Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4-5-2026 — The Cornwall Railway

4th May, 2026: The Cornwall Railway.

It’s officially official: yesterday, saw the opening frames of the 2026 snooker World Championship final.

The final’s between Wu Yize and Shaun Murphy: with the score at 10-7, we see that Wu has a three frame advantage.

And, if he keeps playing the way he has been … ?

I’ve been wrong about these things, before … but if he keeps playing the way he has, he’ll be heading home with the trophy … 

~≈🏆≈~

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 two.


 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 Cornwall Railway opened on 4th May, 1859.   The Railway connects Cornwall to where: Devon, Somerset or Gloucester?

Q2)        The railway had rails that were 7’ ¼” — 2, 140mm — apart.   In others words, the rails were what: narrow gauge, standard gauge or broad gauge?

Q3)        The Railway goes over the Royal Albert Bridge.   The Bridge was named after which royal: the Prince of Wales, the Queen or the Prince Consort?

Q4)        The Bridge went over which river?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Who built the railway: Isambard Kingdom Brunel or Joseph Bazalgette?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Royal Festival Hall opened on 3rd May, 1951.   It’s in which British city?

A1)        London.

Q2)        More to the point, it opened during the 1951 Festival of what: Arts, Britain or Cheese-rolling?

A2)        Festival of Britain.

Q3)        3rd May, 1947, saw Japan introduce its new, post-war, what: parliament, president or constitution?

A3)        Constitution.

Q4)        3rd May is the feast day pf Sarah the Martyr.   According to whom: the Roman Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church or the Church of the Tin Vagabond?

A4)        The Coptic Orthodox Church.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway opened for business on 3rd May, 1830.   It was the first railway to issue what: 1st class tickets, second class tickets or season tickets?

A5)        Season tickets.

Here’s a thought …

“It was constantly beset with shortage of capital for the construction, and was eventually forced to sell its line to the dominant Great Western Railway.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the line.

A train …

And an earworm‡ …

The next ten question sets are on the 17th and 26th May: they’re about Dennis Potter, and Miles Davis.

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!   Happy birthday … !   (It was the Japanese Constitution, Coptic Orthodox Church and season tickets, Mum, rather than the Parliament, Catholic Church and first class tickets!)

†        Heads, up, Debbi: there’s two upcoming ten-question sets.

        It gets worse: there’s Klingon K-pop … !

‡        I had a crush on Kim Appleby: who’s in the stripy top.   Her younger sister, Mel — in the salmon pink top — died of cancer at the age of 23: that’s way too young.