Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 30th May 2025.

30th May, 2025.

Right … it’s officially official.

I’ve asked a few local shops to put up the poster, advertising a laptop for sale.

I owe them — Barry at the Emporium, Connie at the Flying Fish, the Pharmchoice gang and Daniel’s Barbers — a thank you, if nothing else.

Hopefully, that may — may — help.

As the Facebook Marketplace ad doesn’t seem to have picked up anything other than the odd click.

Not even the odd scammer!

Heigh ho!

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What was one thing and another … ?

The US President is having trouble.

As various US Courts have ruled against his tariff regime: leaving the things in various states of suspension.

From what I’ve understood?

The rulings hinge on the president overstepping his authority: as some of the tariff raising powers are reserved for the US Congress.

It’s how the US system works, if I’ve got it right: these jobs are done by Congress, those by the Courts, others only by the president.

How much executive authority does a corporate Chief Executive Officer have?

How much can he do in his day-to-day job of running a US company?

I don’t know.

But it struck me, yesterday, that — with the executive orders that he’s issuing — the President is treating his job as if it’s a corporate Chief Executive position: not as a political office, where there’s a different balance of powers.

We’ll have to see … 

~≈👨🏻‍💼≈~

Let’s move on.


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

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)        30th May saw protestors in Tiananmen Square erecting the Goddess of Democracy statue.   On 30th May of which year: 1985, 1987 or 1989?

Q2)        Who was convicted of falsifying business records, on 30th May, 2024: Donald Trump, Freddy Laker or John D. Rockefeller Jr?

Q3)        Helen Sharman was born on 30th May, 1963.   May of 1991, saw her become the first woman to visit what: the International Space Station, the Mir Space Station or Skylab?

Q4)        30th May is the International Day of the what: tomato, potato or chipolata?

Q5)        Finally … ?   30th May is Statehood Day.   Where: Croatia, Estonia or Italy?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        29th May is the International Day of United Nations Peace Keepers.   UN Peacekeeping operations are organised by the UN’s what of Peace Operations: Department, Organisation or Secretariat?

A1)        Department of Peace Operations.

Q2)        UN Peacekeepers usually wear helmets.   What colour helmets?

A2)        Blue.

Q3)        As an alternative to helmets, UN Peacekeepers usually wear what.

A3)        Berets.

Q4)        UN peacekeeping operations started in which year of the 1940s?

A4)        1948.

Q5)        Finally … ?   There’s an award given posthumously to UN peacekeepers.   It’s named after whom: Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant or Kurt Waldheim?

A5)        Dag Hammarskjöld.

Here’s a thought …

“People think that writing scripts is like writing books, but it really isn’t.   It’s more like drawing up architectural plans for picky clients.”

Duncan Jones, born 30 May 1971.

And a song …

The next ten question set is on 11th June: it’s about E. T.: The Extraterrestrial

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 think that’s another question I should’ve phrased better, Olga!

        I’ve got my fingers crossed for the posters, Olga.   They may be more helpful than the Facebook advert.   That hasn’t even bagged me a scammer: which is worrying!

‡        That reminds me, Debbi: there’s a few similar discussions about HAL 9000.

        (I think I’ve mentioned: that Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov were friends.   But Clarke coming up with a killer computer was an argument starter for the pair!)