Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23rd November 2025.

23rd November, 2025.

I think we can say Jude — my nephew — has posted his latest video!

Yes, hitting the ‘Like’ button would be very welcome: as would subscribing to his channel.

And mine, if you’re that way inclined!

But I’ll tell you what!

Buying dinner was a job and a half!

We couldn’t place an order through Deliveroo: why, I don’t know!

Then we tried ordering pizza from Dominos.

And couldn’t.

It just wasn’t happening!

It was only then, that I got a message from my bank.

They thought I was being defrauded!

I had to press buttons, and phone them, to find out what was happening!

And assure them that that no: I wasn’t being scammed, my card hadn’t been cloned and I was genuinely trying to order dinner!

And any rate … when we went back to the Dominos site … my payment got declined, again!!!!!!!

I was getting annoyed, by this point: and Jude was definitely underwhelmed.

Both of us were hungry … !

This second time, though … ?

Was my fault: I hadn’t fed the card’s expiry date, properly!

Ever had the feeling you’re being got at?

~≈🍕≈~

That said, I can appreciate my bank’s actions, last night.

Part of their job is to protect their customers from fraud, and to prevent crime.

And?

It’s been a while since I’ve ordered food online: and I’d made multiple attempts to order from different, and very unfamiliar, websites.

So I can’t blame them for automatically going into ‘Protect A Punter’ mode!

But, boy, the timing was wonderful!

About the only upsides to the evening?

Jude managed to get that video uploaded.

We managed to set up — and use — fast user switching, so we could switch between accounts*.

And … ?

Pizza never tasted quite so good!

~≈🍕≈~

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 unthemed questions, shall we?

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

Q1)        The Soviet Union made its last attempt to launch the N1 rocket on 23rd November.   23rd November of which year: 1971, 1972 or 1973?

Q2)        Dr Who first aired on 23rd November, 1963.   Who was the most recent actor to play the Doctor: Jodie Whittaker, David Tennent or Ncuti Gatwa?

Q3)        IBM released the IBM Simon on 23rd November, 1994.   It’s generally considered to be the world’s first what: tablet, smartphone or laptop … ?

Q4)        The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime was signed on 23rd November, 2001.   Where is Budapest: Austria, Hungary or Romania?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Freddie Mercury announced he was HIV positive on 23rd November, 1991.   He’d been the lead singer of which English rock band?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Woozi was born on 22nd November, 1996.   Woozi’s a singer for which Korean boy band: BTS, Seventeen, NU’EST or Take That?

A1)        Seventeen.   (Wikipedia describes the band as a “self-producing idol group”.   I’m getting weird mental images … of Rom’s self-replicating mines …)

Q2)        Mark Ruffalo was born on 22nd November, 1967.   He played which character in the Marvel movies: Dr Bruce Banner, Thor or Iron Man?

A2)        Dr Bruce Banner: also known as the Hulk.

Q3)        22nd November, 2003, saw England’s men’s Rugby team win the Rugby World Cup, in the Australian city of Sydney.   Which version of Rugby was being played: League or Union … ?

A3)        Union.

Q4)        Seven people were injured in a shooting in Virginia: on 22 November, 2022.   In a branch of where: Walmart, Piggly Wiggly or Cracker Barrel?

A4)        Walmart.   (Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in many Southern US states.   Cracker Barrel is a restaurant chain.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   Mary of Guise was born on 22nd November, 1515.   She was Queen of where: England, Scotland or Ireland?

A5)        Scotland.

Here’s a thought …

“If I’m trapped in a theatre, and a show starts disappointingly, I have a handy way of avoiding it: I fall asleep.”

Harpo Marx, November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964.

And music …

The next ten question set is on 5th December: it’s about The Great Smog!

Your comments will be published, and today’s questions answered, in tomorrow’s Teaser.

The author avoids AI, when writing these questions.

Answers are as accurate as possible: at the time of writing.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        We used it to switch between my account — as I paid for the food — and Jude’s account: as he was editing and uploading the video.   Getting the system to recognise Jude’s finger took a few goes: but the switching process was fast, once Jude’s finger registered.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        What amazes me, Debbi, is ChatGPT’s abilities.   I’ve just asked it to draw a librarian super hero …