Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 16th January 2024

16th January. 2024.

Right, then … 

It’s now, officially, Tuesday.

I’ll have a video review up, later: of the last episode of For All Mankind’s fourth series.

Which was rather good, I should add.

Between that, Foundation and Silo, AppleTV+ are doing some interesting SF.

~≈👾≈~

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)        16th January is the feast day of Pope Benjamin 1st.   He was a pope for which church: the Roman Catholic, Coptic or Syrian Orthodox?

Q2)        16th January, 1979, saw the Shah flee where: Iran, Iraq or Israel?

Q3)        Charlotte Henshaw was born on 16th January, 1987.   The Paralympian is what kind of athlete: a canoeist, swimmer or runner?

Q4)        16th January, 27BC, marks the start of the Roman Empire.   When Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was awarded a title by the Roman Senate.   Which title: Augustus, Divi Filius or Imperator?

Q5)        Finally … ?   16th January (Old Style), 1547, saw Ivan 3rd become Tsar of all Russia.   Ivan 3rd was also know as Ivan the what: Terrible, Terrific or Terrified?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Ivor Novello was born on 15th January, 1893.   The awards named after him are awarded for what: sheep shearing, songwriting or physics?

A1)        Songwriting.

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

A2)        With a name like Ivor?   Wales.

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

A3)        Alfred Hitchcock.

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?

A4)        Carousel.

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?

A5)        First World War.

Here’s information …

“En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no hace mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.”

“In some village in La Mancha, whose name I do not care to recall, there dwelt not so long ago a gentleman of the type wont to keep an unused lance, an old shield, a skinny old horse, and a greyhound for racing.”

From Ch.1 of Don Quixote, by Miguel Cervantes, first published on 16th January, 1605.

And a Nik Kershaw song …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        I’ll have to keep my eyes open for that, Olga¶.   Saying that, the blu-ray version on Amazon looks good.    But wouldn’t you know it: it’s not on Apple’s TV app!

        I’m — sort of — the same with audio: although I’ll turn off, or pause if the performance is distracting me!

        I think you did: although it would have been a while ago.   At any rate: the first episode seems interesting!   And the landscapes, gorgeous.   It’s filmed in and around the University of Santa Cruz.

†        Hello, Mum¶!

‡        Hang on, Debbi: the 15th Doctor’s Scottish!   Oh, wait, hang on: I see what you mean … !   I honestly couldn’t tell you quite what’s happening, there: but it seems to work.

        Have you seen the Christmas special, yet?   It’s interesting!

        Oh, there’s a new feature in Sonoma: you can click on the desktop wallpaper to hide any active windows.   It’ll come in handy at some point§¶!

§        Saying that, Debbi¶?   It does seem to work well with Spaces/Mission Control: to let me drag and drop things on the desktop, to a web browser.

¶        I’ve got “It’s Like That”, playing in the background.   The girl with the pigtails reminds me of my cousin’s daughter.   (She looks like Hannah, Mum!)