Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th March, 2022

7th March, 2022.

Right … it’s a Monday: the start of a whole, wonderful new week.

Full of promise, hope … and possibly a little too much optimism!

At any rate … ?

I’ve a meeting with my Job Centre: by phone, thankfully.

Hopefully?   I’ll be able to raise some concerns I have: after a recent incident with a job I applied for.

~≈Â≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† 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)        7th March is Teacher’s Day.   Where: Albania, Bulgaria or Croatia?

Q2)        Lucius Verus became joint Roman Emperor: on 7th March, 161AD.   Joint emperor with whom: Augustus Caesar, Marcus Aurelius or Constantine the Great … ?

Q3)        The U-47 disappeared without a trace: on 7th March, 1941.   The U-47 was a German what: battleship, submarine or aircraft carrier?

Q4)        Ranulph Fiennes was born: on 7th March, 1944.   He’s a what: actor, explorer or xylophonist?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Rik Mayall was born on 7th March, 1958.   Who did he play in The Young Ones?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        6th March, 2000, saw the death of actor, John Colicos.      He played Count Baltar in which series: Star Trek, Mission: Impossible or Battlestar Galactica?
A1)        Battlestar Galactica.

Q2)        Shaquille O’Neal was born on 6th March, 1972.   He’s a retired player of what: baseball, American Football or basketball?
A2)        Basketball.

Q3)        6th March is the feast day of Saint Colette of Corbie.   Where IS Corbie: France, Germany or Belgium?
A3)        France.

Q4)        The original Periodic Table was presented to the Russian Chemical Society: by Dmitri Mendeleev.   On 6th March of which year: 1867, 1868 or 1869?
A4)        1869.

Q5)        Finally … ?   6th March, 2015, saw the Dawn Probe start orbiting 1 Ceres.   1 Ceres is currently defined as a what: planet, dwarf planet or asteroid?
A5)        Dwarf planet.   (It had been classed as a planet when originally discovered: then re-classified as an asteroid in the 1850s.   It was then re-re-classified — as a dwarf planet — in 2006.   One day, scientists will make their minds up.)

Here’s a thought …

“Insanity is a very high art form.   If everyone was insane, I wouldn’t be here!”
Rik Mayall, 7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014.

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.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        That sound’s vaguely familiar, Olga: I think Lego’s been doing the same sort of thing for some time.   Even down to the stop motion animation.   And dioramas are always something to see.   We had a branch of Games Workshop in town, at one point: the ones in branch were quite something.

        Football, eh?   I hope you behaved … when the ref was watching!

‡        Well … Google Translate agrees with you, Debbi.   But you know what that’s like … !!!