Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11th May 2025.

11th May, 2025.

It’s Sunday … and I’ve got the radio on.

And the Sunday programme is talking about the new Pope.

Understandable: it is a religious magazine programme, after all.

It’s interesting stuff.

And possibly one of the few times I can use the word ‘dicastery’ in a blog post.

It’s a department of the Roman Catholic Church, so you know.

And not something I’d get to use in daily life.

I’ll have to see what I can do about that.

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While I’m at … … it … 

I’ve finished reviewing of “The Story & The Engine”, yesterday’s episode of Dr Who.

And made a hash of the video version!

Ho … Hum … !

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Let’s move on.


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

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

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

Q1)        11th May is the feast day of Saint Gangulphus.   He’s a patron saint of unhappily married whoms: husbands or wives?

Q2)        Actress, Peggy Lipton died on 11th May, 2019.   She played Norma Jennings in which US TV show?

Q3)        India carried out the Pokhran-II nuclear test on 11th May.   Of which year of the 1990s?

Q4)        Phil Silvers was born on 11th May, 1911.   Who did he play in The Phil Silvers Show: Col. John T. Hall, Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko or Sgt. Joan Hogan?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The UK announced it would be granting independence to the Gold Coast: on 11th May, 1956.   It’s now part of which African nation … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        J. Edgar Hoover was named as the head of what later became the FBI: on 10th May of which year of the 1920s?

A1)        1924.

Q2)        At the time, the FBI was known as the BOI, or Bureau of what?

A2)        Investigation.

Q3)        The FBI is the what Bureau of Investigation: Federal, Federated or Fluffy?

A3)        The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Q4)        Dana Scully and Fox Mulder are fictional FBI agents: in which TV series?

A4)        The X Files.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit 4 — once called the Behavioural Sciences Unit — investigates what: cybercrime, serial killers or car crime?

A5)        Serial killers.   It’s featured in The Silence of The Lambs: it’s the unit Jack Crawford — the Scott Glenn character — leads.   (In the original novels, Jack Crawford has a habit of ‘motivating’ his agents, by showing them photos of what the killer has done to the victims.   In a move that mirrored this, Crawford’s real world counterpart gave Glenn a cassette tape recorded by a pair of killers raping and killing one of their victims.   Glenn never returned to the role … as the tape gave him nightmares.   Today’s quote seems very relevant …)

Here’s a thought …

“Treat acting as a business and don’t let it go to your head.   You don’t want to end up like my friends.”

Phil Silvers, May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985.

And a song …

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



Your comments and 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.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        Yeah: it has, that, Olga!   And it amazes me how parts of the world can change: the woodland at the end of my street used to be a gasometer … !

        Enjoy the castles!

‡        Moi, Debbi?   Hand out a sudden clue?   That’s a vile accuracy!

        That reminds me, I really have to learn about databases … at some point … 

§        Morning, Irene: how IS the day … ?