Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15-3-2021: The Number 15

15th March, 2021.

It’s officially the case: there was no birdsong, this morning … 

At least: none that I heard!

That’s a shame: I was getting used to it!

~≈🕊≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor*, Olga†, Mum‡, Debbi^ and Edithª‚ putting in their answers: with Olga, Trevor and Debbi scoring five out of five, Mum on three 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)        Today is the 15th March.   Is fifteen odd or even?

Q2)        Is fifteen a Prime number?

Q3)        In hexadecimal, fifteen is represent by which letter: D, E or F?

Q4)        Fifteen is the atomic number of what: silicon, phosphorus or sulfur?

Q5)        The Fifteen puzzle involves slicing around what: balls, bricks or tiles?

Q6)        The Fifteen was a car released in 1932.   By whom: Daimler, Volkswagen or BMW?

Q7)        U, PG, 12, 12A, 15 and 18, are UK what: film certificates, drinking ages or driving license minimum ages?

Q8)        Fifteen is a song on the 1959 album, Love Is a Gentle Thing.   An album by whom: Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis or José Feliciano?

Q9)        The 15th Infantry Division came from which country of the UK?   (I’ve not given the full name: that’s going to be giving you a clue!)

Q10)        Finally … ?   Fifteen minutes past the hour is what: quarter past, half past or quarter to?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        14th March saw the birth of producer, Quincy Jones.   In which year of the 1930s?

A1)        1933.

Q2)        He produced three Michael Jackson LPs.   Off the Wall was the first.   Thriller was second.   What was the third?

A2)        Bad.

Q3)        Jones produced the Count Basie album, It Might as Well Be Swing.   Who was the singer on that album: Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Sinatra or Perry Como?

A3)        Frank Sinatra.   (Basie, and Sinatra?! Wow!)

Q4)        Jones wrote the theme for Sanford and Son.   Sanford and Son was the US version of which British series: Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son or ’Til Death Do Us Part?

A4)        Steptoe and Son.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Jones did a version of Chaz Jankel’s Ai No Corrida.   Quincy’s version was in 1981. When was Jankel’s released: 1978, 1979 or 1980?

A5)        1980.   (Jankel was an off-again, on-again member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads: co-writing some of their best known work.)

Here’s a quote … 

‘15 (fifteen) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16.’

From the Wikipedia article on 15.

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.

*        It IS looking a bit calmer, Trevor!   And that sounds right: wind has this bad habit of going around corners … 

†        Yeah: cabbies are terrible gossips, Olga … !   One of the cabbies that drank at the Hutton — called Ted — ended up on the news.   I saw him again, when I worked in KFC: he’d learnt how dispose of a hard drive, by then!

Trust me, I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled.   Apparently, the Netherlands has suspended AstraZeneca jabs: but the WHO is pointing out there’s no evidence of issues.

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        That it is, Debbi!

ª        They didn’t, Edith: apparently, the videos director bought the clip of the van going out of the plane — and landing — from a French advert!   It’s amazing what you find out, some times!   (Apparently?   The tune for Ian Dury’s Billericay Dickie got used for Australian ads for cleaning spray!   Billericay’s not far from where me and Trevor live.)