Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5th July, 2021

5th July, 2021.

Believe it or not … ?

I’ve got a meeting, today: with my case worker from The Shaw Trust.

At ten.

Hopefully?

He’ll have found something I can apply to!

At eleven … ?

I’ve got the training course the Job Centre’s put me on.

Forty minutes of Zooming fun, in other words.

Which reminds me: once I’ve done the next batch of Teaser videos, I really need to do the next bit of That Health and Safety course: you never know when that’s useful … 

~≈Â≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum†, Debbi‡ and Edith^ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum 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)        5th July, 1929, saw the birth of Tony Lock.   Between 1946 and 1964, he played cricket for which county side: Surrey, Sussex or Sunderland … ?

Q2)        P. T. Barnum was born on 5th July, 1810.   Who played Barnum in 2017’s The Greatest Showman?

Q3)        Sir Stamford Raffles died on 5th July, 1826.   He founded — depending on how you define founded — which East Asian city: Singapore, Jaipur or Beijing?

Q4)        The first African-American to win a Wimbledon Men’s Single’s Championship, did so on 5th July, 1975. Who was he?

Q5)        Finally … ?   5th July, 1989 saw the birth of footballer, Charlie Austin.   He currently plays for which Championship side: Preston North End, Queen’s Park Rangers or Reading?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        David Kid Jensen was born on 4th July, 1950.   Between 1977 and 1984, he was a DJ on which BBC Radio station … ?

A1)        Radio 1.

Q2)        Giuseppe Garibaldi was born on 4th July, 1807.   Garibaldi is considered one of the people who unified where: France, Italy or Germany?

A2)        Italy.   Alexei Sayle is — famously — an expert on revolutionary biscuits

Q3)        4th July, 1954, saw the end of food rationing in the UK.   Rationing had been introduced.   During what: the Falklands War, World War Two or the War of Jenkins’ Ear?

A3)        World War Two.

Q4)        The 30th President of the USA was born on 4th July, 1872.   Who was the president: Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington or Calvin Coolidge?

A4)        Calvin Coolidge.

Q5)        Finally …?   Scientists discovered sub-atomic particles on 4th July, 2012: that are ‘consistent with the Higgs Boson.’   The Higgs Boson is also known as what: the God particle, Allah Particle or Jehovah Particle?

A5)        The God particle.

Here’s a thought … 

“Do something.   Anything.   You’re alive, and you’ll only be for a few decades, and then it’s done.   You’ll be in the ground, worm food.   Make something and don’t let fear consume you.”

Gianfranco Zola, born 5 July 1966.

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.

*        Well … the one upside, Olga, is the the interviewer promised to get in touch: should a position at Romford or Brentwood comes up.   They’re both FAR easier to get to.

I’m glad I checked, before the interview: we’ve got that in common.

And fingers, toes, eyes, legs!   You name it, Olga, I’m crossing them!

†        Hello, Mum: hopefully the info’s helpful!

‡        Glad to be able to help, Debbi!   

And yes, it was a genuine event: it took place in the late 1730s, and early 1740s.   The Spanish name is Guerra del Asiento, so you know.   (Google Translate translated that as ‘War of The Seat.’   Hmmm … )

Honestly, people never take me seriously … !

^        I can see what you mean there, Edith: although I always thought she was more like Madonnaª.   (Sorry about the quality of the video, it’s the only one I could find.)

ª        I don’t know about you, Edith: but I always think that if Harvard, Oxford, or Cambridge, want someone to teach students about the music business, Madonna would be the first person to hire: I think she’d be able to deliver some very good lessons about it.