Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26th February 2026

26th February, 2026.

I don’t know if you knew … but I have phone appointments with my Job Centre case worker, every-so-often.

So … ?

The latest one is today: at 11·45, by phone.

I have to admit, it’s with a new case officer: so I’m concerned about how well it will go, whether they’ll phone on time, if they have access to my phone numbers.

Yadda, yadda, yadda … !

I’m … well … 

Anxious: as I always am … 

~≈👩🏾‍💼≈~

On other fronts?

I’m slowly getting used to Final Cut Pro, the video editing software I’ve been renting.

That said?

I don’t think I’ve quite got the hang of transitions, as it.

I’ve been a little clumsy with the ones in today’s introduction video.

It’s new to me, more complex than iMovie, and has a different way of laying out projects and events.

I’ll have to see how it goes … 

~≈🎬≈~

Just as a last thought … ?

I’ve got a bluray disc in an external bluray drive: one that’s quietly being copied, as we speak.

I’m using software called MakeMKV to do so.

It’s an app that’s free to use, whilst in beta: so comes in handy,  for when you need to back up movies.

I mention this, because when I put the disc in the drive … ?

It immediately started making a whining noise.

That meant that the disc was either faulty — it wasn’t — or that it was dirty: and that washing the thing in warm, soapy, water, would help.

It turns out the disc was dirty.

Thankfully, washing the disc, worked.

The reason I mention it … ?

Is simply that I wanted to make a point: it shows us high tech issues can be sometimes be solved in the simplest of ways.

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Mum scoring five out of five, and Debbi 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)        2000AD’s first issue was cover dated 26th February.   Of which year: 1976, 1977 or 1978?

Q2)        The Superliner went into service: on 26th February, 1979.   The Superliner was and is a what: a luxury yacht, a railway carriage or double decker bus?

Q3)        Kinemacolor, the first colour motion picture process, was demonstrated on 26th February.   Of which year: 1907, 1909 or 1911?

Q4)        Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated a device: on 26th February, 1935.   That device was an early form of what: RADAR, the bouncing bomb or the exploding rat?

Q5)        Finally … ?   A hot air balloon crashed near the city of Luxor: on 26th February, 2013.   City, and crash, were and are in which North African country?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Henry Kelly died on 25th February, 2025.   He’d found fame as a co-presenter of which ITV show: Saturday Live, Game for a Laugh or Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway?

A1)        Game for a Laugh.

Q2)        Film producer, Harve Bennett, died on 25th February, 2015.   He co-wrote, and co-produced, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: which was released in which year of the 1980s?

A2)        1982.

Q3)        25th February is the National Day of Kuwait.   The country’s coast is part of what: the Panay Gulf, the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Mexico?

A3)        The Persian Gulf.

Q4)        Britain’s first Anderson Shelter was built on 25th February, 1939: in a garden in Islington.   The Anderson Shelter was a type of what: air raid shelter, bus stop or garden shed?

A4)        A type of air raid shelter.

Q5)        Finally … ? Infanta Blanca was born on 25th February, 1259.   She was an Infanta — a Princess — of where: Spain, Portugal or France?

A5)        Portugal.

Here’s a thought …

“Time passeth swift away


Our life is frail, and we may die to-day.”.

Mycetes, Act I, scene i, Line 68 of Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe, c. 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593.

And a Fats Domino song …

The next three ten-question sets will be tomorrow, the 28th of February, and 1st of March: they’re about Pokémon, Andalusia and Nebraska.

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!

†        I think you managed it in record time, Debbi.   Oh, Infanta Blanca was Portugese, not Spanish.   The term’s common to both languages, if I’ve understood it correctly.

‡        We’ll catch you when we catch you, Olga!   Have a good few days, and say ‘Hi’ to Iman for me!   (Oh, Saturday’s ten question set is about Andalusia … )