Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 6th May 2026.

6th May, 2026.

I have officially woken up, this morning.

I tend to do that, a lot.

And?

I’ve woken up, switched on my computer, opened a browser and opened several tabs … 

And, in one of them … ?

I watched this trailer: 

… for a documentary called Survivors: the Spectre of Threads.

I wouldn’t mind seeing that.

The original Threads … ?

Is possibly the most powerful drama put to screen: any screen.

~≈🕸️≈~

Just as a 180° degree switch … ?

A neighbour asked me to burn a CD, the other day.

Which I couldn’t do: clicked the relevant “Burn Playlist to disk” option … and got a “Please Insert CD” message pop up … 

Despite having already inserted the blank CD.

It’s only yesterday I thought “Hang on … should I have put the CD in, after clicking ‘Burn’?”

It turns out that’s exactly what I should’ve done.

Ho … hum … !

~≈💿≈~

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)        Footballer, Cole Palmer, was born on 6th May, 2002.   He currently plays for which Premiership side?

Q2)        The US Army Airforce P-47 Thunderbolt made its first flight on 6th May, 1941.   What type of plane was it: a fighter, a bomber or a reconnaissance plane?

Q3)        The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament took place on 6th May.   Of which year of the 1990s?

Q4)        The first elections to the devolved Welsh Assembly took place on 6th May.   Of which year of the 1990s?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Weeb Ewbank was born on 6th May, 1907.   He played — and coached — which US sport: Baseball, American Football or log rolling?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        5th May saw Kublai Khan crowned Khagan of where: the Chinese Empire, the Mongol Empire, or Imperial Rome?

A1)        Mongol Empire.

Q2)        5th May saw Kublai Khan crowned as Khagan.   5th May of which year?

< A2)        1260.

Q3)        Kublai was also an emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.   In other words, a ruler of Imperial where: Rome, China or Byzantium?

A3)        China.

Q4)        Kublai was a grandson of whom: Tamerlane, Genghis Khan or Augustus Caesar?

A4)        Genghis Khan.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The poem, “Kubla Khan”, is all about Kublai Khan’s capital city, Xanadu.   Who wrote “Kubla Khan”: Percy Bysshe Shelly, Samuel Taylor Coleridge or Lord Byron?

A5)        Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Here’s a thought …

“It is really strange how life works, isn’t it?”

Graeme Souness, born 6th May, 1953.

And a Lætitia Sadier song …

The next ten question sets are on the 17th, 26th and 31st May: they’re about Dennis Potter, Miles Davis and Trinity Sunday.

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!   (Five out of five, yesterday, Mum: well done … !)

†        Oh, yes!   Irony with a side order of … um … whatever’s in the thesaurus, Debbi!

        I think an Abstain option is going to be difficult to put through, Debbi: politicians don’t seem to like the idea of having it on the ballot … !

        Which is a shame: it’s a very good excuse to put the Anarchy symbol on the vote.   Which would give local Councillors a headache …