Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 20-4-2021: Chinatown

20th April, 2021.

Yay!

I’m going to be sat indoors for part of the morning.

At least, until just gone 10:30.

That’s when my Job Centre appointment.

I’m … a touch nervous about it.

I’ve a new case officer: it’s my second meeting with her.

The call, itself?   Is to prepare what’s called a Commitments review: prepare for going over what I have to do to find work.

We’ll have to see how that goes!

~≈👨‍💼≈~

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 four 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)        20th April is UN Chinese Language Day.   Standard Chinese is a version of which dialect of Chinese: Mandarin, Wu or Yue?

Q2)        Yue Chinese is also called what: Cantonese, Pekingese or Symbionese?

Q3)        Hokkien is a version of Southern Min Chinese.   It’s widely spoken in the Republic of China.   The Republic is also called what: Malaysia, Taiwan or Hong Kong?

Q4)        Chinese has been compared to the Romance language family.   Romance languages have their origins, where: Europe, Arabia or Africa?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Chinese writing is what: hieroglyphic, pictographic or logographic?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Salyut 1 was launched fifty years ago, today.   In other words, on 19th April of which year?

A1)        1971.

Q2)        It was the world’s first what: space station, TV satellite or lunar probe?

A2)        Space station.

Q3)        According to one Wikipedia entry, salyut means salute.   According to that same article, and Google Translate, salyut means what: rocket, firework or bomb?

A3)        Firework.   (The Britannica entry about the Salyut programme gives salute as the translation.   None of them cite a reference.)

Q4)        Salyut was launched by the USSR’s what: army, navy or space programme?

A4)        Space programme.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Salyut 1’s mission ended in which year?

A5)        1971.   It burned up over the Pacific, in October.

Here’s a thought … 

“About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's population) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the Chinese language.

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.

*        Sounds like an idea, Olga: the meal we had, Saturday was great … but it did get a bit nippy!   And I think I’m going to need luck for the sales: it’s taking a lot of organising!

Hmmm … I don’t suppose a couple of Dr Who box sets grab you … ?   (Actually?   Some of the extra’s are great.   I’m ripping a Tom Baker set, as we speak: they’ve replaced some of the model work with CGI effects which look great!)

†        I did see Neil’s hair, Trevor.   He’s not nicked a tea cosy: just run out of sheep-dip … 

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Don’t worry, Edith: you haven’t offended me.  I don’t think you could, if you tried!   And it sounds like you had quite a rough childhood.   It strikes me you’re doing alright, though: you come across very well, and seem to know a good song when you hear it.

And Welcome to the Pleasure Dome was a classic, I think!   I think I know the performance you mean: it’s a shame they couldn’t talk Holly, the original lead singer, out of retirement!   You’re right, though, it’s very impressive!

ª         That they are, Debbi: they’ve managed to replace some of the model work in The Ark in Space, with some CGI equivalents.   Equivalents that look rather good!   (I did think the process the BBC used to upscale the pictures had affected the colours in the title sequence.   But I had a look at my original copies, and they’re the same.)

Original

CGI