Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19-10-2026 — The Jewel Heist

19th October, 2026: the Heist.

Right … it’s officially Monday!

Which means I’m off into town, for my weight management meeting!

I hope I’ve lost some weight.

But whether — ! — I have or I haven’t, I’m going to need a coat.

Compared to the heatwaves we’ve had, this summer, it’s looking chilly, out.

~≈☁️≈~

Let’s move on.

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbiputting in her answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on four.

The day also saw Olga‡ leaving us a message.

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

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

Q1)        Some of the French Crown Jewels were stolen on 19th October.   Of which year of the 2020s?

Q2)        The jewellery was stolen from which French museum: the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay or the Pompidou Centre?

Q3)        The museum is in which French city?

Q4)        The stolen items were valued at eighty-eight million whats: Euros, pounds or dollars?

Q5)        Finally … ?   The heist was the first seen at the museum: since which year of the 1990s?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        18th October is the feast day of Luke the Evangelist.   He’s one of how many evangelists: two, three or four?
A1)        Four.

Q2)        Name one of the others.
A2)        Matthew, Mark or John.

Q3)        He (apparently) wrote the Gospel of Luke.   And what else: 1st Corinthians, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, or the Acts of the Apostles?
A3)        Acts of the Apostles.   (1st Corinthians is supposed to have been written by Saint Paul.   The Revelation of Saint John the Divine was written by a Saint John: after he had a lot of suspicious mushrooms.)

Q4)        Luke is a patron saint of whom: tin smiths, gold smiths or smelters?
A4)        Gold smiths.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Luke is said to have been a what: physician, smith or cheesewright?
A5)        Physician.

Here’s a thought …

“The robbery took less than eight minutes, of which the thieves spent four in the museum itself and the rest using an elevated furniture lift to enter and exit the gallery through a window.”
From the Wikipedia article on the heist.

Footage of the robbery …

And an earworm …

The next ten question sets are on 27th October, and 8th and 10th November: they’re about Godzilla, Monty Python’s Life of Brian and All Quiet on the Western Front.

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!   Olga said Hello!   (Barnabas wasn’t one of the Evangelists, Mum: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were.)

†        They certainly vanished, Debbi: and ‘silly buggers’ is defiantly the term.   (Oh, Olga said Hello!)

‡        That’s OK, Olga: I know things are rough, right now.   The situation you’re in is genuinely Sisyphean: I can only hope there’s more help due!   (Your mother’s reaction to the vaccine sounds unfortunate: I can only hope that it’s not repeated, if she needs any more!)

        Apparently?   It’s definitely a man that’s facing the court case: at least, going by the way the BBC article is phrased.   Right now?   I can only think he should have responded by requesting a reporting ban, as he was taking legal action: not because he was suicidal.