Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 14-3-2024 — You Are Gold

14th March, 2024: You Are Gold!

Yes: it’s Thursday.

And?

I have to admit to wanting to go back to bed: as I’ve been up late … doing a video review of The Flash.

What makes it worth it?

Is getting a comment bare hours after posting it!

Not many … but enough to be pleased I’m getting a reaction.

~≈🥤≈~

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 four.

The day also saw Trevor§ leaving us a message.

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 The Gold Standard Act was passed: on 14th March, 1900.   It linked the US dollar to the price of what: gold, silver or copper?

Q2)        Some US coins of the time were made of ninety percent (90%) gold, and ten percent (10%) what: copper, brass or bronze?

Q3)        One such US coin was worth $20.   It was known as the double what: Henry, Header or Eagle?

Q4)        The Eagle was a US coin worth $10.   One Dollar is one thousand what: dimes, cents or milles?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The US stopped using gold coins, when: 1932, 1933 or 1934?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

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?

A1)        Saudi Arabia.

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

A2)        The 266th.

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

A3)        Turkey.

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

A4)        Westerns.   (As far as I can tell?   He’s no relative of Anne Hathaway.   Either of them.)

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

A5)        Mad.   (He was the chap that did the Fold-in.)

Here’s a thought …

“Before and after the Act, silver currency including silver certificates and the silver dollar circulated at face value as fiat currency not redeemable for gold.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the Act.

And some music …

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Weather dice?   Those are new to me, Olga: but I’ve seen various novelty dice sets that let you pick what takeaway you’re buying.   But I don’t think there’s many Thai restaurants in Middle Earth!   But, yeah: that Games Master sounded sensible.   Most local games shops will have something interesting.

        I’ve a friend in the States, called Sean: I think I’ve mentioned his games shop in Georgia.   He does a hell of a lot of stuff: including casino dice.   They’re bog-standard six-sided dice: but made out of extremely high-impact plastic, with corners/edges at extremely fine tolerances¶.

†        Hello, Mum!   (Do you remember Dad bringing home copies of Mad magazine?)

‡        Apparently, Debbi, Death gave up on the flaming horse after five minutes.   His stables turned out to be flammable.   I’d hate to see the manure!

        My late step father visited the States on business a few times, then we were kids: and brought back copies of Mad.   The fold-ins were fascinating: there’s an archive of them, here!   Some of them seem very relevant: I get the impression Jaffe didn’t like presidents … … 

        Oh … The October ’65 fold may appeal!

§        Cheers, Trevor!

¶        Apparently, those casino dice are made with their centres of gravity as near to the geometric centre as possible: so that the pips — the pips! — don’t cause bias.   The corners and edges can also be shaved.   If you and Debbi have nail files?   You both have a tool to shave dice.

        Which reminds me, I had weighted dice, somewhere … …