Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-4-2025 — A Fool and His Money

1st April, 2025: A Fool and His Money …

It’s got to be said: I feel slightly silly!

As I was up at 3:15, this morning.

Literally, I was up — and awake-ish! — at 3:15.

Utterly convinced my alarm had gone off.

It was wasn’t until my computer — on over night, to do some transcoding — announced the time that I realised two things.

• I was up, way too early.
• I’d wasted a tea bag.

Ho-hum!

~≈🕒≈~

As an extra thought … ?

I was at my weight management meeting, yesterday.

You know that: you know I’ve been going to them, first thing on a Monday morning, for some time.

This week … ?

I’ve officially lost one and a half kilos: about three pounds.

That — considering I was up seven hundred grams, last week? — was good going.

~≈⚖️≈~

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 [insert number here] questions, shall we?

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

Q1)        According to the old saying, “A fool and his money are often … ” what?

Q2)        Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Bryan Ferry, have all covered which foolish song?

Q3)        A fool’s cap is worn by jesters.   Foolscap is a specific size of what: paper, plank or rump steak?

Q4)        ‘The Fool’ is a Gibson SG guitar.   Originally made for who: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Durak — or Fool — is a card game from where: Greece, Russia or Tanzania?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        31st March is World what day: World Backup Day, World Toast Day or World Rhubarb Day?

A1)        World Backup Day.   I think I stressed it in my buying guide …

Q2)        31st March, 2018, saw a revolution, where: Armenia, Azerbaijan or Afghanistan … ?

A2)        Armenia.

Q3)        Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada on 31st March.   Of which year of the 1940s?

A3)        1949.

Q4)        The Labour Party won a UK General Election on 31st March, 1966.   Who led the party at the time: Harold Wilson, James Callaghan or Hugh Gaitskill?

A4)        Harold Wilson.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The funeral of Queen Mary of Teck took place: on 31st March, 1963.   She’d been the Queen Consort of which British King?

A5)        George 5th.   (He was one of the last two holders of the title of King-Emperor.)

Here’s a thought …

“Hope often tricks a fool.”

From Havelok the Dane.

And a Panorama report …

The next ten question set is on the 3rd April: it’s about 2001: A Space Odyssey.


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



Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Yeah, I think you half finished a question, Olga: you put ‘linear’, instead of ‘linear b’.

        Thankfully, there wasn’t an issue at the pharmacy: so no problems, there!   But … ?   You know there’s now safe zones around abortion clinics in the UK?   They’re supposed to stop pro-life protestors pestering the users.

        It seems JD Vance is against it: it’s supposed violate the protestors free speech.

        (If I’ve understood it, correctly, some of the pro-lifers offer support to the users.   Whether it’s effective, wanted, or taken up in numbers?   I don’t know.)

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        I’ll keep my fingers crossed, Debbi.