Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9-11-2026 — Nine-Eleven (Ten Questions)

11th September, 2026: Nine Eleven.

Hmmm … 

The picture’s uploaded.

Given yesterday’s mess*?

I’m pleasantly surprised!

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I can remember where I was, when the Nine-Eleven attacks took place.

And no: it’s still not somewhere I’m going to be telling you about.

But I can remember seeing the shocking footage on TV: of planes being flown, deliberately flown, into buildings.

And remember my first thought.

“I hope that’s local!”

The Oklahoma bombings, carried out by right wing, American, extremists, had only taken place a few years earlier.

So my first thought, again?

“I hope that’s local!”

“I hope”, I said to myself, “that’s local!”

“Because if that’s a bunch of keffiyeh-wearing nutters in the Middle-East, there’s going to be hell to pay.”

Lo, and behold … 

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The reason I mention this … ?

Is simple: that today marks the 25th Anniversary of the attacks.

Something I’m marking with a ten-question quiz set that’s — hopefully — respectful of the lives lost.

Much as I didn’t like George W. Bush, and didn’t like British involvement with the subsequent US military action?

I think President Bush’s initial responses were … Presidential.

Were considered, appropriate, and very responsive to the gravity of the situation.

The current president, the 47th President?

I note a few things about the 47th President.

He’s going to be marking the Anniversary at the Pentagon: unlike the other surviving presidents, who will be in New York.

The man should be ashamed of himself: he’s a New Yorker, and should be there, today of all days.

That’s one thing.

The other … ?

Is a simple hope.

That the 47th President won’t be near a microphone, today.

My impression of the man tells me he’s going to open his mouth and say something … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11-9-2021: The Day The World Changed

11th September, 2021.

Right … it’s a Saturday morning: one that — looking out of the window — looking distinctly overcast.

Hopefully?   And much like yesterday?

I’ll avoid any potential rain.

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You know, I’m willing to bet people are going to whinge.

About money, and prices.   I know I do.

So, of course, I couldn’t help but notice the news.

3 — the mobile phone providers — are to re-introduce roaming charges to any UK customer travelling in the EU.

And that PayPal are to raise charges for UK customers, sending money to, or receiving money from, the EU area.

I’m willing to bet many who voted Leave, in the 2016 Referendum, are complaining.

“We voted for freedom,” many would say.

Well, yes.

But, from the little I’ve understood?

It also means a lack of food on the shelves: because there’s a lack of European lorry drivers living in the UK.

And prices going up: because dealing with Europe mean paying extra charges.

Frankly?

We should have stayed in.

And should maybe rejoin.

Frankly, anything that put prices down is a good thing.

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The Brentwood Gazette Weekly Teaser — 11-9-2013: The Day The World Changed

OK, OK … 

We KNOW Prince Charles and the boys — and Camilla — are at Saint Thomas’ for a funeral.

All well and good.

But can everyone shut up about it, please … ?

My inbox is starting to get overloaded about it … !

Saying that … ?   Saying that, I really have to say thank you to Neville, the Gazette’s editor.

Not only has he and the team printed another of my letters, but ALSO allowed me to reproduce the full text, online.

At any rate, today is Wednesday: which means it’s time for the Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser.

Here’s this week’s questions, along with the usual Creative Commons License* …

Q1) September 11th saw the notorious attacks on the World Trade Centre; in which US City was the World Trade Centre … ?

Q2) In which district of that city were the Twin Towers?

Q3) What was the name of the terrorist group that organized the attack?

Q4) How many hijackers were involved in the attack?

Q5) Excluding the actual hijackers, how many people died as a result of the World Trade Centre Attacks?

Q6) Who was British Prime Minister on the day … ?

Q7) Who was US president at the time of the attacks?

Q8) A third plane, hijacked by the same group of terrorists, was aimed at which US military building?

Q9) What does al-Qaeda mean, in English?

Q10) Finally, in which country was al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, when finally killed by US special forces … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 4th September, 1888, saw George Eastman patent his camera.   That camera used what sort of film: Roll or Cartridge … ?

Q2) He also registered the name Kodak.   But what was the name of the company he founded, that used the name, Kodak … ?

Q3) In which year did the company introduce their famous Box Brownie camera: 1899, 1900 or 1901 … ?

Q4) More to the point, it was advertised with the phrase ‘You Push The Button,We’ll Do’ … what …?

Q5) George Eastman’s old house — in Rochester, New York — is now a what: restaurant, museum or pub … ?

Q6) The company’s had a rough time of it in recent years.  In 2004, it announced it would stop making what, in the US, Canada and Western Europe … ?

Q7) Many of its troubles have been blamed on the rise of what: camera phones, computers or digital photography … ?

Q8) Which Beatles wife — and photographer — was rumoured, for many years, to be a relative of George Eastman … ?

Q9) What’s the name of the play — and film — that provided inspiration for ‘Cabaret’ … ?

