Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15-5-206 — Shaffer and Shaffer (Six questions)

15th May, 2026: Shaffer and Shaffer.

Right … it’s PAY DAY!

Which means I can buy chocolate: I’ve been craving it for days.

Why … ?

I have no idea … !

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It seems Kier Starmer, the UK’s Prime Minister, is facing problems: after bad results for Labour at this year’s local elections.

Problems that include leadership contender, Wes Streeting, resigning his ministerial post.

And fellow leadership contender, Andy Burnham, in a position to stand as an MP … and therefore challenge the PM as party leader.

I think any challenge is going to take a while.

If for no other reason than Andy Burnham would have to be elected to Parliament, before he could launch a challenge.

I can’t help but vaguely think a few things.

Think that Wes Streeting seems a little too fat, a little too sleek, too untrustworthy, for my tastes.

By contrast?

Andy Burnham has a huge advantage.

He’s presentable … and has a Scouse accent, a Liverpool accent.

In other words, has an accent that sounds honest.

Burnham’s probably no less a lying ragbag than any other politician.

And, frankly?

He’d have little chance of winning an election, if he stood here in Brentwood: Brentwood’s been a safe Tory seat for years, and one that’s likely to elect a Reform MP at the next General Election.

But if I lived in a left leaning constituency?

I’d be happy to vote Burnham.

Purely because he sounds honest … 

That’s one hell of an asset.

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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)        Twin playwrights, Anthony and Peter Shaffer, were born on 15th May.   Of which year of the 1920s?

Q2)        Which of them wrote the play, Equus?

Q3)        Which of them wrote The Wicker Man?

Q4)        Peter Shaffer wrote the 1979 play, Amadeus: and its 1984 film version.   Both are about whom: Mozart, Beethoven or Paganini?

Q5)        Anthony Shaffer wrote the script for 1972’s Frenzy.   Who directed Frenzy?

Q6)        Finally … ?   Anthony Shaffer died in 2001.   His brother, Peter, died when: 2014, 2016 or 2018?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Zhurong rover landed on 14th May.   Of which year: 2019, 2021 or 2023?

A1)        2021.

Q2)        The Zhurong rover landed on 14th May.   Where: the Moon, Mars or Enceladus?

A2)        Mars.

Q3)        The rover had been launched the previous year.   By which country’s space agency?

A3)        China’s.

Q4)        The rover landed in an area called Utopia Planitia.   According to the relevant Wikipedia entry, the area’s a what: a plain, a forest or a sea?

A4)        A plain.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The name, ‘Zhurong’, is an ancient god of what: fire, earth, wood, water or air?

A5)        Fire.

Here’s a thought …

“Some people watch the Super Bowl exclusively for the commercials; others watch it for the halftime show.”

Anthony Shaffer.

Or two …

“That’s the main trouble with the two nations: bad Brits are snobs, bad Americans are slobs.”

Peter Shaffer.

And documentaries …

The next ten question sets will be on the 17th, 26th and 31st May, and on 3rd June: they’re about Dennis Potter, Miles Davis, Trinity Sunday and Liverpool football club.

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!

†        Feel free, Debbi!   (She originally turns up in Reaper Man, if that’s any help … )