Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 14-2-2026 — YouTube (Ten Questions)

14th February, 2026: YouTube.

It’s officially official: there’s been a hideously dreadful mistake.

A dreadful mistake, so hideous, that … 

Well … 

Someone’s possibly getting yelled at, in a way that involves yelling.

You’re possibly wondering what I’m talking about, aren’t you?

Let me be sensible.

It’s the toaster … 

I ordered a toaster from Amazon, Tuesday just gone.

A cheap one: that, with one thing and another, I managed to get without having to pay the £4·99 delivery charge.

A cheap toaster that I ended up paying a tenner for.

Only to find that it would eventually be delivered … on 20th March.

Given that?

I complained to Amazon, had the delivery fee refunded, was given ten pound’s worth of gift card as “a good will gesture”, and told a refund would be in my bank account by next Thursday, at the latest.

The hideously dreadful mistake?

Was one made by Amazon: as they gave me £20 worth of gift card!

Well, I’m not going to mention it to them, am I … ?

Not when a new toaster turns up, this afternoon … 

~≈🛒≈~

Let’s move on.


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

The day also saw Olga‡ leaving us a message.

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

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

Q1)        YouTube launched on 14th February.   Of which year: 2004, 2005 or 2006?

Q2)        YouTube’s owned by who: Alphabet, Meta or Apple?

Q3)        YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim and Steve Chen.   The three were early employees of whom: Google, PayPal or Oracle?

Q4)        YouTube is headquartered in San Bruno.   San Bruno is in which US state?

Q5)        As of the time of writing, and according to an article on Wikipedia, YouTube is the world’s second most visited website.   What, according to that same article, is the world’s most visited website?

Q6)        The first video uploaded to the site was called ‘Me at the zoo’.   It was uploaded by which of the founders: Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim or Steve Chen?

Q7)        More to the point, the video was filmed, where: Windsor Safari Park, San Diego Zoo or Disneyland?

Q8)        The videos on Youtube are generated by the likes of you and me.   These are known as user-generated what: content, videos or posts?

Q9)        Fortunate creators on YouTube can join the YouTube Partnership program.   In other words, they can earn money from what: adverts, jingles or trees?

Q10)        Finally … ?   As of 2016, what was YouTube’s most watched video: Psy’s “Gangnam Style”, Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” or Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance”?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Peter Tork was born on 13th February, 1942.   He’d been the bass player for which boy-band?

A1)        The Monkees.

Q2)        Stockard Channing was born on 13 February, 1944.   She played Rizzo in which 1978 musical?

A2)        Grease.

Q3)        Richard Wagner died on 13th February, 1883.   His Der Ring des Nibelungen consists of how many music dramas: one, two, three or four?

A3)        Four.   (He preferred the term ‘music drama’ to opera: as he felt it better defined what he was doing.)

Q4)        Oliver Reed was born on 13th February, 1938.   Which Ridley Scott film was the last Reed appeared in: Alien, Hannibal or Gladiator?

A4)        Gladiator.   (It’s a riveting performance.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   13th February, 1984, saw Konstantin Chernenko named as General Secretary of the Communist Party.   General Secretary of the Communist Party of where: the Soviet Union, East Germany or Albania?

A5)        General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Here’s a thought …

“In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7 billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day.”

From the Wikipedia entry on YouTube.

The first YouTube video …

And an observation.

Mock the Week has been revived by a British channel called TLC: which is airing the show on YouTube, without any adverts!

The next two ten question sets are on the 27th and 28th of February: they’re about Pokémon and Andalusia.

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.

*        Hello, Mum!   (Chernenko was the Soviet leader, Mum, not the East German one!)

†        That’s always the way, Debbi: if it’s worth doing, it’s worth taking time.

‡        We’ll catch you when we catch you, Olga.   Hopefully, I’ll have a toaster, by then … !