Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23-10-2026 — The International Day of the Snow Leopard

23rd October, 2026: the International Day of the Snow Leopard.

OK … 

I was hoping the AI generated thumbnail for the introductory short would make me look more like Dr Prunesquallor, than a Victorian gentlemen with a prune … 

But?

It’s a better image than I could do, by hand.

Heigh ho!

~≈🧑🏼‍⚕️≈~

I’m also aware it’s payday, today.

And that I have to go shopping, and bill paying.

And that it’s raining.

Prunes, or not … ?

I’m going to get wet … 

~≈💧≈~

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)        23rd October is the International Day of the Snow Leopard.   According to whom: the EU, UN or AU?

Q2)        23rd October is the International Day of the Snow Leopard.   Snow leopards are big … whats?

Q3)        Snow leopards are native to where: Africa, Asia or Europe?

Q4)        Snow Leopards are what: carnivores, herbivores or omnivores?

Q5)        Finally … ?   According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Snow Leopard is what: Vulnerable, Critically Endangered or Extinct in the Wild?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Russia was proclaimed an empire: on 22nd October, 1721.   By which Tsar: Peter 1st, Catherine Great or Ivan the 2nd?

A1)        Peter 1st, also known as Peter the Great.

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

A2)        Saint Petersburg.

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?

A3)        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?

A4)        Nixon in China.

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

A5)        Ted Bundy.

Here’s a thought …

“The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a felid species in the genus Panthera.”

From the Wikipedia entry on the creature.

And a BBC video documentary …

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!   (It was the Republic of Texas, Mum, not the Republic of Houston!)

†        From the Python people, Debbi?   Wouldn’t even dream of it … !

        My pleasure, Debbi: Excession is an interesting read.   (The Culture setting is a big like the Federation, in Star Trek: they’re both post-scarcity societies.   But, where the Federation wants to spread Truth, Justice and the American Way, the Culture wants to party … )