Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 31st July 2026.

31st July, 2026.

Right … it’s now Friday … !

Which technical means we can make assorted ‘Yay’ noise, and talk about hairdos!

If we’re in the mood to talk about haircuts, of course.

You can tell I’m in one of those moods, can’t you … ?

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Going totally off the subject of haircuts?

I’ve finished yet another review: for the fourth episode of For All Mankind, series five.

I hope that gets a few Likes!

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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 nine.

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

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

Q1)        31st July is Treasury Day.   Where: Poland, Estonia or Austria?

Q2)        The US and USSR signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty on 31st July, 1991.   It forced the two countries to limit what: nuclear arms, chemical weapons or cyber warfare?

Q3)        31st July is the feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.   He was a founder of which religious order: the Jesuits, the Dominicans or the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence?

Q4)        BBC Security correspondent, Frank Gardner, was born on 31st July, 1961.   He’d been an reservist officer in which British Army regiment: the Light Infantry or the Royal Green Jackets?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Wesley Snipe was born on 31st July, 1962.   He played Detective Tommy Flanigan in which film: I Come in Peace, King of New York or Pacific Heights?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Beano was first published on 30th July.   Of which year of the 1930s?

A1)        1938.

Q2)        By which publishers: D. C. Thompson, Fleetway, IPC or Rebellion?

A2)        D. C. Thompson.

Q3)        Which menacing Beano character usually wears a black and red jumper?

A3)        Dennis the Menace.

Q4)        That character has a pet dog.   Called what: Basher, Gnasher or Rasher?

A4)        Gnasher.   Apparently, Gnasher is an “Abyssinian wire-haired tripehound”.   (Rasher is Dennis’ pet pig.)

Q5)        One character first appeared in The Beano in 1953.   That character was Roger the what: Bodger, Dodger or Splodger?

A5)        Roger the Dodger.

Q6)        Hermione Makepeace also first appeared in the comic in 1953.   She is better known how: Ivy the Terrible, Minnie the Minx or Auntie Beryl?

A6)        Minnie the Minx.

Q7)        Class 2B attends Bash Street School, in Bash Street, in Beanotown.   Class 2B are also known as what?

A7)        The Bash Street Kids.

Q8)        Biffo the Bear was The Beano’s mascot for many years.   He last appeared when: 2012, 2013 or 2014?

A8)        2013.

Q9)        According to The Beano, Eric Wimp lives at 29, Acacia Avenue.   Every time Eric eats a banana, he becomes … whom?

A9)        Bananaman.

Q10)        Finally … ?   Marmaduke is the Earl of Bunkerton.   He’s better known how: Big Eggo, Pansy Potter or Lord Snooty?

A10)        Lord Snooty.

Here’s a thought …

“I have a great deal of fun playing Blade.   The lifestyle of it, the controlled rebelliousness, is wonderful to me.   And it’s therapeutic, too.   A role like this lets you vent.”

Wesley Snipes, born July 31, 1962.

And a song …

The next 10 question sets are on 11th August, 26th August, the 5th, 7th and 11th September: they’re about World Steel Pan Day, International Dog Day, the Muppet Show, Boston and the Nine-Eleven attacks.

There’s a twelve question set on 8th September: about Star Trek.

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!   (It was 2014, Mum, rather than 2013.)

†        Actually, Debbi, they’re two different Dennis’: although they both debuted on the same day.   Here’s the UK Dennis, and here’s the US one.

        Apparently, it was Jay North in the 1960s, Debbi: he played the US character, rather than the UK one!   But, yes: from the little I can see, the two characters are very different!