Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 16-5-2026 — The Nickel

16th May, 2026: the Nickel.

Right … online shopping … 

Isn’t it a thing … ?

It is: I now have a couple of bits due from Amazon, and a new games controller from Apple.

One originally designed for a PlayStation 5, in case you’re interested.

At any rate, I ordered those, yesterday afternoon: after I got back home from Brentwood High Street.

I would have done the ordering in the morning.

Except I had an issue: I’ve needed the relevant bank card for that.

You see, I’d transferred money from bank ‘A’ — where my benefits get paid to — to bank ‘B’, which I use for online shopping.

I don’t need bank B’s card for that, just bank A’s.

Then, of course, I thought “I know, I’ll make sure that’s gone through to Bank B.”

Only to find the bank card I needed wasn’t in my wallet!

I think we can say I was stressed: stressed enough to get my arse in gear, grab my various bits, and head for Bank B’s branch in the High Street.

I hate Warley Hill!

I’m reliably informed it’s not as steep as the streets of San Francisco … but when you’re in a rush, it’s not an easy climb.

So, when I got to the bank … ?

I was out of breath.

But grateful they had my card.

I’d left it there on Monday … !

Argh!!

~≈🏧≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Irene† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring six out of six.


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

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

Q1)        The US Congress authorised the creation of the Nickel on 16th May.   Of which year of the 1860s?

Q2)        How much is a nickel worth: five cents, ten cents or twenty-five cents?

Q3)        The coin is a mixture of seventy-five percent copper and twenty-five percent what?

Q4)        The coin is a mixture of two different metals.   In other words, it’s made of which ‘A’?

Q5)        Finally … ?   There’s one hundred cents to a US dollar.   How many nickels are there, to a dollar?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Twin playwrights, Anthony and Peter Shaffer, were born on 15th May.   Of which year of the 1920s?

A1)        1926.

Q2)        Which of them wrote the play, Equus?

A2)        Peter Shaffer.

Q3)        Which of them wrote The Wicker Man?

A3)        Anthony Shaffer.

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

A4)        Mozart.

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

A5)        Alfred Hitchcock.

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

A6)        2016.

Here’s a fact …

“The nickel is minted in its modern form as the modification of the Jefferson nickel, which was first introduced in 1938”.

From the Wikipedia entry on the coin.

And a song by Melanie …

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

Tomorrow’s ten question set is about Dennis Potter.

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!

†        The deadline’s 7am, the following morning, Irene.   But if you reply between then and 8, drop me a WhatsApp message: I can adjust things as needed … !

‡        They have to, Debbi!   Equus sounds very odd …