Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-9-2025 — On the Road.

5th September, 2025: On the Road.

Were you here, yesterday?

Then you’ll know two things.

I had my quarterly, HbA1c, test, yesterday.

And … ?

The bulb in the lamp sitting next to me failed.

I’m going to try and get replacement bulbs, today.

They’re needed, I think.

But … ?

And wouldn’t you know it … ?

The damn lamp switched on, this morning.

I think I’m getting a case of the hives … 

~≈🐝≈~

I also had blood tests, yesterday.

And … ?

The results should come in, in about a week or so.

I have a phone appointment on the 26th: which is where I find out the results.

This morning, though … ?

I’ve got the radio on, as always: and the BBC News, and the Today programme, has told me thousands of people will need re-testing for type two diabetes.

As some 55, 000 people have been misdiagnosed with the condition, as a result of wrongly-calibrated equipment.

I don’t think I’m affected: the results from the blood sugar monitor I have, tell me that.

Along side the lack of ill effects from the medications I’m on.

But?

I did have an oddly low reading from the quarterly tests, a few months back.

And have always wondered about that … 

~≈🐝≈~

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 questions, shall we?

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

Q1)        On the Road was first published on 5th September.   Of which year of the 1950s?

Q2)        Who wrote On the Road: William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg or Jack Kerouac?

Q3)        The group that included that writer were known as the what Generation?

Q4)        The (fictional) narrator of On the Road was Sal who: Sal Heaven, Sal Paradise or Sal Eden?

Q5)        On the Road features a character called Carlo Marx.   Carlo Marx was based on whom: William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg or Neal Cassady?

Q6)        The writer typed the book’s first draft on what he called ‘the scroll’.   In other words, on a length of paper that was how long: thirty-five meters, thirty-seven meters or thirty-nine meters?

Q7)        The first part of the novel sees its narrator heard for which Californian city: Los Angeles, San Francisco or San Jose?

Q8)        The book was published by what’s now which company: Viking Press, Goring Books or Houghton Mifflin?

Q9)        One genre of music features heavily in the book.   Which genre: jazz, heavy metal or reggae?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Director, Walter Salles released a film version of On the Road.   When: 2010, 2012 or 2014?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        4th September, 2022, saw a mass stabbing incident take place: in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon.   Village, reservation and stabbing, took place in which North American nation?

A1)        Cananda.

Q2)        The Golden Dragon Massacre took place on 4th September, 1977.   The Massacre was a gang related killing that took place in which West Coast US city: San Francisco, Los Angeles or Seattle?

A2)        San Francisco.   (I don’t know if hatchets were used in the killings: but they were used in the Tong Wars that started in the late 19th Century: I’m assuming that’s the origin of the phrase ‘hatchet man’.)

Q3)        4th September is the feast day of Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan.   Where is Ardbraccan: Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland?

A3)        The Republic of Ireland.

Q4)        George Eastman trademarked the name of his film company: on 4th September, 1888.   Which film company?

A4)        Kodak.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Google was founded on 4th September, 1998.   By two students from where: Stanford, Harvard or MIT?

A5)        Stanford.

Here’s a couple of thoughts …

“They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me …”.

From the first chapter of On the Road.



“I suppose if [the author] had never written On the Road, The Doors would never have existed.”

From Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors by Ray Manzarek.

And a Canned Heat song …

The next ten question set is on 14th September: it’s about the actor, Sam Neill.

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!

†        Who, the lightbulbs, Olga?   I don’t know, but I’ve got a funny feeling it’s gremlins: given the bulb’s decided to work, this morning!   It’s either gremlins … or someone’s playing silly buggers!

‡        Glad to hear it, Debbi!   (The cargo is very good!)