Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-12-2021: The Month Of December

1st December, 2021.

Yes: I’m up early … again!

And hungry!

I’ve got blood tests, at eleven: ones that require me to fast.

Frankly?   It’s just gone seven, and I’m feeling grotty, already.

Thankfully, though?

I’ll be able to get something to eat, when I get back.

Which will be nice.

Especially as I’ve got my COVID booster jab, this afternoon.

~≈Ê≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi 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)        December has 31 days.   Including December, how many months of the year have 31 days?

Q2)        Name one of them.

Q3)        December is the 12th month of the year.   It was which month of the Ancient Roman Calendar: the Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth?

Q4)        December are a musical duo from where: North Korea, South Korea or Japan?

Q5)        Finally … ?   December is the last month of the standard calendar.   Adar is the last month of which ecclesiastical year: the Hebrew, Islamic or Hindu?   (I’ll stress it, again: the ecclesiastical calendar: not civil, court or academic.)

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        30th November is Independence Day in Barbados.   Marking its Independence from where: France, Germany or the UK?

A1)        The UK.

Q2)        Barbados became independent in which year of the 1960s?

A2)        1966.

Q3)        As I write, Barbados is currently a monarchy.   It becomes a republic in which years: 2021, 2022 or 2023?

A3)        2021.   I posted these questions, yesterday: on the country’s first day as a republic.

Q4)        Barbados is part of which group of islands: the Lesser Antilles or the Greater Antilles?

A4)        The Lesser Antilles.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Mount Gay, Cocksure and Malibu are Barbadian what: beers, rums or whiskies?

A5)        Rums.

Here’s a thought … 

“In cold December fragrant chaplets blow,

And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.”

The Dunciad, Book 1, line 77, Alexander Pope.

And a playlist …

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!

†        Cheers, Olga.   I’m keeping my fingers crossed it goes quickly: I can get something to eat, sooner rather than later!   All this on the day I’ve got my booster jab.

        Are the cases near you, Olga?   I’ll keep my fingers crossed!

‡        That they are, Debbi.   The sad bit is Sweet Pea Atkinson, their best known singer, died last year: at the age of seventy-four.   With that voice … ?   He’s impossible to replace.   (Crazy Water is one hell of a tune!   Why it never became Number One, I do not know!)