Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8-12-2025 — How To Abolish the Monarchy

8th December, 2025: Abolition.

Right … it’s officially Monday.

And the day of my last weight management meeting.

Or, at least, the last one of 2025.

The meeting’s restart in January.

Either way … ?

I want to find out what’s happening!

~≈𐄷≈~

I caught the first — first — episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea, last night.

And have come away mildly impressed!

But … ?

I’m thinking timing is a thing.

Two episodes were aired on BBC 1, last night: and now available on iPlayer.

The next two … ?

Will be aired on the 14th December, and the last on the 21st.

Which means I’ll be juggling my timings, in getting the reviews written!

At any rate … ?

I’m very aware that Disney+ will be airing the episodes in January.

And that that time difference will prompt people to VPNs, Virtual Private Networks, to access them.

Or just head for torrent tracking sites to access them.

Those episodes are on at least one, already …

~≈🧜🏼‍♂️≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† 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)        8th December saw voters vote to eliminate the monarchy.   In which year of the 1970s?

Q2)        More to the point: the vote took place in which European country?

Q3)        Who was the last monarch: Constantine 1st, Constantine 2nd or Constantia 3rd?

Q4)        Technically, the monarch was a what: Basilica, Basileus or Menelaus?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The country’s current head of state is a what: Archduke, President or High Theocrat?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

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

A1)        43BC.

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?

A2)        Marcus Antonius: also known as Mark Anthony.

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

A3)        Consul.

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 … ?

A4)        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?

A5)        A knight.

Here’s a thought …

“A referendum following the regime's collapse in 1974 confirmed the effective dissolution of the monarchy and the creation of the Third Hellenic Republic.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the kingdom.

And music …

  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!   (It was ‘Limbo’ and ‘Knight’, Mum!)

†        Better late, And always welcome, Olga … !

‡        He likes all sorts of stuff, Debbi§!   Dogs, cats, mice … 

§        This might appeal, Debbi: as we’re talking about animation …