Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-9-2024 — The Winner Takes It All.

5th September, 2024: The Winner Takes It All.

Right … it’s officially Thursday: and … ?

I have to pick up some medications.

Great.

I have to head for the chemist: in weather that’s best described as ‘damp’!

Heigh-ho!

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Fourteen.

Fourteen.

Fourteen.

That’s not that much older than my nephew.

So the fact a fourteen-year-old has been charged with murdering an eighty-year-old dog walker in a park in Leicestershire is shocking!

As is a school shooting in the US state of Georgia, yesterday.

Committed by — you guessed it — a fourteen* years old.

Quite what’s happening in the world, when fourteen year olds are murdering people?

I don’t know!

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga†, Mum‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with everyone 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)        The results of a first 2022 Conservative Party leadership contest were announced: on 5th September, 2022.   Who won: Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak or Boris Johnson?

Q2)        The winner became the UK’s what: Foreign Secretary, Chancellor or Prime Minister?

Q3)        How long did the winner last in that office: forty-seven days, forty-nine days or fifty-one days?

Q4)        Who appointed the winner to office: George 6th, Elizabeth 2nd or Charles 3rd?

Q5)        The winner was outlasted by a what: lettuce, legume or lentil?


Q6)        Finally?   The winner was replaced by whom: Rishi Sunak, Theresa May or Boris Johnson?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Los Angeles was founded on 4th September as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula.   4th September of which year: 1780, 1781 or 1782?

A1)        1781.   (The name translates as The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River of the Porciuncula.)

Q2)        The Pueblo is now Los Angeles.   It’s also known as the City of what: angels, apostrophes or oysters?

A2)        Angels.

Q3)        The city is in which US state: Alabama, California or Florida?

A3)        California.

Q4)        The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is in Los Angeles.   It’s which denomination of Church: Anglican, Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox?

A4)        Roman Catholic.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Los Angeles is going to host the 34th Summer Olympics.   When: 2024, 2028 or 2032?

A5)        2028.

Here’s a thought …

“The process for the 2022 leadership election was approved by the 1922 Committee on 11 July. Nominations opened and closed on 12 July, with each candidate needing to have nominations from at least 20 Conservative MPs to reach the first ballot.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the event.

And a bloody great clue …


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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        In both cases, the killers were caught alive.   I’m grateful.   I’d like to know what these two were up to: as, I imagine, would the families of their victims.

†        Oh, you’re not wrong about Wagner, Olga¶: Stephen Fry did a fascinating documentary about him: and admitted he (Fry) loved Wagner’s music but found the composer’s anti-semitism troubling.

        I’m sympathetic, Olga, I really am: if those digital poverty pieces of mine hadn’t been released … ?   Well … !   (It’s not so much the lack of publication, is it?   It’s the waste of the work we put in.)

‡        Hello, Mum!   (I think Jude’s heading home after school, today, Mum: it’s his first day back, isn’t it?)

§        Oh, I knew it was the suburbs of LA, Debbiᐦ: that’s kind of why I picked it for the playlist.   It’s got a connection, however tenuous.   I’ve seen that video, too.   They’re not the best choreographed dancers, are they?

¶        I think, Olga, that Wagner and Jackson have something in common: there’s a positive legacy to both, as well as a negative one.   I think Rowling may be put in the same bracket: even if I’m not a fan.

        Gill?   I’m happier avoiding using the Gill Sans font: there’s plenty of alternatives.   The same, I think, goes for Marion Zimmer Bradley: she … well …

ᐦ        They could be worse, Debbi, they could be the ones in the “Addicted to Love” video.   Are they on the beat?   Yes.   Are they on the same beat?   Dearie, dearie me …    (Then there’s the drummer, Debbi: the drummer needs a lesson in enthusiasm!)