Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15-1-2024 — Ivor Novello

15th January, 2024: Ivor Novello.

It’s Monday, again.

You know that as well as I do: you’ve got a calendar, as well!

At any rate: it’s Monday, and I’m up early, again.

As I’m off to my usual weight management class.

Hopefully, I’ll’ve lost some more weight!

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You — possibly — aware of the Post Office Horizon scandal, here in the UK.

To summarise?

A host of former sub-postmasters — the people who run post office branches in local shops — have been wrongfully convicted of various shades of fraud: as a result of faulty software and hardware.

Software and hardware supplied by Japanese company, Fujitsu.

It’s a scandal that’s been boiling for many years.

The reason I mention this?

Is that news has emerged: that tells us Government insiders tried to stop Fujitsu getting any more government contracts, back in the 2010s.

Going by the article I’ve linked to?

The company’s been awarded government contracts, since then.

Personally?

I think this is a story that’s going to both cause a stink.

And keep running.

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Let’s move on, shall we?


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everybody 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)        Ivor Novello was born on 15th January, 1893.   The awards named after him are awarded for what: sheep shearing, songwriting or physics?

Q2)        Ivor was from where: England, Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland?

Q3)        Ivor appeared in The Lodger and Downhill, in 1927.   Both were directed by whom: David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock or Charlie Chaplin?

Q4)        Ivor played the main character in the first London version of Liliom.   Liliom was the inspiration for which musical: Oklahoma!, Carousel or The Sound of Music?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Ivor co-composed “Keep the Home Fires Burning”.   It was a hit during what: the Boer War, First World War or Falklands War?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        14th January is World Logic Day.   It was first marked in which year: 2018, 2019 or 2020?

A1)        2019.

Q2)        It’s marked by which UN agency: UNESCO, UNHCR or the WHO?

A2)        The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.

Q3)        According to Wikipedia, logic is the study of what: reasoning, explanations or behaviour?

A3)        Reasoning.   (As a piece of pointless trivia?   Rastafari meetings are called ‘reasoning sessions’.)

Q4)        If you study logic, you’re a what: logician, logarithm or logger?

A4)        A logician.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Some forms of logic use deductive, inductive or adductive what: arguments, elephants or underwear?

A5)        Arguments.   (If I’ve got it right?   In the statements, “All hedgehogs are blue”, “Sonic is a hedgehog”, “Sonic is therefore blue”, the first two statements are arguments: the third is a conclusion.   Don’t quote me on that, though!)

Here’s a thought …

“Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.”

Ivor Novello.

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.

*        You know, I could never get the hang of audiobooks, Olga?   Podcasts, neither!   But?   I’ve got Radio 4 on, in the background!   So it goes!

        Oh, was it you that mentioned Devs to me, once upon a time?   I caught the first episode, last night: it looks interestingly twisty … 

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        You know, old-fashioned bell-ringing could help, there, Debbi!   (Oh, did Olga mention a series called Devs, Debbi?   I caught the first episode, last night: some of the scenery is gorgeous!)