Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 28th January 2025.

28th January, 2024.

Right … it’s now Tuesday … which means it’s the day after Monday.

And, disappointingly, my weight’s gone up!

Can someone do me a favour, please?

Remind me to avoid kebabs!

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Just as a thought … ?

I managed to catch Star Trek: Section 31, on Saturday.

And managed to publish my written and video reviews, yesterday.

Feel free to hit the Like button on those.

But enjoy the movie, if you watch it!

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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)        Walter Arnold became the first person to be fined for speeding: on 28th January.   Of which year of the 1890s?

Q2)        Trajan was named as Roman Emperor.   On 28th January of which year: AD98, AD99 or AD100?

Q3)        Panama was sacked, and burnt, on 28th January, 1671.   By whom: Henry Morgan, William Kidd or Edward Teach?

Q4)        Harry Corbett was born on 28th January, 1918.   What was he best known puppet: Sooty, Lenny the Lion or Emu?

Q5)        Finally … ?   28th January is Army Day. Where: Armenia, Greece or Italy?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        It’s Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK: marking the liberation of Auschwitz.   In which year of the 1940s?

A1)        1945.

Q2)        The main camp was Auschwitz-I. Auschwitz-II was the extermination camp.   It’s also remembered as Auschwitz what?

A2)        Auschwitz Birkenau.

Q3)        The Holocaust was carried out by which German regime: the Nazis, Communists or Socialists?

A3)        The Nazis.

Q4)        ‘The Holocaust’ is the name given events by the Jewish people who the regime persecuted.   Who referred to the killings as the ‘Porajmos’: Romani, Poles or Africans?

A4)        Romani.   (If I recall, correctly, ‘porajmos’ translates as ‘devouring’.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   The camp was liberated by troops from where: Britain, the USA or the Soviet Union?

A5)        The Soviet Union.

Here’s a thought …

“I love my past.   I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer.”

From La Fin de Chéri by Colette, 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954.

And a Elvis Presley’s first TV appearance …

The next ten question set is tomorrow: it’s about Desert Island Discs.


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



Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Oh, crikey, VHS!   I think you’re right, Olga: remastering something — from VHS quality to DVD/Bluray grade — is expensive.   I get the impression that upscaling a digital file — from one resolution to another — is relatively easy.   Hell, I’ve an free app that lets me do that!   But digitising the original, physical, film or tape?   Is the hard bit: the kit’s expensive, for a start.   And that’s before you factor in the luminance (picture) signals, the chroma (colour) signal, the audio signals, the frame rate§ … … … …

        I think the old Yiddish phrase, ‘Oy veh’, sums it up!

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        Yeah: you’re not the first person I’ve heard, complaining about what streamers pay artists, Debbi!   

§        If I’ve understood it correctly, Olga?   US TV systems had a 60 frames-per-second rate because the US electricity was at 60Hz.   The UK’s, and many European TVs, had a 50 frames-per-second rate because our electricity was at 50Hz.   I have distinct memories of a physics teacher, Mr Pooley, telling us that’s why US clocks wouldn’t work in the UK.

        I’ve vague memories of this piece on Tomorrow’s World.   (Ironically, it’s been remastered for the blu-ray release of The Daemons.)