Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-1-2022: Lewis Carroll

27th January, 2022.

Yes: I’ve got my nephew, Jude, coming over, today.

There’s a distinct possibility of videos being made: in case you couldn’t tell.

The last one has had thirty views: so hopefully?

We’ll be able to get a few more.

~≈Ç≈~

On top of that … ?

I’ve got a Zoom meeting, this morning: another in one of the two weight management programs I’m in.

I’ve lost a little: so that’s possibly a sign it’s working.

~≈Ç≈~

One bit of news I’ve noticed … ?

Is a change in conditions for those — like me — who are claiming Universal Credit.

Or, at least, for the newly unemployed who are just just starting to claim.

Up until today?   They would have three months from the start of their claim, in which to find work in their preferred field.

From today?

They have four weeks.

Apparently?   The idea is to get the half a million new vacancies filled, quickly.

The article doesn’t say what happens if these new job seekers don’t find a job.

Nor does it say what happens if companies don’t want to hire them: these no mention of tax breaks, for example.

Nor does it mention what rules changes apply for those of us who have been unemployed for some time.

It’s possibly something my case worker will tell me about, the next time we met.

~≈Ç≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.



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

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

Q1)        Writer, Lewis Carroll was born.   On 27th January of which year of the 1830s?

Q2)        He was born Charles Lutwidge what: Dodger, Dodgson or Ducky?

Q3)        He was studied and taught at which Oxford college: Brasenose, Christ Church or Exeter?

Q4)        He studied and taught what, whilst there: mathematics, theology or Classics?

Q5)        The first of his books about Alice, was called Alice’s Adventures in where?

Q6)        The second of the Alice books was called Through the what: looking glass, cooking pot or rabbit hole?

Q7)        Alice was said to be based on a girl called what: Alice Liddell, Alice Smith or Alice Cooper?

Q8)        Carroll supposedly caricatured himself, in the first Alice book.   Which character is supposed to be him: the White Rabbit, the Dodo, the Dormouse or the Hatter?

Q9)        The second Alice novel included a nonsense poem called Jabberwocky.   Terry Gilliam released a film version of Jabberwocky. In which year: 1975, 1976 or 1977?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Carroll was friendly with a well known English group of English artists.   Called what: the Post-Impressionists, Pre-Raphaelites or Pre-Prandials?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        26th January is Liberation Day in Uganda.   Uganda is in which continent: East Europe, West Europe, Africa or Asia … ?

A1)        Africa.

Q2)        What’s Uganda’s capital: Entebbe, Kampala or Gulu?

A2)        Kampala.

Q3)        Its currency is the Ugandan what: shilling, franc or pound?

A3)        Shilling.

Q4)        Between 1971 and 1979, Uganda was ruled by which dictator: Idi Amin, Muammar Gaddafi or Mengistu Haile Mariam?

A4)        Idi Amin.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Uganda’s national football team is known as the what: crocodiles, cranes or caganers?

A5)        The cranes.

Here’s a thought …

“The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.”

Lewis Carroll.

And a poem …

The Snark WAS a Boojum, you see … 

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.

*        I have to admit, Olga: ‘caganer’ was the first word that popped into my head, when I wrote that question!   I couldn’t resist it.   It might crop up, again, at some point, but we’ll see.

        Talking of vegetarian haggis … ?   Did you know someone’s done kosher haggis?   Which is possibly just as trick.   If I’ve understood things, correctly, some of the parts aren’t exactly by the book!

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I can appreciate that, Debbi, Biscuits and gravy does look odd to UK eyes!   And haggis can be an … acquired taste.

        Curry AND fish and chips?   You missed out on the steaks, then!