Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19-12-2025 — Here We Goa, Again

19th December, 2025: Goa.

OK: you’ve possibly realised this … but I, like many of us, get infected by the occasional earworm.

This morning … ?

It’s Joy Sarney’s only hit, 1977’s “Naughty, Naught, Naughty”.

Why on Earth I’ve woken up with the blessed thing banging around my head … ?

I really don’t know.

Answers on a postcard, please … !

~≈🎵≈~

Let’s move on.


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

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

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

Q1)        19th December is Goa Liberation Day.   It marks Goa’s liberation from where: Spain, Portugal or the UK?

Q2)        It marks Goa’s liberation … in which year of the 1960s?

Q3)        Goa is a part of which federal nation?

Q4)        What’s Goa’s capital: Panaji, Canacona or Ponda?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Goa’s coastline is on which sea: the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean or the Mediterranean?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Who won football’s World Cup Final, on 18th December, 2022: Argentina or France?

A1)        Argentina.

Q2)        Keith Richards was born on 18th December, 1943.   He plays what for the Rolling Stones: drums, bass or guitar?

A2)        Guitar.   (He also plays Jonny Depp’s dad in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.)

Q3)        Richard Walker discovered Epimetheus on 18th December, 1966.   Epimetheus is a moon of which gas giant?

A3)        Saturn.

Q4)        18th December is the UN sponsored what: Arabic Language Day, English Language Day or Russian Language Day?

A4)        The UN sponsored Arabic Language Day.

Q5)        Finally … ?   18th December is the feast day of Saint Winibald. He’s traditionally depicted holding a what: a trowel, a spirit level or a hammer?

A5)        A trowel: traditionally, a bricklayer’s, or masonry, trowel.

Here’s a thought …

“[Goa] is India’s smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population.” From the Wikipedia article about Goa.

And a song from a Goan movie …

There’s a twelve question set is on 31st December, 2025: it’s the review of 2025. The next ten question set is on 1st January, 2026: it’s about The Archers.

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

AI is avoided 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.

*        Looks like it was a bit on the nippy side, Olga!   I love the hat, though: but I’m saying nothing about matches … !

†        Hello, Mum!   (It was Argentina and Saturn, Mum, rather than France and Mars.)

‡        That’s possibly debatable, Debbi!   The quote is something of a sad one …