sounds like he’d fitted right in at Barcelona Hospital, Olga!   And there were guns going off as well?   And people tell you prison is easy!

Talking about the Everard case?   Apparently, he’s been hospitalised a second time: with head injuries.   I’m wondering if he’s trying to kill himself, by banging his head against the cell walls … 

†        The best we could do, Trevor?   Was a lump pf polystyrene on the over side of the road!   Talking of which?   I don’t know if you remember her, but they’s got Celeste Bell on: daughter of Poly Styrene!   (Oh, I saw the Facebook comment about MPs.   He’s turned up once, around here: for a drug raid.   Make what you will of that … )

‡        Hello, Mum!   See you at eleven … !

^        Here’s hoping, Debbi!

ª        You know, I’ve not heard a Huey Lewis tune for years, Edith!   Sounds like your Mum had taste.   I still remember The Power Of Love, the song they did for Back to the Future!   Back in ’85, I think that was.   As I recall, there was a few songs with the same name.   Oh, do you remember ZZTop?   They did a tune for the third Back to the Future film.