Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26-7-2025 — Jung

26th July, 2025: Carl Jung.

Right then: it’s now Saturday morning.

The day after more blood tests, and an appointment with my surgery’s nurse practitioner.

The tests are for my GP: and I’m convinced that headache I had, later, was because I’d skipped breakfast.

The appointment … ?

Was to talk about a blood sugar monitor I’d been issued.

You have to prick your finger with a lancet, and put the drop of blood onto a test strip: the machine ‘reads’ the blood, and gives you a result a few seconds later.

Except, of course, my fingers being my fingers?

I barely get a drop: along side an error code that translates as “There’s not enough blood!”

I pick up the new, improved, bigger, needles on Monday … !

~≈💉≈~

Let’s move on.


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


Let’s see how everyone does with today’s themed questions, shall we?

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

Q1)        26th July saw the birth of Carl Jung.   In which year of the 1870s?

Q2)        In which European country?

Q3)        He founded analytical what: analytical psychology, analytical psychiatry or analytical psychotherapy?

Q4)        He treated Rowland Hazard 3rd for what: alcoholism, heroin addiction or nicotine addiction?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Jung did a lot of work on what: archetypes, stereotypes or prototypes?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        25th July is the National Day of Galicia.   Where is Galicia: France, Spain or Portugal?

A1)        Spain.

Q2)        What’s Galicia’s capital: Vigo, Ourense or Santiago de Compostela?

A2)        Santiago de Compostela.

Q3)        That capital is named after which apostle: James the Great, Simon Peter or Matthew … ?

A3)        James the Great.   (He’s also known as James, son of Zebedee)

Q4)        Name either one of Galicia’s official languages.

A4)        Spanish or Galician.

Q5)        Galicia has been described as “… the land of a thousand” what: rivers, bays or trees?

A5)        Rivers.

Q6)        The Xunta de Galicia is Galicia’s regional what: government, high court or parliament?

A6)        Regional Government.

Q7)        Galicia’s parliament has deputies: MPs, in other words.   How many deputies: seventy-three, seventy-five or seventy-seven?

A7)        Seventy-five.

Q8)        The Galician derby is played between Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña.   The Derby is a game of what: football, rugby league or Twenty20 cricket?

A8)        Football.   (It sounds like an old firm derby: just not the Old Firm Derby)

Q9)        Galicia’s coat of arms features a golden chalice, and a silver host.   On what colour shield … ?

A9)        Blue: or azure, if you want the technical terms.

Q10)        Finally … ?   Avelino Cachafeiro played the gaita.   In other words, he played the Galician what: guitar, bagpipes or oboe?

A10)        Bagpipes.   (We had a busker in Brentwood High Street, once, who played them.   They’re strange looking, if you’re only familiar with the Scottish Great pipes.)

Here’s a thought …

“The little world of childhood with its familiar surroundings is a model of the greater world.”

Carl Jung.

And an Jung-influenced Bowie tune …

The next ten question set is on tomorrow: it’s about Norfolk.

Comments 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 the Robin Hood tree is supposed to be the same sort of age, Olga.   It amazes me these last so long: without being turned into firewood.

        I think Gibson/Neeson/Willis rescuing assorted family members is quite common: they’re modern knights in shiny armour, rescuing fair maidens.

        You know, it’s funny you should mention Neeson: he’s playing Frank Drebin, the Leslie Nielsen character, in the new Naked Gun film.   Whether he’s any good is a whole other question.

        Yeah: technology is all change!   When I signed up for the internet connection at home, it had a twenty gigabyte usage limit.   These days?   There’s bigger limits on pay-as-you-go mobile!

‡        Yeah: part three’s a zombie movie, Debbi!

        Oh, the next work out’s on Monday: then there’s a pause until Left-hander’s on the 13th August.