Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-4-2024 — National Beer Day.

7thApril, 2024: National Beer Day.

Right then … Sunday it is, then!

And, frankly?

I’m expecting it to be quiet.

Well, bar dinner with the family.

I’m fully expecting Bobby the cat to go exploring somewhere he’s not supposed to be… !

That’s cats for you … !

~≈🐈≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?


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

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)        7th April is National Beer Day.   Where: Canada, the USA or Mexico?

Q2)        National Beer Day marks the day the President signed a law: one that eased Prohibition, later that year. Which year: 1932, 1933 or 1934?

Q3)        Which President signed the law?

Q4)        Most beers are made with malted barley, water … and which ‘H’?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Most beers contain a gas. Which gas: oxygen, nitrogen or carbon dioxide?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest on 6th April.   6th April of which year: 1973, 1974 or 1975?

A1)        1974.

Q2)        What was the song: “Waterloo”, “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” or “Fångad av en stormvind”?

A2)        “Waterloo”.   (“Fångad av en stormvind” won after a tie with that year’s French entry, “Le Dernier qui a parl锶.   Amina, the singer of the French entry?   Sang the far better song: and was cheated.)

Q3)        ABBA — the winners — were the first band from their nation to win the contest. Who was the most recent winning act from that country: Cornelia Jakobs, Loreen or Marcus and Martinus?

A3)        Loreen.   Cornelia was Sweden’s 2022 entry, Marcus and Martinus are the Sweden entry for 2024 — due to be held in May.   Loreen’s 2023 win was her second.

Q4)        All of the acts mentioned come from which European nation?

A4)        Sweden.

Q5)        Finally … ?   This particular contest took part in which European city: Brighton, Hamberg or Lyon?

A5)        Brighton.

Here’s a thought …

“The earliest beer found was in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa in Israel.”

From the Wikipedia article on beer.

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.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        I think the human brain’s a mystery, Olga: one that’s going to take a while to understand, especially its end!   (I mean … how long have scientists been looking at the wiring behind handedness?   Brain death and comas sound far more complicated!)

        You’re right, there is stuff hidden away!   Thankfully, none of the things hidden on my machine were nasties: just stuff that hadn’t been cleared properly.   At least I know how to double check, now.

‡        Funny old thing, Debbi: ‘Who Cares’ used to be the letters page in Dr Who Weekly.   Just in case you were wondering!

        And the author you met would possibly like one of Terry Pratchett’s old convention T-shirts.   This one … 

§        So they were using a base 12 number system specifically for that function, Trevor?   Juggling that lot must have been fun!

        About the only bit of coding I can remember for sure?   Was the bit of ‘Hello’ code — and thousands of others — would have typed into a ZX Spectrum, many years ago.

        There was a way of getting the word printed in lots of flashing colours: but I’m blowed if I can work out how, after all this time!   (The Spectrum keyboard doesn’t exactly map well to the Mac one, either.)

¶        Seriously, that song was gorgeous!