Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 30-8-2023 — The Assassination Attempt.

30th August, 2023: The Assassination Attempt!

Wednesdays … 

Or hump day, as they used to get called!

It’s another one!

Which means?

Frankly, I’ve got to pick a few bits and bobs up.

And … ?

Jump out of my skin: when my phoned beeped.

It was the Department of Work and Pensions, again: telling me they’ll let me know about my PIP claim on the 26th os September.

Hey … ho … !

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Additionally … ?

It’s Wednesday.

Which means it’s the day after Tuesday.

And, as is traditional, by now?

My nephew’s published another video.

Feel free to hit the Like and Share buttons.

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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 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)        30th August, 1918, saw Fanny Kaplan try to assassinate whom: Stalin, Lenin or Trotsky?

Q2)        This prompted a period of repression later called the Red … what?

Q3)        The repression was carried out by the then secret police.   Who were those police: the Cheka, KGB or Gestapo?

Q4)        Assassination — and repression — happened in which country: the UK, USA, China or Soviet Russia?   (I’m going to be strict, there: it’s very specifically, one of these answers, and these alone.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   The repression the attempt led to was modelled on the Reign of Terror of the 1790s.   The Reign of Terror happened, where: England, France or Germany?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Electromagnetic induction was discovered on 29th August.   29th August of which year: 1831, 1832 or 1833?

A1)        1831.

Q2)        It was discovered by whom: Michael Faraday, Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein?

A2)        Michael Faraday.

Q3)        Electromagnetic induction can be used in a pick-up.   A pick-up can be found, where: an electric guitar, a acoustic guitar or a xylophone?

A3)        An electric guitar.

Q4)        Electromagnetic induction is what happens when you move a magnet, or a magnetic field, through a conductor.   When you do, you generate an emf, an electromotive what: force, fluid or fission?

A4)        Force.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Electromagnetic induction is used in the generators that supply what to our homes: gas, electricity or water?

A5)        Electricity.

Here’s a thought …

“As a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, Kaplan viewed [her victim] as a ‘traitor to the revolution’ when the Bolsheviks enacted one-party rule and banned her party.”

From the Wikipedia entry on Kaplan.

And a video …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Owl-counting might make for interesting activity, Olga.   And, as a totally pointless piece of trivia?   One of the names the team were planning to use for Monty Python’s Flying Circus was Owl Stretching Time?   They used it for an early episode, instead.

        Oh, I know the ones you mean: they used to call them pack-a-macs!   And I know what you mean about footwear, as well!   I don’t think I’ve got sandals: and I’m eternally grateful.   You know what English weather’s like!

        Oh, we had a good time: just don’t ask about dinner!   We ended up getting a KFC, as the chip shop’s on holiday!   (Jude wasn’t stunned by the bus: it’s the engine noise … )

†        Hello Mum!

‡        If I recall, correctly, Debbi, Tom Baker’s outfit was based on an old painting by Toulouse-Latrec: of a chap called Aristide Bruant.   And Lalla Ward’s was based on Tom Baker’s.