Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8th August 2026

8th August, 2026.

OK … it’s Saturday.

And I’m thinking about Thursday.

Why … ?

Well, it’s International Left Handers Day.

And if you’re a southpaw, like me, you have to mark it, somehow!

What’s the other reason to think about Thursday?

Well, it’s the day of the Clacton by-election.

And I’m still wondering what happens if Binface wins … 

~≈🚮≈~

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)        Wilbur Wright made the Wright Brothers’ first public flight: on 8th August, 1908.   At a race course, where: Le Mans, Liverpool or London?

Q2)        The 2008 Summer Olympics started on 8th August, 2008.   It was held in which Chinese city?

Q3)        Saint Dominic was born on 8th August, AD1170.   He’s a patron saint of whom: astronomers, biochemists or cypher clerks?

Q4)        The only man to resign from the office of US president, announced he would do so on 8th August, 1974.   Which president was it?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The STS-28 mission launched on 8th August, 1989: on a classified mission for the US military.   The mission was launched on which of NASA’s space shuttles?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        The Washington Star ceased publication: on 7th August, 1981.   It was was kind of newspaper: a broadsheet, tabloid or Berliner?

A1)        A broadsheet.

Q2)        More to the point, it was a newspaper of record for where: Washington state, Washington DC or Cape Washington?

A2)        Washington DC.

Q3)        The UK’s first Grand Prix took place at Brooklands, on 7th August.   Of which year of the 1920s? 

A3)        1926.

Q4)        7th August, 1976, saw the Viking 2 probe enter orbit.   Around where: Mars, Venus or Jupiter?

A4)        Mars.

Q5)        Finally … ?   US troops arrived in Saudi Arabia: on 7th August, 1990.   In the run-up to what: World War Two, the Gulf War or the Vietnam War?

A5)        The Gulf War.

Here’s a thought …

“I was between Scylla and Charybdis now, because if I did not drink, my stomach tortured me, and if I did, my nerves did the same thing.”

From “Dr Bob’s Nightmare”, by Dr Robert Smith, August 8, 1879 – November 16, 1950.

And an André Jolivet composition …

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!   (The first Grand Prix was 1926, Mum, rather than 1923.)

†        It’s nasty, Debbi: I’ve known people who’ve had issues with it … …