Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9th April 2026.

9th April, 2026.

Despite what everyone says, there isn’t a war going on.

No, really, there’s not.

Whatever it is that’s going on between the US  and Israel on the one side, and Iran and Lebanon on the other, isn’t a war.

As Old Peculiar regular, and recovering lawyer, Debbi Mack, will remind us?

Wars have rules.

Or, at least, something that vaguely resembles legal standing.

The current situation?

Isn’t a war: more, as President Putin put it, a ‘special military operation’.

Whether it’s a war, or not, apparently, a two week ceasefire has been arranged.

One that’s lasted for about ten minutes, if I’ve understood things correctly.

I have to ask … how naïve do we have to be, to not get cynical, to not laugh, when someone uses the word ‘ceasefire’?

A ceasefire is a very good example of a thing that doesn’t work.

Laughing, in between a ceasefire’s declaration, and its collapse?

Is the only response to its use.

~≈☢️≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum 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)        George Carpenter died on 9th April, 1948.   He was a General of what: the Salvation Army, the Jesus Army or the Most Holy Army of the Damp Squib?

Q2)        Carl Perkins was born on 9th April, 1932.   December, 1956, saw Perkins record a session with what’s now called the Million Dollar Quartet.   Name one of the other three members of the quartet.

Q3)        Today is Vimy Ridge Day.   It’s marked, where: Mexico, the USA or Canada?

Q4)        9th April is National Unity Day in Georgia.   Which Georgia: the US state, or the former Soviet republic?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Paul Robeson was born on 9th April.   Of which year of the 1890s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Robin Wright was born on 8th April.   Of which year of the 1960s?

A1)        1966.

Q2)        She played Claire Underwood: in the US version of which political thriller?

A2)        House of Cards.

Q3)        She played Antiope in 2017’s Wonder Woman.   Antiope is Wonder Woman’s what: mother, aunt or sister?

A3)        Aunt.   She reprised the role in the 2020 follow up.  (You can read about the character, )

Q4)        Robin plays Buttercup in which 1987 film: The Witches of Eastwick, The Untouchables or The Princess Bride?

A4)        The Princess Bride.  (I’m told it’s fantastic.   By everybody and their dog.   The more people say it’s fantastic, the less I want to see the bloody thing!)

Q5)        Finally … ?   Robin plays Jenny Curran.   In which Tom Hanks movie: The Money Pit, Forrest Gump or Here?

A5)        Forrest Gump.

Here’s a thought …

“In fact … the extremists undermined the case of the moderates and the moderates queered the pitch of the extremists.”

From p. 85 of Chartism: An Introductory Essay (1929), by Hugh Gaitskill, 9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963.

And a Margo Smith song …

The next ten question sets are on 16th April, 21st April 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.

*        Hello, Mum … !   (Antiope is Wonderwoman’s aunt, Mum, not her sister.)

†        Oh, the patterns are lovely, Debbi: the town they’re supposed to be from is in Renfrewshire …