Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23-3-2022: World Meteorological Day

23rd March, 2022.

It’s officially Wednesday!   It’s officially the middle of the week.

It’s DEFINITELY Hump Day.

And it’s also both payday — involving a lot of frantic running around, paying bills — and a day I’ve got a GP’s appointment.

With my doctor: obviously.

By phone.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to discuss a few things.

There’s one or two things that need to be addressed.

In the short time we have available.

~≈Ê≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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

The day also saw Trevor^ leaving 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)        23rd March is World Meteorological Day: a day that celebrates weather.   The day was first marked in which year: 1961, 1962 or 1963?

Q2)        It marks the founding of the WMO: the World Meteorological what?

Q3)        Most weather phenomena on Earth occur in which part of the atmosphere: the mesosphere, stratosphere or troposphere?

Q4)        If you have precipitation in your area, you’re getting rain, snow, hail, sleet, ice pellets or grauple.   All of them are mostly what: air, water or coal?

Q5)        Finally?   Weather is driven by air pressure, moisture and what: temperature, ultraviolet light or ponies?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Comet Hale Bopp made its closest approach to Earth.   On 22nd March of which year of the 1990s?

A1)        1997.   (I can remember standing in the garden, watching it with my Aunty Bella.)

Q2)        In order to combat COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a curfew to start: on 22nd March, 2020.   In which country: India, Pakistan or Bangladesh?

A2)        India.

Q3)        The US Supreme Court ruled on the Eisenstadt v. Baird case.   It allowed unmarried people in the USA buy what: contraception, beer or pornography?

A3)        Contraceptives.

Q4)        Sir Richard Sykes was assassinated: on 22nd March, 1979.   He was the UK’s ambassador to which European country: Germany, France or the Netherlands?

A4)        The Netherlands.

Q5)        Finally … ?   22nd March, 1948, saw the birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber.   He wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat with whom?

A5)        Tim Rice.

Here’s a bit of doggerel … 

“Whether the weather be fine, 

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold,


Or whether the weather be hot.

Whether the weather,

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not.”

Anon.

And a song: one that’s damper than the weather outside my front door …

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 think the last time I read it, Olga, would have been roughly the same time: the movie section was raving about Man Bites Dog.   I’ve got to admit, I’ve still seen neither!

        I’ll try and send some sunshine your way: we’ve got sun, I’m expecting nice temperature, you’re got wind: I seem to have picked the right day for a weather based quiz!

        Oh … Trevor’s suggested this place.   And makes the very good point most pubs will do tea and coffee, as well as soft drinks.   

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I honestly couldn’t tell you Debbi!   So long as it’s not a charity single: Doctor in Distress is … well, I’ve avoided it, I know that much!   (Apparently, John Nathan Turner’s then partner, Gary Downie — no relation! — came up with the idea when he was drunk!   Which isn’t surprising, some how.)

^        It sounds like the place has a pewter bar top, Trevor: that must be a pain to clean.   (We had a copper barter at one of the bars in the New World Inn, when I was there.   Brass would have been easier!)