Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 17th June 2024

17th June, 2024.

It’s officially Monday.

And?

I’m up early, again!

I’m off to my usual weight management meeting!

Here’s hoping I can sustain last week’s loss!

~≈Œ≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?


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

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

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

Q1)        17th June, 1631, saw the death in childbirth of Mumtaz Mahal.   Her widower, Shah Jahan 1st, built what, in her memory: the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, or The Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament?

Q2)        The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was establish on 17th June, 1794.   On which Mediterranean island?

Q3)        17th June is Iceland’s National day.   What’s Iceland’s official language?

Q4)        17th June is the feast of Saint Hervé.   He’s a patron saint of whom: musicians, painters or actors?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Kenneth Kaunda died on 17th June, 2021.   He’d been the first President of where: Angola, South Africa or Zambia?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        16th June is Sussex Day.   The name, ‘Sussex’, comes from an Old English term that means South what: Angles, Saxons or Wold?

A1)        South Saxons.

Q2)        Sussex is currently split into East Sussex and West Sussex.   What’s the county town of East Sussex?

A2)        Lewes.

Q3)        Sussex is currently split into East Sussex and West Sussex.   What’s the county town of West Sussex?

A3)        Chichester.

Q4)        What’s to the immediate south of Sussex: the English Channel, Kent or Madrid?

A4)        The English Channel.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Royal Pavilion is in Sussex.   Where in Sussex: Brighton, Eastbourne, East Grinstead or Haywards Heath?

A5)        Brighton.   (Strictly, it’s in Brighton and Hove.   It’s also odd: the exterior is built to look Indian, the interiors, Chinese.)

Here’s a thought …

“The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is a great force leading to change.”

RIP, Kenneth Kaunda, April 28, 1924 – June 17, 2021.

A song composed by Sammy Fain …

And an earworm‡ …


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!

†        Lewes had a mildly annoying name, Olga: it’s spelt ‘Lewes’ but pronounced ‘Lewis’!   I wouldn’t mind visiting: as you’re not the first person to say it’s nice.   But even so§!

        Hmmm … Probando and Provant translate as ‘trying’, don’t they?   They sound just as useful as ‘one, two’, and ‘testing, testing’: the ‘s’, ‘tr’ and ‘pr’ sounds would be show up, nicely.

        (I know what you mean about using a tape recorder: they’re not perfect.   But, sometimes, the older technology can wonderful at catching everything!)

‡        That song’s part of my Punked Covers¶ playlist.   One day, I’ll put it onto Spotify!

§        Wrotham, in Kent, is another one, Olga: it’s pronounced ‘ROO tam’.   Don’t get me started on the word ‘segue’!

¶        An old friend once told me that John Lennon and Paul McCartney would — every time another act asked to cover one of their tunes — would approve the request … so long as that band did as different an arrangement as possible.   John and Paul would get a writers royalty: and, if I’ve understood it correctly, the other band would get an arrangers royalty.   Don’t quote me on that: royalties are a bloody complicated area, even for a music lawyer!