Q10) Finally — and very geekily — who had a 1973 US hit with ‘Kodachrome’ … ?

Answers.

A1) Roll film.

A2) The Eastman Kodak Company.

A3) 1900.

A4) ‘The Rest’.

A5) Museum: of photography, obviously.

A6) The (non-disposable) stills camera.

A7) Digital photography: despite the fact Kodak invented may of the core technologies.

A8) Linda McCartney.

A9) ‘I Am A Camera’.   (It’s a line from the first page of Christopher Isherwood’s ‘Goodbye to Berlin’.)

A10) Paul Simon.

Enjoy those: I’ll catch you later.

*        Regulars will know already: but for newcomers … all it means is that you’re free to copy, use, alter and build on each of my quizzes: including the Teasers, Gazette Teasers and the Friday Question Sets.   All I ask in return is that you give me an original authors credit on your event’s flyers or posters, or on the night: and, if you republish them, give me an original authors credit AND republish under the same license.   A link back to the site would be appreciated.

The Daily Teaser — 11-9-2013: The Day The World Changed

Wouldn’t you know it … ?

Somehow, I’ve woken up, this morning, with one hell of an ear-worm going through my head.

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Reality Poem, from his Forces Of Victory.

Which is possibly a very appropriate piece to have going through my head: given today’s date.

Hmmm … 

Let’s give the man a turn, shall we?

And move on … 

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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: along with letting me know she’ll be letting me know, she also bagged five out of six.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s themed questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the ‘How To,’ License and video … 

Q1) 11th September saw the notorious attacks on the World Trade Centre, in New York.   In which year … ?

Q2) Name either of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Centre.

Q3) Which of the Towers collapsed first: North or South … ?

Q4) A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into where … ?

Q5) Finally … what informal name was to the World Trade Centre site, in the aftermath of the attacks … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 10th September, 1846, saw Elias Howe patent a sewing machine.   Which American actor and inventor made his fortune from his range of sewing machines … ?

A1) Isaac Singer.

Q2) 10th September, 1967, saw the people of where, vote to stay a UK dependency … ?

A2) Gibraltar.

Q3) More to the point, remaining British, rather than be part of which European country … ?

A3) Spain.

Q4) 10th September, 2002, saw which famously neutral country join the United Nations … ?

A4) Switzerland.

Q5) 10th September, 1939, saw the birth of Cynthia Powell: famously, whose first wife … ?

A5) John Lennon’s.

Q6) Finally … 10th September, 1823, saw who elected as President of Peru … ?

A6) Simon Bolivar.

Enjoy those.

Given the date, I’ll leave you with just this quote …

“We will rebuild. We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skyline will be made whole again.”

New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani.

Have a good day.

*        It certainly does, at that, Debbi … !

Dear Lord, preserve us …

I’ve just seen the news …

And I’m thinking …

Well …

Lot’s of things …

Memories, for the most part, of one of the most shocking things I think I ever saw on a TV screen.

The 11th September attacks …

Dear lord, 9/11 …

The 11th of September, 2001, was one of those shockingly big world changing events is imprinted on peoples minds, memories, hearts, what-ever.

The old cliqué comes to mind; that some things are so big, that we remember where we were, when they happened.

9/11, I think, was one of those …

So the news I’ve just seen announced on the BBC’s 10 O’Clock News is … hmmm … eye-catching, lets put it that way.

That Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, along with four others, currently held at Guantanamo Bay, are to be tried — in New York — for organising the 9/11 attacks.

I’m feeling thoughtful.

Especially in light of both Attorney General Holder and President Barack Obama’s stated view that the death penalty should be sought.

I can understand that.

And be honest enough to admit that, were I a relative of one of the victims, or the average American on the street, I’d probably be right behind the idea.

I know the fact that they’ll be tried before a civilian — and public — court is one I fully agree with; after all, it was civilians that made up the bulk of the victims; granted, the trial’s scheduled to be held in New York, but …

But, here and now, the simple fact that both President Obama and the District Attorney have said they want the death penalty is — to me — worrying.

Part of that is simply the fact that I’ve grown up in a country that has no official death penalty. I’ve always felt it to be no way to deal justice.

Revenge, certainly, but justice?

No.

And that’s compounded by the simple fact that we’re talking about a group of people who belong to a movement that values one thing, as part of their take on Islam.

Martyrdom.

Martyrdom

Great, big, powerful word, that, martyrdom.

Noted US lawyer, Ron Kuby, has just been interviewed on BBC News 24, and said that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has indicated that he would be happy to receive a death sentence, from the US.

He may well have a death wish.

Or be trying to seek some sort of redemption for what he helped to do.

But I’ve a nasty feeling that those who sympathise with, give support to or are members of al-Qæda will have a field day with what the government and people of the USA will call justice.

But I believe al-Qæda and it’s kind will call inspirational.

I’d like to know what you think.

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