Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-10-2024 — Palau

1st October, 2024: Palau.

Right: it’s official.

I’m up early, for the second day in a row.

It’s been a busy week!

The reason for today’s early start … ?

Is simply that I have an appointment at my optician: to pick up new spectacles.

Then need to get back for a surveyor’s visit.

Heigh-ho!

~≈🤓≈~

Just to confirm things?

You’re probably aware that I had to attend a tribunal, last Thursday: to determine if I qualified for Personal Independence Payments, or PIP.

It looked like I did: going by the documents on the website.

However, I was waiting for confirmation by post.

That?

Turned up, yesterday.

I will be getting what’s called the standard Daily Living allowance.

Back-dated to April of 2023: when I put in the original application.

All I need to do now … ?

Is wait for payment.

With the Cost Of Living payments* having ended?

And fuel payments rising from today?

Given that, those payments couldn’t come at a better time.

~≈£≈~

Let’s move on.


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.

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

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

Q1)        1st October is Independence Day in Palau.   Marking its independence in which year of the 1990s?

Q2)        The date marked the day Palau stopped being managed by which country: the UK, US or Russia?

Q3)        What’s Palau’s currency: the US dollar, the Pound Sterling or the Euro?

Q4)        Baseball is popular in Palau.   It was introduced to the country in the 1920s.   By whom: Japanese, Americans or Filipinos?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The name, ‘Palau’ come from an old word that means what: ‘village’, ‘town’ or ‘island’?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Magic Flute was first performed on 30th September.   Of which year of the 1790s?

A1)        1791.

Q2)        It was first performance in a theatre, where: Vienna, Salzburg or Innsbruck?

A2)        Vienna.   The venue was the Theater auf der Wieden: or the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden, if you want it in full.

Q3)        The opera’s in which language: French, Italian or German?

A3)        German.

Q4)        The Magic Flute is in how many acts: one, two or three?

A4)        Two.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Who composed The Magic Flute?

A5)        Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Here’s a thought …

“Palau […] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the Palau …

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.

*        Those payments were useful: and would’ve got me giving serious thought to voting Tory in the last election: had they kept, or re-introduced, the payments.   The same applies to Kier Starmer’s government.   If† they re-introduce it, they get my vote.   But?   I think they won’t bother.   Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss^ … … 

†        ‘If’ is the biggest word in the English language.

‡        I lost one-hundred grams, Olga.   That’s not much, in the scheme of things, but it all helps.

        I know exactly what you mean!   You can pick up laptops for less than the cost of a hard-drive!

§        Hello, Mum!

¶        It’s certainly sad, Debbi!   I keep wondering who’ll be next … and mildly worried it’ll be Tom Baker.   He’s not getting any younger …

^        “Ave! Duci novo, similis duci seneci”, if you want it in posh.