Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22nd October 2026.

22nd October, 2026.

Right … it’s the day before payday … and … ?

I’m looking forward to being able to have milk in my tea!

Heigh … ho … !

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Have you heard of a coding language called PHP?   It’s also known as Personal Home Page, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor?

It’s one of the coding languages that underpins the modern web … and … ?

Researchers have used AI on the language, and found previously undiscovered security flaws.

Understandably, there’s a bit of a flap going on: with crackers already looking to exploit the holes.

On a personal level?

On a personal level, this doesn’t seem to be affecting my online banking systems: nor much of the sites I use on a regular basis.

But?

It’s a little worrying, isn’t it … ?

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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)        Russia was proclaimed an empire: on 22nd October, 1721.   By which Tsar: Peter 1st, Catherine Great or Ivan the 2nd?

Q2)        What did that Tsar name as the capital: Moscow, Saint Petersburg or Yekaterinburg?

Q3)        Sam Houston was named as president on 22nd October, 1836.   Of where: the United States of America, the Confederate States of America or the Republic of Texas?

Q4)        An opera by John Adams premiered on 22nd October, 1987: at the Houston Grand Opera.   What was it called: Nixon in China, Nixon in America or Nixon in Trouble?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Ann Rule was born on 22nd October, 1931. Her best known book, The Stranger Beside Me, was about which US serial killer?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Which Empire marked Trafalgar Day on 21st October: the Mughal Empire, British Empire or Roman Empire?

A1)        The British Empire.

Q2)        21st October is the feast day of Saint John of Bridlington.   This particular Bridlington is where: North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, or the East Riding of Yorkshire?

A2)        East Riding of Yorkshire.

Q3)        Dizzy Gillespie was born on 21st October, 1917.   Which brass instrument did he play: the trumpet, tuba or saxophone?

A3)        The trumpet.   (Tuba and trumpet are brass instruments: the sax is a woodwind)

Q4)        Leonard Rossiter was born on 21st October, 1926.   He played Rupert Rigsby in which series: Rising Damp, Porridge or Tripper’s Day?

A4)        Rising Damp.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Halyna Hutchins was shot and fatally wound on set: on 21st October, 2021.   Which actor was charged with Involuntary Manslaughter as a result: Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin or Sean Penn?

A5)        Alec Baldwin.

Here’s a thought …

“It is terrible to destroy a person’s picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.”

The Grass is Singing, Ch.2, by Doris Lessing, 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013.

And a Damned song released on 22nd October, 1976 …

The next ten question sets are on 27th October, and the 8th, 10th and 19th November: they’re about Godzilla, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, All Quiet on the Western Front and Quatermass and the Pit.

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!   (Bridlington’s in the East Riding, Mum.)

†        The county, Debbi, or the name of the county?   It’s fill name is the East Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F’tang-F’tang-Olé-Riding of Yorkshire … which is a mouthful … 

        Funny ol’ thing, Debbi: one Banks novel, Excession, sees a lot of Culture AIs talking to each other.   It was the first thing I thought of, when I read this piece …

        (I’ve put that link in my quiz spread sheet, Debbi: cheers for that!)