Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9th September, 2025.

9th September, 2025.

Yay!

He says!

I was at my weight management meeting, yesterday: and I’ve officially lost weight.

Two hundred gram, roughly half a pound.

So, at yesterday’s meeting, I was down to one hundred kilos, roughly fifteen — 15.75 — stone.

Which is an alarming number, when. you see it in imperial measures and remember what I weighed in my late twenties.

But it’s a lot better than it was, only four years ago.

So that’s something.

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Oh, did I mention I’ve been sneakily watching season two of Wednesday?

I’ve been sneakily watching season two of Wednesday!

Billie Piper’s in it, in case you were wondering: playing a recovering pop star who’s now a music teacher.

Which is why I mention it.

It turns out Piper’s not the only singer-turned-actress to turn up in the show.

Nope: last night’s episode saw Lady Gaga turning up as a ghost!

She gets everywhere!

~≈👻≈~

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)        The Attica Prison Riot started on 9th September, 1971.   The Prison was in which US state?

Q2)        Harland Sanders was born on 9th September, 1890.   He started which fast food restaurant: Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds or Pizza Hut?

Q3)        The Patten Report was released on 9th September, 1999.   It recommended charges to what: the House of Commons, the Royal Ulster Constabulary or the Milk Marketing Board?

Q4)        9th September, 1850, saw which US state admitted to the US?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Actor, Chaim Topol, was born on 9th September, 1935.   After his death in 2023, his family revealed he’d worked for the Israeli Intelligence agency.   What is that agency called: Mossad, Aman or the Shin Bet?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The first episode of Star Trek aired on 8th September.   Of which year of the 1960s?

A1)        1966.

Q2)        8th September, 1946, saw Bulgaria hold a referendum.   To abolish what: forced marriages, parliament or the Bulgarian monarchy?

A2)        The Bulgarian monarchy.

Q3)        8th September, 1974, saw President Gerald Ford issue a Presidential pardon.   A presidential pardon that pardoned which former President?

A3)        Former president, Richard Nixon.

Q4)        Actor, Martin Freeman, was born on 8th September, 1971.   Who did he play in the movie version of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox or Tricia ‘Trillian’ MacMillan?

A4)        Arthur Dent.   Zaphod was played by Sam Rockwell, Trillian by Zooey Deschanel.   One?   Only Disney could’ve done “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish”.   Two?   I had to tell my computer how to spell ‘Zaphod’!

Q5)        Finally … ?   Alecia Moore-Hart was born on 8th September, 1979.   She’s better known as which US singer: Patti Smith, Pink or Beyoncé?

A5)        Pink.

Here’s a thought …

“The Lair of the White Worm is quite a strange film.   It’s difficult to be good when you’re saying lines that have been translated from Spanish to English by someone who speaks French.”

Hugh Grant, born 9 September 1960.

And a 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§!

†        Using that number could well be an idea, Olga§.   Especially as it sounds like it’s needed!   And could the fact it seems to be to you a lot be … um … what do they call it?   Confirmation bias?   No, that’s where you interpret things as matching your beliefs, isn’t it?   At any rate, you’re noticing a third event because you’ve noticed the first two: if that makes sense … ?

‡        He’d possibly be impressed by the homage, Debbi§!

§        I’ve been hit by this as an earworm, folks: why, I do not know …