Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 25-3-2026 — Greece is the Word. (Ten Questions)

25th March, 2026: Greece is the Word.

OK … there’s been a lot going on, recently … 

For one thing?

YouTube’s playing silly buggers, uploading today’s Teaser video.

Well … they were … or BT’s internet connection was.

One of the two … !

At any rate?

That didn’t stop me uploading a video, last night.

Yes: I caught the penultimate episode of Stranger Things, and finally posted my review.

Make of that, what you will … !

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Nicholas Brendon died, a few days ago.

I knew from his work in Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, playing the affable everyman, Xander Harris.

So I was sad to hear about his death.

But equally, puzzled: as, from the little I read?

He died in bed, of natural causes: at fifty-four.

Of natural causes!

I have to admit to being puzzled.

I know he had addiction issues.

But fifty-four seems too young to be dying of natural causes.

All I can do is be puzzled by his death … whilst offering his loved ones my condolences.

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Let’s move on.


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

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

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

Q1)        25th March is Independence Day in Greece.   It marks the country’s independence from where: the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire or the British Empire?

Q2)        It also marks the Greek Revolution: of which year of the 1820s?

Q3)        Formally, Greece is the Hellenic what: republic, monarchy or theocracy?

Q4)        What’s the capital city of Greece: Athens, Thessaloniki or Patras?

Q5)        Greek is spoken in Greece.   How many letters are in the Greek alphabet: twenty-six, twenty-five or twenty-four?

Q6)        According to the relevant Wikipedia article, Greece has between one hundred and sixty six, and two hundred and twenty seven, inhabited whats?

Q7)        The country’s current currency is the Euro (€).   When did Greece adopt the Euro: 2001, 2002 or 2003?

Q8)        What was the currency of Greece, before it adopted the Euro?

Q9)        Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, wrote Ancient Greek whats: operas, plays or books?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Retsina is a traditional Greek what: beer, wine or liqueur?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        Gordon Moore died on 24th March, 2023.   He’d been a co-founder of which company: Acorn, Intel or Nvidia?
A1)        Intel.

Q2)        More to the point, he’d formulated Moore’s Law.   The Law states chips get more powerful, every how often: two years, three years or four years?
A2)        Every two years.   (Strictly speaking, it says the number of transistors on an integrated circuit, doubles, every eighteen to twenty-four months.)

Q3)        Psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich, was born on 24th March, 1897.   Where: Austria, Germany or San Marino?
A3)        Austria.

Q4)        A putsch took place on 24th March, 1939.   Where: Germany, Liechtenstein or Austria?
A4)        Liechtenstein.

Q5)        Finally … ?   One Asian nation held its first elections: on 24th March, 2008.   Which Asian nation: Nepal, China or Bhutan?
A5)        Bhutan.

Here’s a thought …

“Conquered Greece took captive her savage conqueror and brought her arts into rustic Latium.”
Horace.

And “ Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν”, the Greek national anthem …

The next ten-question set is on 31st March: it’s about Newfoundland.

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!   (It was Liechtenstein, not Germany, Mum: the Beerhall Putsch was in the late 1920s.)

†        You know, other punk bands are available, Debbi‡!   (I refer the learned lady to my earlier comment about Liechtenstein … !)

‡        Oh, the NEXT song in the queue, Debbi … ?   Was this one …