Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27th February, 2022.

27th February, 2022.

Yes: it’s officially official.

I’ve started to watch a TV show!

Yes, ok: that’s not necessarily anything new.

But … ?

Frankly, it was the first episode of the recently released First Doctor story, Galaxy Four: something I felt was watching.

If you’ve seen it, as well … ?

Feel free to let me know what you think.

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We know there’s trouble in the Ukraine.

Anybody with a TV see, or access to the news, will tell you that.

Something that DID have me curious: or, at least, curious enough to start poking around on Wikipedia?

Was a piece on the BBC’s news channel, yesterday: about how women in Dnipro were making Molotov cocktails in a local park.

Happily filling empty beer bottles with petrol: and broken up polystyrene.

Which is what got my curiosity.

Why on EARTH were people putting polystyrene in a petrol bomb?

A quick check on Wikipedia gave me an answer.

It’s a thickening agent: and allows the burning petrol to stick to its target*.

We live and learn, don’t we … ?

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga†, Mum‡, Debbi^ and Greeboª — via a Twitter message, as he had issue getting through — putting in their answers: with Olga, Debbi and Greebo scoring ten out of ten, and Mum on seven.



The day also sawTrevorº leaving us a message.

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

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

Q1)        FC Bayern München was founded: on 27th February, 1900.   The team plays what: football, softball or rounders?

Q2)        27th February, 1801, saw what handed to the US Congress: Washington DC, the Constitution or the Crown Jewels?

Q3)        Parliament allowed a bill in the House of Commons to get a second reading: on 27th February, 1953.   A bill that would do what: lower the voting age, simplify spelling or forbidding 16 year olds joining the army?

Q4)        27th February, 1960, saw Antoine Argoud charged with attempting to assassinate Charles DeGaulle.   Argued and his group, were opposed to whose independence from France: Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Author, John Steinbeck, was born on 27th February. 27th February of which year: 1902, 1904 or 1906?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The first issue of 2000AD was published: with a cover date of 26th February.   26th February of which year of the 1970s?

A1)        1977.

Q2)        The comic’s (fictional) alien editor is the Mighty whom: Tharg, Thrud or Zardoz?

A2)        The Mighty Tharg.   Zargoz is possibly Sean Connery’s strangest film.   Thrud the Barbarian was a strip in in Games Workshop’s magazine, White Dwarf.

Q3)        That alien editor was from a planet orbiting which star: Betelgeuse, Antares or Alpha Centauri?

A3)        Betelgeuse.

Q4)        John Wagner — one of the comic’s co-founders — created Judge Dredd: 2000AD’s best known strip.   Dredd lives and works where: the Sprawl, Mega City One or Mos Eisley?

A4)        Mega City One.   The Sprawl features in William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy.   Mos Eisley is a ‘wretched hive of scum and villainy,’ in Star Wars

Q5)        Name either one of the two actors who’ve played Dredd, on film.

A5)        Sylvester Stallone or Karl Urban.

Q6)        Dredd wasn’t in the first issue of 2000AD.   But Dan Dare, was.   Dan originally appeared in which British comic: The Beano, The Eagle or The Hotspur?

A6)        The Eagle.   (Dredd made his first appearance in Issue 2.)

Q7)        2000AD inherited Strontium Dog from a comic called Starlord.   Its main character, Johnny Alpha, was a what: policeman, security guard or bounty hunter?

A7)        Bounty hunter.

Q8)        On the other hand? Character, Sam Slade was a private detective.   That hunted what: aliens, robots or mutants?

A8)        Robots.   The strip he was in was called Robo-Hunter.   (He would usually introduce him with variations on the phrase: “I’m Sam Slade. That’s S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!”   The early versions of the character were modelled on Humphrey Bogart.)

Q9)        Writer, Alan Moore, worked on 2000AD for many years.   He was the writer who killed Robin in which Batman story: Batman: Year One, Gotham By Gaslight or Batman: The Killing Joke?

A9)        Batman: The Killing Joke.   (Moore is possibly the comics industry’s finest writer: I know I’ve seen him compared to George Orwell.   He’s also a fan of these guys.   And was the writer behind The Ballad of Halo Jones.)

Q10)        Finally … ?   The Nemesis the Warlock strip started with a story called Terror Tube.   The story was inspired by a song by which band: the Sex Pistols, the Jam or Spandau Ballet?

A10)        The Jam.

Here’s a thought … 

“There is no deodorant like success.”

Elizabeth Taylor, February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011.

And a song …

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.

*        When I saw it?   I was half reminded of the phrase, ‘jugged,’ or ‘jugging.’   It’s an old bit of prison slang.   Or improvised weapon.   Everyone gets a water jug in some prisons.   You put sugar in it: then pour scalding hot water to it.   Then?   Throw the water at someone.   It cause leave serious scars, and, in worst cases, causes blindness.   The melted sugar makes things worse.   I thought — when I first saw the new clip — that the polystyrene was being used for a similar reason.

†        I’ve got the medications on order, Olga: hopefully, they won’t be too long.   The War’s impact is getting wider, I think.   Today is possibly the only time I’ve talked about Molotov cocktails, I know that!

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Yeah, sorry it was a long one, Debbi!   But it IS Britain’s best comic we’re talking about.   Dredd is as much of a UK Sci-Fi icon as Dr Who.   Talking of which?   I watched the first episode of Galaxy Four, the other night.   It turns out one of the Chumblies is Angelo Muscat: the Butler!

ª        If there’s a next time, Greebo?   You may want to write you answers into whatever lightweight text editing app you have: then copying them to the comments form!   That usually stops answers getting eaten by Goggle!

º        Yeah: my Uncle Brian said near enough the same thing, Trevor.   He used to collect The Eagle, as well.   Did you ever hear of Tales of the Trigan Empire?   That dates back to the same sort of era.   I’ve got the hardback version of the stories.