Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 31-10-2022 — Bring Out Your Dead.

31st October, 2022.

At some point, last week … ?

I told you that Apple — the company who made my computer — had released a new version of the operating system: and that I had to move my music library to an external hard drive, to make room for the thing.

The installer?   Was a lot smaller than I was expecting.

From the little I’ve read?   That’s because there’s a lot of features that are exclusive to Apple Silicon machine: and not included in the Intel Mac version of the OS.

That’s disappointing: one or two sound interesting.

But that possibly accounts for the size difference between the Monterey installer, and its Ventura equivalent.   (Twelve gigabytes, versus just shy of four for Ventura.)

There’s also the fact that System Settings — the new version of System Preferences — is very different: Preferences was a nice set of icons: System Settings a complicated list.

That’s going to take some getting used to.

The immediate visual upside?

Is the wall paper.

Believe it or not … ?

I find it easy on the eye.

Frankly?

We’re going to have to see how Ventura goes.

~≈®≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

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

The day also saw Trevor^ leaving us 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)        Borley Rectory was the most haunted house in where: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales?

Q2)        It was haunted by the spirits of the dead.   In other words, by which ‘G’?

Q3)        Those spirits are also called spooks.   ‘Spook,’ is also a nickname for what: an undercover spy, a taxman or a police officer?

Q4)        ‘Spirit,’ or ‘spirits,’ are also a type of alcoholic drink.   One that’s been what: brewed, pasteurised or distilled?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Which noisy, German, spirit is famous for moving things around?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

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?

A1)        Orson Welles.

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

A2)        The War of the Worlds.

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

A3)        H. G. Wells.

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

A4)        1938.

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

A5)        Martians.

Here’s a thought … 

“The large Gothic-style rectory in the village of Borley had been alleged to be haunted ever since it was built.”

From the Wikipedia entry on Borley Rectory.

And some music …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Oh, LORD, but you’re right, there, Olga!   It’s a scandal, it really is.   And this is before you include the Home Secretary.   Suella Braverman resigned as Home Secretary from Liz Truss’s government: over breaches of security.   She emailed a high security document to someone she shouldn’t have emailed it too: and did it from her personal email address, not her ministerial one.   Six days later, Rishi Sunak re-hired her as Home Secretary.   This government can’t run a partyª in a brewery!

        Yeah, there’s a vegetable stall in Brentwood High Street does the same.   And sells huge jacket potatoes.   Literally huge: they’re enough for two people!   Saying that?   Sainsbury’s do an ‘Imperfectly Tasty’ range that comes in handy for stew.

†        Hello, Mum.   (I just double checked for you: you put Dar es Salaam and soap opera, rather than Dodoma and novel, for the Tanzanian quiz.)

‡        She’s very worth reading, Debbi.   Everybody and their cat’s read the Earthsea stuff, her shorts are mind boggling … And I really need to read more of her Hainish novels: The Left Hand of Darkness is something else.

        Oh, did I mention I’ver updated to Ventura?   The wallpaper’s nicer than it looks!

^        Cheers, Trevor.   It’s my own fault for mentioning Orson and Herbert in the same set.

ª        OK, ‘Party,’ isn’t the usual word, Olga: but I thought you’d appreciate polite … !