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

27th May, 2025.

It’s officially official: it’s Tuesday.

Which possibly means we can do a happy dance.

via GIPHY

Assuming our hips can take the pace, of course!

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At any rate … ?

My sister, Ruth — my nephew’s mother — replaced her old laptop with a ChromeOS-based Chromebook.

Until it gave up the ghost: and got replaced with another one!

I’m going to have a go at resetting it for her: and see if we can sell it on.

I’m mildly nervous about that: it’s a platform I’m unfamiliar with.

So … ?

It’s going to be a learning process.

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga†, Irene‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with Olga, Mum and Debbi scoring five out of five, 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)        27th May is the feast day of Saint Augustine of where?

Q2)        He’s considered to be that city’s first what: mayor, archbishop or tree?

Q3)        The Conservatives won the UK General Election held on 27th May, 1955.   Who became prime minister as a result: Harold Wilson, Sir Anthony Eden or Sir Alec Douglas Home?

Q4)        The STS-96 mission launched on 27th May, 1999.   It was the first space shuttle mission, where: the International Space Station, Skylab or the Moon?

Q5)        Finally … ?   27th May, 1818, saw the birth of campaigner, Lily Bloomer.   She’s famously associated with a what: dress, hat or cabbage?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        26th May, 2022, saw the death of Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher.   He’d been a founder member of which band: the Eurythmics, Depeche Mode or Erasure?

A1)        Depeche Mode.

Q2)        26th May is the feast day of Saint Lambert of Vence.   Where is Vence: Spain, France or Italy

A2)        France.

Q3)        Napoléon Bonaparte is crowned as King of Italy: on 26th May, 1805.   In which Italian city: Rome, Turin or Milan?

A3)        Milan.

Q4)        Protests began in Minneapolis: on 26th May, 2020.   Over the death of whom: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Rodney King?

A4)        George Floyd.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Italy’s cabinet resigned: on 26th May, 1981.   In a scandal over a corrupt what: masonic lodge, monastery or nunnery?

A5)        Masonic lodge.

Here’s a thought …

“The hero is usually someone who has really nothing to do.   He comes out on top, but it’s the heavy who has all the fun.”

Vincent Price, May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993.

Vincent’s best known song …

And an earworm …

The next ten question set is tomorrow: it’s about the first Old Firm derby!

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!

†        I hope Jordi and his wife send you a postcard, Olga!   And remind me to dig up Bill Oddie’s phone number, for you … !

‡        You’ll have to let me know what you make of today’s earworm, Irene/Jim!

§        I couldn’t tell you, Debbi: you’d probably need a halfway decent cyber-lawyer!

        Probably depends on the robot’s software and hardware.   Is it sophisticated enough  to recognise blackmail as harm, or not?

        There was also a thing with a hypothetical poisoned glass of water.   Robot A knows the glass of water on the sideboard is poisoned: so won’t give it to his human owner.   Robot B doesn’t know: and gets ordered to pass the owner a glass of water …