Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-2-2023 — You Give Me Fever.

7th February, 2023: You Give Me Fever.

It’s officially officially: my blinds have dropped off!

Well, no … strictly speaking … ?

The string pulley — the thing that lets me open and close the blinds over my back window — has broken.

And, effectively, jammed the blinds open.

I think that’s going to need replacing … once I find my step ‰ladder!

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Did I mention I watch TV shows?

I watch TV show: and started watching For All Mankind’s third series … and reviewed the first episode.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Let’s move on, shall we?

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

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

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

Q1)        7th February, 1900, saw Wong Chut King fall ill.   With which condition: Typhus, Gonorrhoea or Bubonic Plague?

Q2)        The man fell ill, in which city: Los Angeles, San Francisco or Menlo Park?

Q3)        Wong Chut King fell ill in part of the city?

Q4)        According to the Wikipedia article about this plague, it was what: an epidemic, and epidural or an episode?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The disease is caused by a what: bacterium or virus?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        Massachusetts joined the Union.   On 6th February of which year: 1787, 1788 or 1789?
A1)        1788.

Q2)        It was which state to do so: the fifth, sixth or seventh?
A2)        The sixth.

Q3)        The state is the what of Massachusetts: the Commonwealth, Province or Republic?
A3)        The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Q4)        What’s the State’s capital city: Boston, Worcester or Springfield?
A4)        Boston.

Q5)        That capital is home to a type of what: barbecue sauce, baked beans or pizza?
A5)        Baked beans.

Q6)        The first permanent English colony in the USA was in Massachusetts.   What was it called: Portsmouth, Plymouth or Dartmouth?
A6)        Plymouth: also called Plymouth Colony.

Q7)        Massachusetts was on which side, in the American Civil War: the Union, or Confederate?
A7)        Union.

Q8)        The first — and third — governor of Massachusetts was John Hancock.   In US slang, John Hancock is your what: signature, spectacles or feet?
A8)        Your signature.

Q9)        MIT is a university in Massachusetts.   MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of what?
A9)        Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   (Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web, is a professor at MIT.   The term, ‘hacker’ is said to have its origins, there.)

Q10)        Finally … ?   The 41st President of The United States was from Massachusetts.   Who was he?
A10)        George H. W. Bush, also called George Bush, Sr.

Here’s a thought …

“It was the first plague [ … ] in the continental United States.”
From the Wikipedia entry on the Plague.

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.

*        If I recall, correctly, Olga: MIT’s the place that coined the term ‘hack,’ and ‘hacker.’   From what I’ve understood, ‘hack’ meant that you solve a problem in an interesting way, or got extra information.   A crossword hacker would be able solve a crossword … and work out who complied it.   But you knew that, anyway!   (I’ll try and keep an eye peeled for that writer!)

        Chochos, hey … ?   I think a twelve year old relative of mine’s going to LOVE that!

        Carts and trolleys?   There’s one I forgot!   It’s the same with ‘trash’ and ‘bin.’   It’s only a few years ago that Apple replaced ‘trash’ with ‘bin,’ in the British English version of macOS!   (It’s still ‘Trash’ in the versions of Windows and Linux I’ve used.)

†        Hello, Mum!   (10/10, yesterday: well done!)

‡        He edited this one, Debbi: and the follow up, EuroTemps.   (I’ve not got to the relevant story, yet: but I remember correctly, one story was about a man who could turn into a giant frog.   But couldn’t swim … )