Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26-7-2023 — A New York State of Mind.

26th July, 2023: A New York State of Mind.

Yes: it’s now officially Wednesday.

And events will no doubt be eventuating.

Which is nice!

Frankly?

Beyond going shopping, I’ve little to do.

We’ll have to see what I can find.

~≈®≈~

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.



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

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

Q1)        New York joined the USA on 26th July.   26th July of which year: 1786, 1788 or 1790?

Q2)        It shares its borders with two Canadian provinces.   Name one of them.

Q3)        New York shares land borders with five US states.   Name one of those states.

Q4)        The USA’s most heavily populated city is in downstate New York.   What IS that city?

Q5)        The USA’s most heavily populated island is in New York.   Which island is it: Coney Island, Long Island or Rat Island?

Q6)        What’s New York’s capital: Yonkers, Buffalo or Albany?

Q7)        New York State has an official sport.   What is that sport: American Football, Baseball or Curling?

Q8)        New York’s high tech businesses are in Silicon … where: Alley, Valley or Roundabout … ?

Q9)        Buffalo wings are from Buffalo, New York.   They’re spicy what: chicken wings, pig’s ears or fat-balls?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Mount Marcy is New York’s highest point.   It’s in which mountain range: the Adirondacks, the Catskills or the Appalachians?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        25th July saw documents about US military action, leaked.   US military action, where: Afghanistan, Pakistan or Kurdistan?

A1)        Afghanistan.

Q2)        Leaked by which website?

A2)        Wikileaks.   You can find Wikileaks, here

Q3)        The documents were leaked to Der Spiegel, The New York Times and which British broadsheet?

A3)        The Guardian.

Q4)        The documents alleged Pakistan, Iran and North Korea, were supporting whom: the Taliban, ISIS or al-Qaeda?

A4)        The Taliban.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The leak took place in which year: 2009, 2010 or 2011?

A5)        2010.

Here’s a thought … 

“Excelsior”.

New York state’s motto.

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.

*        Cheers, Olga!   It’s nice to know the trend’s downwards!

        I had a word with the partner, yesterday, Olga: as the flat’s literally around the corner.   He’s planning to pitch the caravan somewhere: and take it from there.   I’m concerned, as he’s very raw.   But what can we do?

        Apart from be mildly curious.   The woman made a few posts on Friday night, before she died.   From a local pub.   They were … uncharacteristic: very self pitying and very apologetic.   Very out of character¶.   The posts were later taken down: which seems odd, even if it’s not suspicious.

        At least one of my neighbours also saw them: and has told me she felt the woman may have tried to kill herself.   I wouldn’t be surprised, given how the posts seemed.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I know it’s going to be awkward, Debbi: especially as the next ten question one is on Friday.   But you should have home field advantage for this one!

§        I still say Joel’s best song is “Goodnight, Saigon”.

¶        I’d known her, Olga, her ex, and her father, as they were all regular customers at one of the pubs I worked at.   She always seemed very sensible: especially where drink was concerned.   Those posts seemed to have been made when she were drunk: which was odd, from what I knew of her.