Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-7-2022: The Month of July.

1st July, 2022.

Right … it’s Friday: you’ve possibly noticed.

That means I’m due to be visited by Hotpoint: the company that made my washing machine.

I’m told he’ll be here between 8:39 and 11:39: but have an all day window.

I hope he’s here soon: I’d like to get some fresh air!

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Did I mention I’m watching — but not reviewing — the Sky Max version of John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos?

I’m watching the Sky Max version of John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos.

The story’s been updated: as you’d expect.   The main character, Gordon Zellaby, is now Susannah Zellaby, and played by Keeley Hawes.

Three episodes in?

It’s looking rather good.

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Let’s move on, shall we?

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


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

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

Q1)        July starts, today.   How many days are there, in July: 30, 31 or 32?

Q2)        It’s named after which Roman general: Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar or Tiberius Caesar?

Q3)        In the USA, July is National Hot Dog Month.   A hot dog is a grilled or steamed what: steak, sausage or burger?

Q4)        July was a song released in 2000.   By which British band: Ocean Colour Scene, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band or Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts?

Q5)        Finally … ?   What’s the birthstone for July: diamond, ruby or emerald?

Yesterday’s answers are in today’s video.

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        30th June, 1972, saw the first leap second added to the clocks.   In other words, added to UTC: Co-ordinated Universal what?

A1)        Co-ordinated Universal Time.

Q2)        The leap was added to keep clocks synchronised with what: Earth’s rotation, Earth’s orbit or the Moon’s orbit?

A2)        Earth’s rotation.

Q3)        There’s sixty seconds in a what: minute, hour or day?

A3)        Minute.

Q4)        Seconds were defined as a fraction of one of Earth’s days.   They’re now seen as ‘equal to the duration of [roughly nine million] periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the hyperfine levels of the unperturbed ground state of’ an isotope of what: Caesium, Barium or Lanthanum?

A4)        Caesium.

Q5)        Finally … ?   How many leap seconds have been added to the clock since 1972: twenty-six, twenty-seven or twenty-eight?

A5)        Twenty-seven.   (Eleven have been added on 30th June of the relevant years: sixteen on 31st December.)

Here’s a quote … 

“The Summer looks out from her brazen tower,

Through the flashing bars of July.”

Francis Thompson, A Corymbus for Autumn (1891)

And an album …

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.

*        Hang on, International Day of Cooperatives, Olga?   I’m going to have to make a note of that: Wikipedia hasn’t breathed a word about it!

        Done!   I’ve ALSO added a request for it to be added to the article, to the talk page for 2nd July!

        At ANY rate … ?   Thank you for letting me know.   It’s strikes me I’ve got Sant3’s hardest working presenter joining me: you, Debbi and Mum are all very welcome.   Good luck with the recordings!

†        Hello, Mum.

‡        That it does, Debbi.   It’s made changes: of course it has.   But it’s sticking broadly to the plot, too: far more so than the Dougray Scott version of The Day of the Triffids did.   If you can get the 1981 BBC version of the latter, that’s closer to the original text.

        You know, I don’t think anyone’s done film or TV versions of The Trouble with Lichen or The Chysalids.   That’s possibly a loss.