Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 13th April 2026.

13th April, 2026.

OK, it’s officially Monday!

And … ?

I think that — once I’ve got home from my weight management class — I’ll go back to bed.

Early mornings can be a killer … !

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Oh, did I tell you I’ve been playing around with Final Cut Pro?

I’ve been playing with Final Cut Pro.

And finally managed to work out how to make a project vertical, so I could make a YouTube Short on something other than my phone.

Here’s hoping it get’s a few views!

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Did I mention I was floating around Wikipedia, yesterday?

I was floating around Wikipedia, yesterday: reading up about the Paul Hardcastle hit, “19”.

I knew most of the spoken audio came from a documentary: but hadn’t realised the documentary was called Vietnam Requiem.

Disappointingly?

The only version of the thing I could find on Amazon, was an out of stock VHS copy*.

It’s a shame it’s not on DVD or bluray.

Outside of the historical interest, it would be good to hear the song’s spoken parts in their original context†.

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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.


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

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

Q1)        13th April is the date of the Songkran festival.   Where: Thailand, Cambodia or Myanmar?

Q2)        Handel’s Messiah debuted on 13th April, 1742.   Where: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Dublin?

Q3)        13th April, 1976, saw the US Treasury Department reintroduce the what: the $1 coin, or the $2 bill?

Q4)        Oswald Bruce Cooper was born on 13th April, 1879.   He designed what: wallpaper, typefaces or shotguns?

Q5)        Finally … ?   President Thomas Jefferson was born on 13th April [NS] 1743.   He was famously interested in making what: wine, French fries or beer?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe on 12th April.   Of which year of the 1950s?
A1)        1955.

Q2)        Dr Salk’s vaccine vaccinated children against what: polio, tetanus or Hansen’s disease?
A2)        Polio: although the correct name is Poliomyelitis.

Q3)        The STS-1 mission launched on 12th April, 1981.   In a what: Apollo Rocket, Falcon rocket or Space Shuttle?
A3)        A Space Shuttle.   (To be more specific, it was the Space Shuttle Columbia)

Q4)        Dally Messenger was born on 12th April, 1883.   He played what: rugby, cricket or Aussie Rules football?
A4)        Rugby.   (It’s important to not to mix him up with the Daily Messenger: that’s a newspaper.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   The late Nicholas Brendon was born on 12th April, 1971.   He played Xander Harris in which TV series?
A5)        Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

Here’s a thought …

“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.’”
Thomas Jefferson, (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826.)

And an Al Green song …

The next ten question sets are on 16th, 21st and 23rd April. They’re about World Voice Day, Elizabeth 2nd and León and Castile.

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.

*        I’m assuming tape is in NTSC, the US TV format common at the time.   In order to watch Vietnam Requiem, I’d need a UK VHS player that could play a US tape, and display the programme on a modern UK TV, a TV that displays a UK-formatted signal.   That would be both rare and expensive.

        In order to convert the thing into a digital format?   I’d need the VHS machine, a video capture card, and the appropriate software.   And lots of cables.   That would be even more expensive!

        That’s assuming the documentary’s in stock … 

†        One of the remixes of “Two Tribes” includes narration from Patrick Allen: that recreated his voice overs from the old Protect and Survive public information films.   In the song?   Those clips are incredible.

        But hearing them in the original clips?   They are terrifying … 

‡        Hello, Mum!   (It’s spelt Buffy, Mum, not Buffet!!)

§        It was 1955, Debbi, I’m afraid: not 1995!

        I used to worked as a cleaner at a local insurance company, Debbi: the machine room — that’s what the company was calling the server room, back then — was quite something.   The servers took up a lot of the available space.

        (You couldn’t use any cleaning fluid in the mop water, either: too much risk of damage.   You could only use hot water: with no soap or cleaning agents.)