Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 27th April 2025.

27th April, 2025.

What with one thing and another … ?

YouTube can be strange.

Quite it’s doing this, I don’t know: but … ?

It’s throwing videos of people dancing to M’s “Pop Muzik” at me.

Why … ?

I don’t know.

It’s possibly one of those things … !

~≈▶️≈~

At any rate … ?

I managed to catch “The Well”, yesterday’s episode of Doctor Who.

And … ?

It’s rather good: although I don’t know if my reviews manage to catch that.

Heigh-ho!

~≈🩻≈~

As a final thought … ?

I occasionally have a word floating around my head.

Usually?   It’s the word “yurt”.

Today?

It’s “dicastery”: a department of the Curia, the body that runs the Catholic Church.

I’m happy.

Because I know the word’s floating around my head, after the recent death of the Pope.

So that’s something!

~≈⛪︎≈~

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)        The State Duma met for the first time: on 27th April, 1906.   The State Duma was the parliament of where: the Chinese Empire, the Russian Empire or the United Kingdom?

Q2)        Jack Klugman was born on 27th April, 1922.   He played the main character in which detective show: Columbo, Quincy ME or My Friends Tigger and Pooh?

Q3)        DJ, Casey Kasem, was born on 27th April, 1932.   Which Scooby Doo character did he voice?

Q4)        27th April is the feast day of Origen of Alexandria.   Alexandria is in what’s now where: Egypt, Tunisia or Algeria?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Nick Kyrgios (pronounced ‘KIRR-ee-oss’) was born on 27th April, 1995.   He plays what: tennis, cricket or snooker?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        26th April is the feast day of Saint Lucidius of Verona.   Where is Verona: Spain, Italy or France?

A1)        Italy.

Q2)        Klaus Schulze died on 26th April, 2022.   He’d been a member of which German band: Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk or Rammstein?

A2)        Tangerine Dream.

Q3)        John Crichton-Stuart was born on 26th April 1958.   As well as being a racing driver, he was the 7th Marquess of where: Angus, Bute or Galloway?

A3)        Bute.

Q4)        Emperor Marcus Aurelius was born on 26th April, AD121.   Who did he replace as Roman Emperor: Antoninus Pius, or Commodus?

A4)        Antoninus Pius.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Roger Taylor was born on 26th April, 1960.   This particular Roger Taylor was the drummer for which band: Queen or Duran Duran … ?

A5)        Duran Duran.   Roger Taylor, the drummer from Queen, was born in 1949.

Here’s a thought …

“The space I’m occupying isn’t just for me.   It’s for all the big black girls in the future who just want to be seen.”

Lizzo, born April 27, 1988.

And a song …

The next ten question set will be on 15th May: it’s about Mike Oldfield.


Your answers 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.

*        We may have a case of bed blocking, here, Olga.   There needs to be a care package in place, before he goes home: they can be fiddly to arrange.   Even if the patient isn’t stubborn!

†        Hello, Mum … !

‡        Yeah, I thought you might enjoy that, Debbi … !   Oh, there’s possibly a package coming: but the lorry might be going by a different route …