Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 17th August 2026

17th August, 2026.

Yes: it’s Monday.

Which means I’m off to my weight management class, again.

My weight was up, last week.

So, hopefully?

I’ll have lost some!

~≈⚖️≈~

Good lord, Hay Panetierre’s died: at thirty-six!

I remember her from the series, Heroes: where she played the cheerleader, Claire Benet.

OK, I don’t know her from much, beyond that.

But hearing about her death is saddening.

Especially the headline fact.

She was thirty-six.

What on Earth happened, there … !?

Thirty-six is WAY too young!

~≈🪦≈~

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 three.

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

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

Q1)        A strike started at the Hormel meatpacking plant: on 17th August, 1985.   Hormel, famously, make what: McDonalds burgers, spam or chicken nuggets?

Q2)        17th August is the feast day of Beatrice of Silva.   She was canonised in which year of the 1970s?

Q3)        Terence Stamp died on 17th August, 2025.   He played which villain in the Superman movies: Brainiac, General Zod or Lex Luthor?

Q4)        Gazzy Fabio Garcia was born on 17th August, 2000.   He’s better known as which rapper: Lil Pump, Lil Naz X or Lil’ Fame?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Writer, Herta Müller was born on 17th August, 1953.   She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in which year: 2008, 2009 or 2010?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Angela Bassett was born on 16th August, 1958.   She played Betty Shabazz in which Denzel Washington film?

A1)        Malcolm X.   (Cue the music).

Q2)        Hugo Gernsback was born on 16th August, 1884.   He published and edited which science fiction magazine: Amazing Stories, Analog or New Worlds?

A2)        Amazing Stories.

Q3)        16th August, 1933, saw the birth of actress, Julie Newmar.   She played which Batman villain, during the 1960s?

A3)        Catwoman.

Q4)        The Principality of Transylvania was established by the Treaty of Speyer: on 16th August, 1570.   The Principality is now part of which modern, European, country?

A4)        Romania.

Q5)        Finally … ?   16th August, 1958, saw the birth of Madonna.   Her first UK hit reached number 2 in 1983.   What was that hit: “Holiday”, “Lucky Star” or “Borderline”?

A5)        “Holiday”.

Here’s a thought …

“The major studios are by and large banks and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie.   Like banks, they want their money back plus.”

Sean Penn, born August 17, 1960.

And music from Stephan Eicher …

The next 10 question sets are on 26th August, and the 5th, 7th and 11th September: they’re about 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 Amazing Stories and Romania, Mum, rather than New Worlds and Latvia.)

†        Different strokes for different folks, Debbi!