Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 25-10-2021: I Watched Picasso …

25th October, 2021.

Hmmm … 

OK … 

Granted, there may copyright issues with very amateur attempts at Adam Ant songs … 

But … ?   Today’s tune’s been ear worming its way through my head, ever since I wrote today’s set!

Argh!

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I’m assuming you’ve not heard the news?

That eight people have been arrested after two teenagers were killed, early on Sunday morning.

Near enough ten minutes walk from my front door, and about five minutes walk from Brentwood High Street.

Am I surprised?   Shocked?   Angered?   Thinking my town is getting worse?

No.

My thoughts are with the two teens who were killed.

Am I shocked about this?

No.

Not since someone was killed just around the corner from my flat in 2017: near the high street, in 2014?

One murder’s a tragedy.

Two?   Three … ?

Is bad … but not shocking.

These days?

It’s chip wrapping … 

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Edith†, Olga‡ and Debbiª putting in their answers: with Olga, Debbi and Edith scoring five out of five, and Mum 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)        Pablo Picasso was born on 25th October: of which year of the 1880s?

Q2)        He was born in which Spanish city: Barcelona, Málaga or Madrid?

Q3)        He spent many years in which country: Portugal, Germany or France?

Q4)        1901 to 1904, was Picasso’s what period: Blue Period, Purple Period or Lime Period?

Q5)        Pablo painted lots of harlequins in his Rose Period.   A harlequin is a type of what: clown, hunter or farmer?

Q6)        His Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was painted in 1907.   It’s currently in the Museum of Modern Art.     In which US city: New York, Chicago or San Francisco?

Q7)        Picasso and Georges Braque were the founders of which school of painting: Cubism, Impressionism or Art Nouveau?

Q8)        During the 1920s, André Breton, said Picasso was “one of ours.”   In other words, that Picasso was a what: Cubist, Post Impressionist or Surrealist?

Q9)        Picasso’s The Dream and Lie of Franco was intended to be sold as postcards: to raise funds for the Republicans.   During what: the Spanish Civil War, the Chinese Civil War or the Chaco War?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Picasso’s best known painting marked the bombing of Guernica.   By whom: the Germans and Italians, the English and Americans or the Spanish Fascists?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Deep Space 1 was launched on 24th October, 1998.   It was due to explore what: Mars, an asteroid or Jupiter?

A1)        An asteroid.

Q2)        24th October, 1923, saw the birth of journalist and presenter, Robin Day.   He chaired which TV show for a decade: Good Morning Britain, Question Time or Harry Hill’s TV Burp?

A2)        Question Time.

Q3)        24th October is World Polio Day.   The day was chosen to honour the birth of Jonas Salk.   Salk invented a what that treated the condition: a drug, a vaccine or a surgical treatment?

A3)        A vaccine.

Q4)        Malcolm Turnbull was born on 24th October, 1954.   He’s a former Prime Minister of where: Australia, New Zealand or Canada?

A4)        Australia.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, went on trial: on 24th October, 1983.   Which former Dr Who played Nilsen in the 2021 drama, Des: Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennant or Matt Smith?

A5)        David Tennant.

Here’s a thought … 

“In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by facts and not by reasons...”

Pablo Picasso.

And a song …

I picked up the album, on vinyl, on a school trip to Germany.

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

The quizmaster’s decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        My pleasure, Edith, any time!   You can’t ignore a good tune, can you?   (Well done for yesterday’s score: you got five out of five.)

‡        Oh, right … it’s not theological, then, Olga?   I wonder where I got that idea from?   I’m thinking there’s an Amherst School, a private Catholic School, somewhere, but lord knows where.   At either case, Amherst College sounds like quite the place.

        Somehow?   Someone sneaking a gun off set sounds plausible: not checking it when putting it back is stupid, but unsurprising!

        At any rate, and from the very little I know?   In modern action films, using a real gun has advantages.   The weight of the thing, plus the recoil when it’s fired, means the actors give a better performance.   And producing real smoke and flames from the gun is cheaper than using a CGI gun.   And, from the little I know?   SF films still prefer a physical prop, even if the laser beams added later.   (Blake’s Seven, Star Trek, what have you?   All used plastic guns: which would weigh as much a one made in metal.   And, from what some cast members have said?   The high end reproduction sonic screwdrivers are better than the real prop!)

^        I know exactly what you mean, Debbi.   I’ve just about been able to afford Marmite, this week.   I’ve plenty of empty Marmite pots, though!   Oh, Dune’s out: that could be worth catching …