Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27-5-2024 — Christopher Lee

27th May, 2024: Sir Christopher Lee.

Right … it’s Bank Holiday Monday … !

Which means … ?

Not a lot: bar — possibly — enjoying the sunshine.

If there is any!

Heigh-ho!

~≈Ç≈~

At any rate?

There’s election news.

Isn’t there always?

Seemingly?

The Tories have announced they’re planning to re-introduce National Service, if they’re re-elected.

Although they won’t make people do military service.

Which I always understood was the point.

At any rate?   Should it be implemented, making joining the military voluntary is possibly the best way to go.

From the little I’ve understood, standard UK military doctrine is to only accept people who volunteer to join.

They’re felt to be better motivated.

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Just to keep things balanced?

Labour has announced that it plans to lower the voting age, should it win the election: from 18, to 16.

I like the idea.

But … ?

I still think it;

• Should’ve been introduced, years ago.
• Been introduced in the Brexit Referendum.

That could’ve made all the difference!

~≈Ç≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both 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)        27th May saw the birth of actor, Christopher Lee.   22nd May of which year of the 1920s?

Q2)        He played a famous vampire in seven films.   For which studio: Hammer, Warner Brothers or Rank?

Q3)        He played a famous vampire in seven films.   Which vampire?

Q4)        He played Francisco Scaramanga in which James Bond film: Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun or The Spy Who Loved Me?

Q5)        Who played James Bond, in that film?

Q6)        Which writer was Lee’s step cousin?

Q7)        He played the Creature: in 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein.   Who played Victor Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing or Boris Karloff?

Q8)        Lee appeared in The Face of Fu Manchu.   As who?

Q9)        He played a wizard in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films.   Which wizard: Radagast, Gandalf or Saruman?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Which 1973 film did Lee call his best: A Touch of Class, White Cargo or The Wicker Man?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        26th May is Independence Day in Guyana.   It marks its independence from where: the UK, USA or Brazil?

A1)        The UK.

Q2)        Guyana became independent in which year of the 1960s?

A2)        1966.

Q3)        The country is where: North America, South America or Africa?

A3)        South America.

Q4)        What’s Guyana’s capital city: Jamestown, Williamsburg or Georgetown?

A4)        Georgetown.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Guyana’s currency is the Guyanese what: dollar, schilling or yen?

A5)        Guyanese dollar.

Here’s a thought …

“I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, ‘An open door’.”

Christopher Lee.

And an 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!

†        Well … I was thinking of Vivienne Rook, Debbi‡: in Years and Years!   On top of that?   Given the episode was filmed in Wales, and had no title sequence?   I was also thinking of “Living In Harmony”.   Although “Living in Harmony” didn’t have the pub from An American Werewolf in London!

        Now … did the ambulances in “Boom” look like the war machines in “The War Machines”?   Or was that just me?

‡        Oh, cheers for the comment on the review, Debbi.   And I hope today’s set’s manageable!   (The next ten question set’s on the 1st June!)