Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-6-2026 — Raiders of the Lost Ark (Ten Questions)

12th June, 2026: Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Yes: it’s payday.

And I have enough money to put on my gas meter.

Not that I need to, given the weather, but making hay while the sun shines, seems sensible.

Which is a lot of ‘S’s … 

At ANY rate … ?

And not that I need them … but I think a slogan t-shirt would be a good idea.

I think this … 

… would worry people: which is part of the fun.

The other idea … ?

Is for a Foul Ol’ Ron emoji slogan.

Something like this: M✋&🦐

That’s obscure … unless you’re a Terry Pratchett fan* … !

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Right … 

I have — with a lot of help! — cured the overheating that’s been plaguing my Mac, every morning.

There’s was a lot of overheating caused by caused by processes called corespotlightd and spotlightknowledge.updater: and solved by deleting the contents of ~/Library/Metadata/CoreSpotlight/.

As far as I can tell?

The processes are where Spotlight is having trouble indexing my system: and seem to be triggered by Pages documents interact with iCloud drives access through a desktop Mac.

In my case?

It first seemed to be caused by updating to macOS 26.2,

Which is when I reset things, the first time.

It did it again: after I updated to macOS 26.5.1.

I can’t help but think Spotlight updates its index, as a result of an update: and — in some cases — going wrong as a result.

If someone can confirm that?   I’d appreciate it!

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Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring ten out of ten, and Mum on 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)        Raiders of the Lost Ark debuted on 12th June.   Of which year of the 1980s?

Q2)        Who’s the main character: Indiana Jones, Montana Smith or Omaha Beach?

Q3)        When we first met the hero, he’s retrieving a gold idol.   From a booby trapped temple, where: Chile, Peru or Brazil?

Q4)        Who played the main character: Richard Gere, Harrison Ford or Tom Cruise?

Q5)        Which company produced the film: Lucasfilm Ltd, Paramount or Warner Brothers?

Q6)        Which company distributed the film: Lucasfilm Ltd, Paramount or Warner Brothers?

Q7)        A large chunk of the film was made, where: Elstree, Shepperton or Bray?

Q8)        The Lost Ark, itself, was the mythical Ark of the what?

Q9)        The main character was in a race to find the Ark.   Who else was trying to find it: the Nazis, the Daleks or the Soviet Union?

Q10)        Finally … ?   At the end of the film, the US government has the Ark.   Stored in a what: warehouse, garage or dairy?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        11th June, 2026, sees the start of the 2026 World Cup.   It’s the biggest tournament in which sport: football, Rugby Union or snooker?

A1)        Football.  (If I’ve understood things correctly, the World Cup is one of the two biggest sporting events on the planet: in terms of audience, revenue or participating nations.   The other one is the Summer Olympics.)

Q2)        It’s being hosted by sixteen cities.   Sixteen cities, where: North America, South America or Africa?

A2)        North America.

Q3)        It’s being hosted by sixteen cities.   In how many countries: two, three or four?

A3)        Three.

Q4)        Name one of those countries.

A4)        Canada, the USA or Mexico.

Q5)        The World Cup is being organised by whom: FIFA, FIDÉ or the ICC?

A5)        FIFA.

Q6)        How many teams are taking part: thirty-two, forty-eight or sixty-four?

A6)        Forty-eight.

Q7)        Four teams are making their debut in this World Cup.   Name one of them.

A7)        Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan or Uzbekistan..

Q8)        Who — as of the 2022 World Cup — are the current World Cup champions: Argentina, France or Croatia?

A8)        Argentina.

Q9)        England are taking part in this World Cup.   Where’s the team’s training ground: British Columbia, Missouri or Quintana Roo?

A9)        Missouri: in the un-ironically named Kansas City.

Q10)        Finally … ?   Scotland are taking part in this years World Cup.   When did they last qualify: 1986, 1990, 1994 or 1998?

A10)        1998.

Here’s a tagline …

“The Return of the Great Adventure!”

Tagline for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

And the theme tune …

The next 10 question sets are on 1st July, 4th July and 5th July: they’re about New Brunswick, Independence Day and Nemesis the Warlock.

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.

*        It’s my attempt to turn the phrase ‘Millennium Hand And Shrimp’ into a set of emojis you can put on a t-shirt.   The expression is a catchphrase for one of the Discworld’s recurring characters.

        Apparently, Sir Terry ‘made’ the phrase by feeding a Chinese takeaway menu, and the lyrics of a They Might Be Giants song, into a random phrase generator.

        I can’t help but wonder what he would think of large language models.   I think he’d be interested in how the technology worked.   But also be saying “You’re using my books in your model, aren’t you?   Am I getting paid for that?”.

†        Hello, Mum!   (It’s 48, Argentina and 1998, Mum, rather than 64, France and 1986.   The debuting countries are Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan.)

‡        That’s putting it mildly, Debbi!   (Did you know Steve Wozniak co-developed the original Breakout game?   If I recall, his version would say ‘Bummer’ when you lost a life.)