Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-9-2026 — The Muppet Show (Ten Questions)

5th September, 2026: The Muppet Show.

Hmmm … I think I have issues … !

A couple of comments haven’t gone through on yesterday’s post.

Frankly?

My Mum had to send over her answers via WhatsApp!

Hopefully?

A change in back-end settings will help.

If you can keep an eye peeled, please do … !

~≈👨🏻‍💻≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* putting in her answers via WhatsApp: scoring four out five in the process.

I’m very aware Debbi’s† been filming.

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

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

Q1)        The Muppet Show debuted on 5th September.   Of which year of the 1970s?

Q2)        The show was set in a what: cinema, theatre or warehouse?

Q3)        The venue is owned by J. P. Grosse.   Grosse’s nephew, Scooter, works there as a what: gofer, stage hand or lighting technician?

Q4)        The show is presented by a frog called what?

Q5)        That frog was performed by the show’s creator.   Who was that creator: Jim Henson, Jane Henson or Frank Oz?

Q6)        The show’s superstar diva, and the frog presenter’s occasional love interest, was Miss … who?

Q7)        The show’s band were Dr Teeth and the Electric what: Mayhem, Maynards or Maybellines?

Q8)        Who was that band’s drummer?

Q9)        The show featured a cookery slot: fronted by which Muppet?

Q10)        Finally … ?   Statler and Waldorf would regularly heckle performers.   The pair were named after New York whats: subway lines, hotels or bars?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Google was founded on 4th September, 1998.   It’s owned by whom: Alphabet, Meta or Oracle?

A1)        Alphabet, or Alphabet, Inc.

Q2)        Google’s corporate HQ is known as the Googleplex.   The Googleplex is in which US state?

A2)        California.

Q3)        The Android operating system is made by Google.   The OS is commonly used on what: smart phones, laptops or cash machines?

A3)        Smart phones.   (There’s a few other devices that use it: but the commonest use case is for smartphones.)

Q4)        Google makes ChromeOS for Chromebooks.   a Chromebook is a kind of what: tablet, laptop or smartphone?

A4)        Laptop.   There’s also desktops with the OS: known as Chromeboxes.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Google’s cloud storage service is called Google what: Box, Cloud or Drive?

A5)        Google Drive.

Here’s a thought …

“It is presented as a variety show, featuring recurring sketches and musical numbers interspersed with ongoing plot-lines with running gags taking place backstage and in other areas of the venue.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the show.

The theme tune …

An Elton tune …

An earworm … 

And popcorn … 

The next 10 question sets are on 7th and 11th September, and : they’re about Boston, the Nine-Eleven attacks and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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.

*        Mum, can you leave your answers as a comment on the video, as well as here?   That way they’ll show up in two places.

        (Oh, the answer to question 4, yesterday, was laptops, rather than tablets.)

†        Debbi, can you leave you answers on today’s video, as well as here?   I think there’s issues!