Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3rd October, 2022.

3rd October, 2022.

Yes!

I’m excited.

Ish!

Slightly excited … ish.

If that’s a valid set of words in the English language.

At any rate, I’m mildly excited … no, that’s possibly the wrong word.

I’m looking forward to heading into town, today.

I’m picking up my new glasses.

You’re excited, aren’t you … ?

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, OlgaT and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with every 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)        3rd October is the feast day of Dionysius the Areopagite.   He’s the patron saint of where: Athens, Corinth or Edessa?

Q2)        Eddie Cochran was born on 3rd October, 1938: and died on 17th April, 1960.   Which 1958 tune was his biggest UK hit: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie, Summertime Blues or C’mon, everybody?

Q3)        3rd October, 1925, saw the birth of US writer, Gore Vidal.   He acted as a script doctor on which 1959 film: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Ben-Hur or Butterfield 8?

Q4)        An hunger strike by IRA prisoners in the Maze was declared over: on 3rd October, 1981.   Strike, and prison, were where: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales?

Q5)        Finally … ?   A coup started on 3rd October, 1963. In which country: Guatemala, Honduras or Panama?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        2nd October, 1960, saw the birth of Jazz musician, Django Bates.   He plays what: piano, theremin or musical saw?

A1)        Piano.

Q2)        Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Turkey: on 2nd October, 2018.   He’d worked for which US paper: The Washington Post, The New York Times or Rolling Stone?

A2)        The Washington Post.

Q3)        Alec Issigonis died on 2nd October, 1988.   He designed what: the Ford Prefect, the Mini or the Ford Mustang?

A3)        The Mini.

Q4)        Richard 3rd of England was born on 2nd October, 1452.   He was the last king from which dynasty: the Tudors, Stuarts or Plantagenets?

A4)        Plantagenets.

Q5)        Finally … ?   2nd October, 2022, is the date of the Singapore Grand Prix.   Singapore is one degree north of what: the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator or the Tropic of Capricorn?

A5)        The Equator.

Here’s a thought … 

“Film is pop art.   It’s not whether it’s auteur cinema or not, that’s a false distinction.   Cinema is cinema.”

Denis Villeneuve, born October 3, 1967.

And a song …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum.   (Can you tell Ruth I’ve sent her a message?   Cheers!)

†        Oh, it’s tasteless, Olga … ?   There’s possibly a joke or two, there, but point taken!   I tend to go for brown rice, when I do buy it.   It lasts for quite a while: and brown rice plays better with my general diet.

        Persuading my nephew to eat rice could be an issue, now I think of it.   He usually goes no-where anything that’s not pizza or chicken.   (And won’t have anything on pizza: bar the tomato sauce, and cheese!)

        You know, now I think of it, Jo Brand’s mellowed.   A bit … 

‡        I certainly try, Debbi!   :D

^        Cheers, Trevor: I got them corrected.