Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 30-10-2022 — Panic on the Radio.

30th October, 2022.

Yay!

The clocks have gone back: an hour.

Which is welcome, frankly.

It meant I got an extra hour’s sleep, this morning.

It’s welcome … because I was up late: finishing a review of another episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

If you get the chance to watch the episode in question?

Please do: I think it will repay you.

~≈🖖≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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

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

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

Q1)        30th October saw a radio show called The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast a special episode.   Who narrated that episode: John Carradine, Orson Welles or Cary Grant?

Q2)        The show was a version of what: The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man or The Time Machine?

Q3)        The episode was based on a book by whom: Jules Verne, Mary Shelley or H. G. Wells?

Q4)        The programme aired in which year of the 1930s?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The episode caused a panic: as it convinced its listeners America was being invaded by who: Communists, Martians or the Chinese?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        29th October, 1964, saw the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, rename itself.   As the United Republic of what?
A1)        The United Republic of Tanzania.

Q2)        What’s the Republic’s capital city: Arusha, Dodoma or Dar es Salaam?
A2)        Dodoma.

Q3)        The Republic’s got one official language.   What is it: Swahili, Sukuma or Sambaa?
A3)        Swahili.   (Some of Wikipedia’s entries on the country also list English as an official language.)

Q4)        What’s the republic’s currency: the pound, shilling or denarius?
A4)        The shilling.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Dying in the Sun was the country’s first what, in English: novel, hit single or soap opera?
A5)        Novel: it was written by Peter K. Palangyo.

Here’s a thought …

“We know now that in the early years of the 20th century, this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.”
The narrator’s opening lines.

You can hear the episode’s theme tune, here.

(As it’s a YouTube Short, I can’t embed it.)

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Funny old thing, Olga: I knew about the Government backpedaling on the charge.   I was adding a comment about it, the your comment came in.   Funny old thing, that … !

        Oh, talking of which?   Rishi Sunak, the new PM’s facing criticism: for various things.   And Liz Truss, the old PM, is still in trouble.   Turns out her phoned got hacked, whilst Foreign Secretary.   (The hack got found when she was running for leader: the news of the discovery was suppressed by Boris.   We really need an election!)

        There’s been a few Aldi’s opening in the UK for some time, now.   My nearest one’s in Romford: so any money I’d save, shopping there, would get wiped out by the train ticket!   Even so, I’m curious about Prime, myself.

        Oh, the chilli’s rather good … !

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        Possibly my be an idea, Debbi!   Oh, there’s a package coming: through WeTransfer.   That episode I mentioned is really rather good.   Can you let me know what you think?   Especially if you’ve read Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: the episode’s very evocative.