Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2-4-2021: Good Friday

2nd April, 2021: Good Friday.

Yep: I’m officially avoiding buns.

Sweet ones: you know, sugared/caramel/chocolate covered buns.

Especially ones of an Eastery nature.

It’s the Diabetes: I can’t have ’em!

Quite what I’m supposed to do with the fridge of chocolate bars, I couldn’t tell you!

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I don’t know about you: but I do the every occasional survey.

Very occasional: and mostly in the hope of a reward/

The two main ones I’m doing?

One pays out Amazon vouchers: fairly frequently.

The other, after I’ve built up five thousand points.

I did one of the latter ones, this morning.

Frankly?   I think at least ONE question was a heavily disguised advert!

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Let’s move on, shall we?

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

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

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

Q1)        In the UK, 2nd April, 2021, is Good Friday.   It’s part of which Christian feast: Easter, Christmas or Pentecost?

Q2)        The day marks Jesus’ what: birth or death?

Q3)        In the UK, you’re supposed to eat what: fish, hot cross buns or pancakes?

Q4)        True or false: In the UK, Good Friday is a bank holiday?

Q5)        Finally … ? 2014 saw the UK’s first Good Friday what: American Football, horse racing or snooker?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        1st April saw the birth of science fiction writer, Anne McCaffrey.   In which year of the 1920s?

A1)        1926.

Q2)        She moved to which country, in 1970: Ireland, the UK or France?

A2)        Ireland.   (If I recall?   She’s moved, in part, because Harry Harrison had suggested it: he’d moved, a year or two earlier, and found the tax perks very helpful.)

Q3)        Her first novel was called Restoree: published in which year of the 1960s?

A3)        1967.

Q4)        The heroes of her Pern novels? Ride what: horses, bikes or dragons?

A4)        Dragons. Yes, dragons: genetically engineered from much smaller Pernese creatures called fire-lizards.   (Ramoth, Bendan’s biggest queen dragon?   Is one of THE characters!)

Q5)        Finally … ?   1982 saw Anne publish The Crystal … what?

A5)        The Crystal Singer.

Here’s a thought … 

“It’s Good Friday.   Have a Bloody Mary.”

Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins), The Long Good Friday.

And a traditional hymn …

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

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        I’d imagine they’re doing a lot of Zoom streaming, Olga: that’s what a lot UK theatres are doing.

And I will: there’s a bench that’s — metaphorically — got my name on it.

†        No you mention it, Trevor, I think you have.   Now … where DID Scunthorpe get that nickname?   They weren’t trying to hold back waves, were they … ?

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Didn’t Perry do a good one, Edith?   I’ll have to mention it to an old friend: Karl was always singing it!   Now I think of it, Edith, have you heard of Val Doonican?   He might appeal to you … 

ª         You missed out on Anne McCaffrey, Debbi?   Shame on you!   :D   I’ll be honest, I devoured quite a bit of her Pern novels, way back when.   Robintonº, and Lessa, are some of the SF characters.   And she was the first woman to bag a Hugo, and a Nebula.   

º        I always felt MasterHarper Robinton looked vaguely like Patrick McGoohan.   But … ?   I found this image, recently: the artist nails him …