Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 13th March 2024.

13th March, 2024.

Right … it’s official … 

It’s Wednesday: and I’ve still not finished a review!

Although my nephew, Jude?

Has managed another video … !

My only excuse?

Is that it’s taking a lot longer to write my review’s associated post than I thought.

The problem … ?

Is that I’ve had to write more about Ezra Miller than I expected.

Oy … vey … !

~≈¥≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?


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

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

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

Q1)        The Battle of Badr took place: on 13th March, AD624.   The Badr in question is in what’s now where: Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia or Yemen?

Q2)        Pope Francis was elected on 13th March, 2013.   He’s which pope to have held the office: the 264th, 265th or 266th?

Q3)        A bombing in Ankara killed at least 37 people: on 13th March, 2016.   Where is Ankara: Lebanon, Turkey or Syria?

Q4)        Director, Henry Hathaway, was born on 13th March, 1898.   Most of his films Were what: horror films, westerns or romantic comedies?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Al Jaffee was born on 13th March, 1921.   He famously contributed to which magazine: Mad, Time or National Geographic?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        12th March is Arbor Day.   Where: the USA, China or Russia?
A1)        China.

Q2)        12th March is Arbor Day.   Where: the USA, Taiwan or Russia?
A2)        Taiwan.

Q3)        12th March, 2021, saw the death of killer, Ronald DeFeo.   The killings he committed inspired which film: The Godfather, The Amityville Horror or The Silence of The Lambs??
A3)        The Amityville Horror.   (The BBC’s iPlayer service recently aired Amityville: An Origin Story: which was a fascinating watch.)

Q4)        Sir Terry Pratchett died on 12th March, 2015.   Death and What Comes Next, Theatre of Cruelty and Turntables of the Night, all feature which of Sir Terry’s Discworld characters?
A4)        Death.   (If it’s any help?   Death has a white horse called Binky.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   The US president made the first of his Fireside Chats on 12th March, 1933.   Which president was it?
A5)        Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Here’s a thought …

“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”

Marco Andretti, born March 13, 1987.

And a song co-written by Chico Science …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Cheers for that, Olga!   :D   It’s something I try doing, as and when, as it seems an entertaining set of questions.   (The US Arbor day is at the end of April: otherwise I’d’ve thrown a third one in.)

        Oh, it’s a round, six sided, die!   I’ve not seen many of them: the last ones I saw must have two or three decades ago.   If I recall correctly§?   The ones I saw were hollow, had a ball bearing in them to act as a brake and were coated: so any rolls you made weren’t affected by the joins.   They were a bit like the early 100-sided dice.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I’ve got the Batman theme on, now, Debbi¶: the one for the first Keaton movie.   It’s still quite a tune!   (It’s his version of the character, in the movie I saw: they even reuse the tune.)

§        I could be wrong about the six sided ones, Olga: they could well have been one-piece, like the moderns ones seem to be.

¶        Talking of Death, Debbi?   Apparently, the Discworld Death tried a skeletal horse: but didn’t take to it …