Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22nd April 2026.

22nd April, 2026.

It’s officially official: I receive, tomorrow.

Instead of today!

I got my dates mixed up!

At any rate … ?

I’m looking forward to that.

I can do more shopping and bill paying.

~≈£≈~

I can also be quietly saddened.

I’d put in for help from the new crisis loan fund, a few weeks ago … and got the letter with the results, yesterday.

I’ve been refused: apparently, I’m “not in financial shock”.

I can … 

Well, I can do several things … 

But the only effective thing I can do is whinge!

~≈😒≈~

The only other time I do that … ?   Whinge, that is … ?

Is when my building’s communal aerial goes.

And, yes: it’s gone, again!

The last time this happened was in February: the fault got fixed inside of two days.

There’s vulnerable adults in the building, so Clarion, my landlord, prioritised the repair.

This time?   When I phoned in the repair, yesterday?

I was told it could take twenty-eight days.

Twenty-eight days.

You couldn’t make it up.

Without becoming deeply cynical … 

~≈🤨≈~

Let’s move on.


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


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

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

Q1)        22nd April is Earth Day.   When was it first held: 1970, 1972 or 1974?

Q2)        Jack Nicholson was born on 22nd April, 1937.   He played George Hanson in which 1969 film?

Q3)        Issey Miyake was born on 22nd April, 1938.   He was a what: theatre director, fashion designer or romance author?

Q4)        Bishop John Pritchard was born on 22nd April, 1948.   Between 2007 and 2014, he was the Anglican Bishop of where: Oxford, Cambridge or Brighton?

Q5)        Finally … ?   22nd April is the feast day of Opportuna of Montreuil.   She’s usually depicted holding a bowl of what: apples, oranges or cherries?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Elizabeth 2nd was born on 21st April.   Of which year of the 1920s?

A1)        1926.

Q2)        She was born in which part of London: Mayfair, Kensington, Chelsea or Lambeth?

A2)        Mayfair.

Q3)        She became Queen regnant of the United Kingdom when her father died.   In which year of the 1950s?

A3)        1952.

Q4)        Her coronation was in which year of the 1950s?

A4)        1953.

Q5)        As Queen, Elizabeth was a member of what: the House of Tudor, the House of Stewart or the House of Windsor?

A5)        The House of Windsor.

Q6)        Before becoming Queen, was Elizabeth 2nd the Heir Apparent: yes or no?

A6)        No: she was heir presumptive. She could have been displaced from her position of heir, had a younger brother been born, before her father died.

Q7)        During her reign, she formally met a number of popes.   How many popes: four, five or six?

A7)        Four.   (She met formally met four — John 23rd, John Paul 2nd, Benedict 16th and Pope Francis — during her reign. She met her first Pope, Pius 12th, in 1951: before she acceded the throne. Pius doesn’t count …)

Q8)        During her lifetime, she was the official sovereign of, at most, how many nations: sixteen, thirty-two or sixty-four?

A8)        Thirty-two.

Q9)        She married her consort in 1947.   Who was he?

A9)        Prince Phillip.   (Philip was was also known as Philip Mountbatten, and was the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich.)

Q10)        Finally … ?   Elizabeth 2nd died in 2022, and passed on the throne to her son, Charles 3rd.   She died in which royal residence: Balmoral Castle, Osbourne House or Buckingham Palace?

A10)        Balmoral Castle.

Here’s a thought …

“One cannot live in society and be free from society.”

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, 22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924.

And a song …

The next ten question set is tomorrow. It’s about Castile and León.

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 No, and 4, Mum — She was heir presumptive, rather than heir apparent, and met four popes during her reign.)

†        It’s worth a re-watch, Debbi: or, at least, I think so.   Maurice Colbourne’s in in: Mr Lytton, from back in the day …