Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11th April 2025 — Six Questions

11th April, 2025.

Right then: it’s officially Friday!

Yay!

We can hop, skip, dance and wave our hands in the air.

If we want to.

Hand waving or not?

I’ve woken up thinking today is Saturday.

Why?

I have no idea … !

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Either way … ?

I’ve finished another review: of episode three of The Savages.

Feel free to leave me a comment … !

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As a final thought … ?

I’ve been using DaVinci Resolve — the free version, available though the App Store — to edit some of the videos, here.

I have to say, it’s not a bad app.

But … ?

It’s only now I’ve used it for a while, I realise quite how much iMovie does for a user.

It removes the green fringing I get when compositing video, automatically: something I have to do manually in DaVinci, for example.

Comparing the two, DaVinci can layer far more elements together than iMovie can.

But?

DaVinci tends to crash when using multiple, intensive, effects.

And tends to lose clips on external drives when it does so.

Can I recommend it others?

Yes: it’s powerful.

But yes … it’s got quirks.

Enough quirks, on the computer I use, to say that, given the money?

I’d be buying Final Cut Pro, rather than the premium version of DaVinci.

It strikes me Apple’s own pro software would be the far more stable of the two.

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga†, Irene‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s six question set, shall we?

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

Q1)        11th April saw the death of Harry Secombe.   In which year?

Q2)        He’d been a member of which comedy troupe: Monty Python, the Young Ones or the Goons?

Q3)        Tel Aviv was founded on 11th April, 1909.   It’s in which country?

Q4)        Idi Amin was deposed on 11th April, 1979.   As dictator of which African nation?

Q5)        11th April is the feast day of Barsanuphius: the patron saint of Oria.   Where is Oria: Spain, Italy or France?

Q6)        Finally … ?   Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrendered Edo Castle to the Emperor’s forces: on 11th April, 1868.   It marks the end of what: the Shogunate, Japanese Imperial rule or the Boxer Rebellion?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Neville O’Riley Livingston was born on 10 April, 1947.   He was better known as which member of the Wailers: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh or Bunny Wailer?

A1)        Bunny Wailer.

Q2)        10th April, 2019, saw scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first photos of what: a super nova, a black hole or a nebula?

A2)        A black hole.

Q3)        Writer, Sue Townsend, died on 10th April, 2014.   She created which schoolboy: Molesworth, Harry Potter or Adrian Mole?

A3)        Adrian Mole.

Q4)        Paul McCartney announced he’d be leaving his first band: on 10th April, 1970.   What was that band?

A4)        The Beatles.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The ‘Big Book’ was published on 10th April, 1939. What’s it’s proper title: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Alcoholics Anonymous or The Wizard of Oz?

A5)        Alcoholics Anonymous.   (Its full title is Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism, but that’s a bit of a mouthful … )

Here’s a thought … 

“There’s one other thing too.   No car can truly be great unless it’s a Ferrari.”

Jeremy Clarkson, born 11 April 1960.

And a song …

The next ten question set will be on 23rd April: it has a World Book Night theme.


To avoid answers being copied, they will be published tomorrow.



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!

†        It has to be said, Olga, I always wince when I see the word, ‘negro’.   It seems both old fashioned and border-line offensive, these days.

        I think they’re trying to look busy, Olga: what with potential cuts and reorganisations coming, I’d imagine the case workers are trying to make sure they have a job in morning … 

‡        Morning, Irene: how is the day … ?

§        He actually gets better, Debbi.   The condition starts to show, around Unseen Academicals …