Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-1-2026 — Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Batman! (Ten Questions)

12th January, 2026: Batman.

Right, then: today’s Monday: so I’m off to my weight loss group.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed: and hoping I’ve lost a little.

Here’s hoping!

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In other news?

My nephew, Jude, was over, yesterday.

No pizzas were injured in the process.

But videos were uploaded.

The second one, the FIFA one?

Had an issue: as one of the sounds effects Jude used for it, refused to transcode.

And thus, caused the rendering process to hang.

The solution was simple.

Force quit iMovie, dump the incomplete video, re-open iMovie and re-export the project: after removing the offending effect.

Job done: the resulting video is now the second of the two I’ve embedded, here.

Quite why the effect played up?

I really don’t know.

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As a final thought … ?

I caught this news-piece on The Register, yesterday.

One that tells us the European Commission — the European Union’s highest decision making body — is encouraging the use of more open source software.

If I’ve read the piece, correctly, that’s partly on the grounds of cost: the commission thinks there’s long term savings to be had.

But it also thinks there’s digital sovereignty issues.

In other words that the EU’s not in charge of their technology: US companies are.

I’ve long felt have European companies making software for use by European countries would be a good thing.

I’ve felt that, for as long as I’ve felt British software companies making software for the people and government of the UK, is a good thing.

I can only hope Brussels persuades EU members — and the EU’s apparatchik — to adopt more open source software.

Just as I hope the UK does.

It can only be a good thing.

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Let’s move on.


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

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 Batman TV series debuted on 12th January.   Of which year of the 1960s?

Q2)        The show aired on which US network: NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox or the CW?

Q3)        Who played Batman, in Batman?

Q4)        That actor also played Batman’s alter-ego.   Who was that alter-ego?

Q5)        The Boy Wonder was Batman’s sidekick, and played by Burt Ward.   The Boy Wonder’s name and costume were inspired by legendary English hero?

Q6)        Batman drove a heavily rebuilt, black, Lincoln Futura.   A heavily rebuilt, black, Lincoln Futura known as the what … ?

Q7)        Frank Gorshin, and John Astin, played which Batman villain: Solomon Grundy, the Riddler or Poison Ivy?

Q8)        What did Cesar Romero refuse to do, when playing the show’s version of the Joker: wear a hat, shave his moustache off or sing?

Q9)        RADA graduate, Alan William Napier-Clavering, played Alfred.   Alfred was Batman’s what?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Burgess Meredith played the Penguin: and quacked while he did so.   He quacked, to cover the sound of what: a cough, a fart or a burp?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Morocco proclaimed its Independence on 11th January.   Of which year of the 1940s?

A1)        1944.

Q2)        It marks the country’s independence from where: France and Spain, the UK and France or Portugal and the UK?

A2)        France and Spain.

Q3)        Rabat is Morocco’s capital city.   What’s Morocco’s largest city?

A3)        Casablanca.

Q4)        Berber is one of two official languages in Morocco.   What’s the other … ?

A4)        Arabic.

Q5)        Finally … ?   What’s Morocco’s currency: the dirham, rial or franc?

A5)        The Moroccan dirham.

Here’s a thought …

“It had to be played as though we were dropping a bomb on Hiroshima, with that kind of deadly seriousness.”

William Dozier, the show’s narrater and producer.

And a theme tune …

The next ten question set is on 15th January: it’s about David Lynch.

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.

*        Oh, it’s definitely handy, Olga.   And a nutcracker takes up less room than a jar opener.

†        Hello, Mum!   (It was 1944, Mum, rather than 1956.)

‡        Morning, Irene!   How IS the day?   (It was 1944, Irene, rather than 1956.)

§        Yes: I managed to miss her, Debbi: I thought she was the Romulan Commander in “Enterprise Incident”, but apparently, that was Joanne Linville.   (Apparently, both “That Which Survives”, and “Enterprise Incident”, were written by D. C. Fontana.)