Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23rd March 2026

23rd March, 2026.

It’s Monday … !

Yay!

OK, maybe I shouldn’t be that joyous about the start of the week.

But … ?

It’s Monday.

So I get paid: my Universal Credit comes though the this date, each month.

And … ?

It’s the day for my weight management meeting.

Or weigh-in.   Or class … or something … 

Whatever it’s called, it’s the day for it.

I can only hope I’ve lost a few grams!

~≈𐄷≈~

I had a delivery, the other day: one that included the latest Classic Dr Who blu-ray collection.

I was surprised about the price, until it got here.

It’s a collection that consists of ten discs: two more than usual.

However many there are … ?

I’ve been copying the discs with MakeMKV, since yesterday morning.

And … ?

I’m ripping the ninth disc as I write.

It amazes me how fast the process it.

~≈📀≈~

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)        The Ahmadiyya community was established on 23rd March, 1889.   The movement is a version of which religion: Islam, Christianity or Judaism?

Q2)        The UK introduced a lockdown on 23rd March, 2020.   In response to which disease?

Q3)        The decommissioned Mir space station finished its mission on 23rd March, 2001.   It landed in which ocean?

Q4)        During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Waltham Abbey was surrendered to the King: on 23rd March, 1540.   Which King: George 6th, Edward 7th or Henry 8th?

Q5)        Finally … ?   David Frost did the first of twelve interviews: on 23rd March, 1977.   With whom?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        22nd March is the Feast day of Saint Nicholas Owen.   He built what: crucifixes, priest holes or alters?

A1)        Priest holes.

Q2)        DJ, Andy Peebles, died on 22nd March, 2025.   Peebles was the last DJ to interview which Beatle: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison or Ringo Starr?

A2)        John Lennon.

Q3)        22nd March is Bihar Day.   Where: China, India or Bangladesh?

A3)        India.

Q4)        The Pope issued a bull called Vox in excelso: on 22nd March, 1312.   The bull dissolved which order: the Jesuits, Knights Templar or Sisters of Charity?

A4)        The Knights Templar.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Arab League was founded on 22nd March.   Of which year of the 1940s?

A5)        1945.

Here’s a thought …

“All the proceeds from tonight’s ball are going to a refuge for battered fish”.

Barry Cryer, 23 March 1935 – 25 January 2022.

And Barry’s version of “Purple People Eater”: which was huge in Finland …

The next ten-question set is on Wednesday: it’s about Greece.

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 never saw much of I Dream of Jeanie, Debbi.   I do know it gets comments: that point out Hagman’s character is being followed around by a cute blonde who keeps calling him ‘Master’.   A lot of women would get sarcastic, these days … !

        I know Dallas wasn’t everyone’s thing, Debbi: but J. R. was one of TV’s finest villains.   (There’s a scene in the 2012 version: where J. R. is giving his son a shave with an old fashioned cut-throat razor.   I found it quite menacing to watch: TV’s biggest villain was holding a knife to someone’s throat …)