Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 21st August 2026.

21st August, 2026.

It’s official: it’s Pay Day.

And the most exciting day of the week.

And … ?

I’m going to be bored out of my skull.

Doing chores, going shopping and paying bills.

Is now a good time to say ‘Ho-hum’?

Ho … … … hum … !

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At any rate … ?

I’ve reviewed another episode of For All Mankind: and thought you’d like to see the video … 

I hope it gets a few views!

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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 four.

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

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

Q1)        Millie Bright was born on 21st August, 1993.   She spent most of her football career playing for which team: Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool?

Q2)        The Stadtpark opened to the public: on 21st August, 1862.   It’s in which city: Innsbruck, Vienna or Salzburg?

Q3)        In a non-leap year, 21st August is the 233rd day of the year.   Is 233 a Fibonacci number?

Q4)        What became the fiftieth state of the USA: on 21st August, 1959?

Q5)        Finally … ?   During the US Civil War, the town of Lawrence was attacked by Confederate guerrillas: on 21st August, 1863.   Lawrence was in what’s now which US state?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        The 1812 Overture debuted on 20th August.   Of which year of the 1880s?
A1)        1882.

Q2)        The 1812 Overture debuted on 20th August.   In which Russian city?
A2)        Moscow.

Q3)        Who composed the Overture: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky or Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov?
A3)        Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Q4)        What key is the Overture in: E-flat major, E-flat minor or E-flat pentatonic?
A4)        E-flat major: usually written as E♭ major.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Overture was written to mark Russia successfully seeing off an invasion.   An invasion by whom: France, Germany or Spain?
A5)        France.

Here’s a thought …

“I have no respect for people who deliberately try to be weird to attract attention, but if that’s who you honestly are, you shouldn’t try to ‘normalise yourself’.”

Alicia Witt, born August 21, 1975.

And an Alizée song …

The next 10 question sets are on 26th August, and 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 France, rather than French … !)

†        It would be, if they showed up, Debbi!

        Oh, I tried feeding ‘incredibly strange mixed up zombies’ into the thing: but missed out the word ‘zombies’ and got the picture, below.

        I then tried adding zombies … and got the erotic warning!   There’s bad taste jokes about stiffs somewhere … !