Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5th May, 2025.

5th May, 2025.

Yay!

It’s Monday morning: a bank holiday Monday morning!

So … ?

There’s no weight management meeting, today.

Which won’t stop me feeling knackered, mind: but I can always have a nap, later!

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You know … the current US president strikes me as a bit of a twit.

And the tariffs he’s imposing?

Are just as silly.

This morning … ?

We’re told he wants to introduce a one hundred percent tariff on movies made outside the US: apparently, movies made outside the US are a threat to the country’s national security.

I’m very aware that — given the amount of movies made in the UK — that this will have a negative impact on UK film studios and producers.

But?

I’m hoping that backfires: as so many US movies — not least the Star Wars and Marvel movies — get filmed in Pinewood.

The president’s not doing his country a favour … 

~≈🎬≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with both 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)        5th May is Tango no Sekku.   Where: Japan, China or Vietnam?

Q2)        5th May marks which language: Portuguese, Swahili or Cantonese?

Q3)        5th May is the feast day of Angelus of Jerusalem, the patron saint of Palermo.   Palermo is a city on which Mediterranean island?

Q4)        5th May is Matyrs Day.   Where: Albania, Bangladesh or Canada … ?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Charles 1st dissolved Parliament on 5th May, 1640.   The sitting of Parliament in question was called what: the Long Parliament the Short Parliament or Rump Parliament?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        4th May, 1924, saw the death of Edith Nesbit.   She wrote a 1902 novel called Five Children and what?

A1)        Five Children and It.   The It in question was a Psammead

Q2)        Bartolomeo Cristofori was born on 4th May, 1655.   He’s generally credited with inventing what: the saxophone, the piano or the acoustic guitar?

A2)        The piano.

Q3)        The Imperial Theatrical School was founded: on 4th May, 1738.   It’s a ballet school, where: Russia, Poland or Estonia?

A3)        Russia: it’s now called the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.

Q4)        4th May is the feast day of Saint Judas Cyriacus: the patron saint of Ancona.   Where is Ancona: Spain, Portugal or Italy?

A4)        Italy.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Thomas Huxley was born on 4th May, 1825. Because of his support for the theory of evolution, he’s known as whose bulldog?

A5)        Darwin’s.

Here’s a thought …

“I do a lot of low-budget films. I don’t do low-budget acting.”

Lance Henriksen, born May 5, 1940.

A Delia Derbyshire arrangement …

And an earworm …

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.

*        Hello, Mum!   (Debbi said ‘Happy Birthday’!)

†        Cheers, Debbi: she said to say ‘Thank You’.

        A MacBook Pro!   I’m mildly impressed, Debbi, they can be quite whizzy!   But they used to only ship them with 256gb of SSD, then charge extra for more‡!   Ho … hum … !

‡        I paid £200 extra, Debbi, to take the new Mini up to a one terabyte drive.