Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-12-2025 — The Death of Cicero.

7th December, 2025: Cicero.

OK, he says, brightly … !

It’s officially Sunday: and I’m going to be review a TV show, tonight.

Yes: The War Between the Land and The Sea starts on BBC1 at 8·30GMT.

I’ll caught the first episode, tonight, and the second, later in the week.

I’ll tell you what, though … it’s the first time I’ve started two posts on the trot … !

~≈🧜🏼‍♂️≈~

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 questions, shall we?

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

Q1)        7th December saw the assassination of Cicero.   7th December of which year: 43BC, 45BC or 47BC?

Q2)        7th December saw the assassination of Cicero, by Herennius and Popilius.   On the orders of whom: Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius or Marcus Junius Brutus?

Q3)        63BC saw Cicero serve as a Roman what: Prætor, Consul or Legate?

Q4)        Cicero has a small part in Dante’s Divine Comedy.   Dante’s poem shows us that Cicero is where: Heaven, Hell, Houston or Limbo … ?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Cicero was a member of the equites class.   In other words, he was what’s called a what: governor, knight or senator?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        6th December, 1958, saw the birth of animator, Nick Park.   The animation company he works for is called what: Aardman, Disney or Studio Ghibli?
A1)        Aardman.

Q2)        6th December, 1933, saw Judge Woolsey of the US District Court for the South District of New York lift a ban on which James Joyce novel?
A2)        Ulysses.

Q3)        The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 6th December.   6th December of which year: 1920, 1921 or 1922?
A3)        1921.

Q4)        A covert agent training ground called Special Training School No. 103 opened in Canada: on 6th December, 1941.   It was also known as Camp what: Camp X, Camp Y, Camp Z or Camp Freddie?
A4)        Camp X.   (Camp Freddie was a character in The Italian Job.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   Britain was covered on 6th December, 1962.   By what: fog, rain or clouds?
A5)        Fog.

Here’s a thought …

“Almost no one dances sober, unless he is insane.”

From Chapter VI, sec. 13, of Cicero’s Pro Murena.

And a court case …

The next ten question set is on 17th December, 2025: it’s about Ludwig van Beethoven.

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

The use of 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.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        Oh, I hated school sports, Debbi!   5’2” is not a good height for school sports!

        Ha!   Aardman got famous off of the back of Morph … !