Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12th April 2025.

12th April, 2025.

Right: it’s officially Saturday.

And I’ve got two things to do, today.

Obviously, looking after my nephew is one thing.

The other?

Is catching “The Robot Revolution”, the opening episode of Doctor Who’s most recent series.

My only big question, on I realise show’s my ignorance?

Is I’m not completely sure how to pronounce the name of Varada Sethu, the actress playing new companion, Belinda Chancdra.

I think it’s va-RAR-da, with the stress on the middle syllable … but believe she pronounces it as va-ra-da, with the stresses, apparently, placed equally.

Or possibly as va-rad-a … !

One day … ?

I’ll get the hang of it!

~≈👸🏾≈~

Let’s move on.


With Irene and her partner, Jim, having time off, yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring six out of six, and Mum on four.

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

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

Q1)        12th April, 1900, saw President William McKinley sign the Foraker act.   The act gave limited self rule to where: there US Virgin Isles, American Samoa or Puerto Rico?

Q2)        12th April is the International Day of Human Space Flight: which marks humanity’s first space flight.   That flight was made by which cosmonaut?

Q3)        12th April, 1947, saw the birth of talk-show host, David Letterman.   His production company is called Worldwide … what: Web, Pants or Chat?

Q4)        Tom Clancy was also born on 12th April, 1947.   His first novel, The Hunt for Red October, was published in which year of the 1980s?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Emperor En’yū was born on 12th April, AD958.   He was the 64th Emperor of where: China, Japan or Byzantium?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

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

A1)        2001.

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

A2)        The Goons.   (Many of The Goon’s Show’s plots were centred on Secombe’s regular character, Neddie Seagoon.)

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

A3)        Israel.

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

A4)        Uganda.

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

A5)        Italy.

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?

A6)        The Shogunate.

Here’s a thought …

“Nothing — believe me — nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.”

David Letterman, born 12th April, 1947.

And one hell of a guitar riff …

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 morning.



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!

†        There’s probably comments, there, Olga.   I’ll just point you at Law 31.

‡        I’ve a nasty feeling, Debbi: that Robin Williams’ suicide was his equivalent of a dignified death.   The autopsy showed he had an early-stage form of Lewy-body dementia …