Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19-6-2022 — World Sickle Cell Day

19th June, 2022.

I have to admit: I had a comparatively late night, last night.

Late for me, at any rate.

I was finishing up my of Coming Home: the last episode of Star Trek Discovery’s fourth season.

It took a while.

But?

It meant I was up late enough to catch the monsoon style storm that hit.

~≈Û≈~

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)        19th June is World Sickle Cell Day.   Sickle Cell Disease is a condition of the what: lungs, brain or blood?

Q2)        It famously occurs in people whose ancestors came from where: Europe, Africa or South America?

Q3)        We will get the condition if we have two abnormal copies of a what: gene, or chromosome?

Q4)        If we only have one of those copies, we are said to be a what: carrier, carer or career?

Q5)        Finally?   Studies show that, if we only have one of those copies, we have better protection against what: leprosy, HIV/AIDS or malaria?

Yesterday’s answers are in today’s video.

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Delia Smith was born on 18th June.   Of which year of the 1940s?

A1)        1941.

Q2)        The first TV show she appeared on, Look East was broadcast across East Anglia.   By which channel: BBC 1, BBC 2 or ITV?

A2)        BBC 1.

Q3)        One of her TV shows boosted egg sales by roughly ten percent.   She’s had a similar effect on omelette pans, and frozen mince.   The effect has been called the ‘Delia … ’ what

A3)        The ‘Delia Effect’.

Q4)        Delia famously once baked a cake that appeared on the the cover of an album called Let it Bleed.   Which band released Let it Bleed: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or Black Sabbath?

A4)        The Rolling Stones.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Delia is a celebrity what: chef, travel agent or financial adviser?

A5)        Chef.

Here’s some information … 

“Sickle cell disease is a serious and lifelong health condition, although treatment can help manage many of the symptoms.”

From the NHS entry on the condition.

And a video …

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: it’s through.   And, yes: this time it WAS in the spam folder!

        Bloody hell, you’ve got wildfires, already?   That really doesn’t sound good.

        I know it’s possibly a bit late to get them done, now: but would some Sant3 parasols, or golfing brollies, be an idea?   Or sunhats: my local paper used to hand out folding sunhats, at outdoor events.

‡        I couldn’t tell you, Debbi.   I do know Julia Childs sounds vaguely like Fanny Cradock.   Fanny was equally as fascinated by French food, liked complicated cookery, and absolutely obsessed with Escoffier.   Delia, bless her, went for practical!