Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-2-2021: Abraham Lincoln

12th February, 2021.

Did I mention I’ve got another hygienist’s appointment, today?

I’ve got another hygienist’s appointment, today.

So you know.

Frankly?

I’m looking forward to it.

I have an appointment for free, with the student hygienists: as I’m receiving Universal Credit.

And the two students?   Seem both competent and pleasant.

The drawback, of course … ?

Is that it’s cold out.

And those pavements?   Look dangerous.

~≈🧊≈~

Given it’s this cold … ?

I’ve got one question.

Just one.

How on Earth did a fire start on Dartmoor?

It’s not like it can be set off by a streak of lightning, not in this weather!

~≈🔥≈~

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4-1-2020: Utah Saints.

4th January, 2020.

I have to admit, I am starting to hate weekends.

Or, at least, got mildly glum about them.

It’s …

You know, I don’t even know if I could put a finger on why …

Bar the finger twiddling feeling there’s little to do, bar finger twiddling.

But, lord, I’m looking forward to Monday morning.

That’s when the date and time of my next interview gets confirmed.

~≈¥≈~

The Daily Teaser — 27-2-2014: Abe Lincoln

Hmmm … 

That’s … mildly annoying … 

You’ve possibly worked out I’ve been following the rebooted The Tomorrow People, haven’t you … ?

It’s rather fun, it has to be said.

Although the series has just introduced a new villain, only known as … THE FOUNDER: which is suitably pretentious.

Oh … The chap’s got an faux English accent … 

OK, I can understand why US tv shows do that: give baddies English accents.

But I always find it mildly irritating.

But let’s move on, shall we?

~≈◊≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and bagging ten out of ten.

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

Hear they are, along with the How To, License and video …

Q1) 27th February saw Abraham Lincoln make the speech that bagged him the US presidency.   In which year of the 1860s was this … ?

Q2) In which US city was this: Chicago, Seattle or New York … ?

Q3) When first elected, which US president was he: the 15th, 16th or 17th … ?

Q4) In which year was he elected President for the second time … ?

Q5) Which US party did Lincoln represent: Democrat or Republican … ?

Q6) In which year was his assassination … ?

Q7) In which Illinois town is Lincoln buried … ?

Q8) How many Oscar nominations did Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln received … ?

Q9) More to the point, who plays the President, in that film … ?

Q10) In which 2012 film is President Lincoln played by Benjamin Walker … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 26th February said Napoleon Bonaparte escape his prison: on which Mediterranean island?

A1) Elba.

Q2) In which year was this … ?

A2) 1815.

Q3) Napoleon was the emperor of whom … ?

A3) The French.   (Rather than of France.   In doing so, Bonaparte was trying to emphasize his introduction of a whole new political system: one different to the regime of the Kings of France.)

Q4) Who gave Napoleon that title: the French National Assembly, the French Senate or the then French president … ?

A4) The French Senate.

Q5) Napoleon was crowned as Emperor: in which French city?

A5) Paris: in Notre Dame, to be exact.

Q6) Napoleon introduced a body of civil law to his country, during his reign, called the Code civil des français.   How is it known in English … ?

A6) The Napoleonic Code.

Q7) Famously — and disastrously — Napoleon tried invading which East European empire, in 1812?

A7) The Empire of Russia.

Q8) At which battle was Napoleon finally defeated, and overthrown?

A8) The Battle of Waterloo.

Q9) Which Anglo-Irish general led the British forces at that battle … ?

A9) Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.   (If you ever hear anyone in the UK talk about the Duke of Wellington, this is, usually, the chap they’re talking about.)

Q10) Finally … Napoleon spent the last years of his life, in prison, on which Atlantic island … ?

A10) Saint Helena.

I’ll leave you with Decatur, which gives Mr Lincoln a mention … 

And this thought …

“What I do say is, that if we would supplant the opinions and policy of our fathers in any case, we should do so upon evidence so conclusive, and argument so clear, that even their great authority, fairly considered and weighed, cannot stand”

Abraham Lincoln.

Have a good day …

*        Oh, Debbi, you DO know you’ve a built in webcam, at the top of your machine … ?   It’s what Apple are currently calling a FaceTime camera: you can make free calls to people with camera equipped Macs and iOS devices.   You can Also record yourself.   Open up Quicktime X†: then click the File menu and click on New Movie Recording.   You’ll be able to record a video of yourself!

You can then use iMovie to edit it down.

†        It’s in Applications.

The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 27-2-2013: Honest Abe.

You know, it HAD to happen, didn’t it … ?

A certain very well-known English actor had to go and bag the Best Actor Oscar, this year … !

Hopnestly: you write a set of questions and hope no-one gives away an answer, and then, then, WHAM!

Somebody goes and gets a gong … !

Hmmm … 

I’d better show you the Gazette questions I’m talking about, hadn’t I … ?

Here’s this week’s Honest Abe set …

Q1) 27th February saw Abraham Lincoln make the speech that bagged him the US presidency.   In which year of the 1860s was this … ?

Q2) In which US city was this: Chicago, Seattle or New York … ?

Q3) When first elected, which US president was he: the 15th, 16th or 17th … ?

Q4) In which year was he elected President for the second time … ?

Q5) Which US party did Lincoln represent: Democrat or Republican … ?

Q6) In which year was his assassination … ?

Q7) In which Illinois town is Lincoln buried … ?

Q8) How many Oscar nominations has Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ received … ?

Q9) More to the point, who plays the President, in that film … ?

Q10) And finally … in which 2012 film is President Lincoln played by Benjamin Walker … ?

And here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 20th February saw Edward 6th crowned as king: in which year of the 1540s … ?

Q2) More to the point, which famous king was Edward’s father … ?

Q3) Was Edward King of England, England and Ireland or of the United Kingdom … ?

Q4) In which London church was Edward’s coronation: Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey or St Clement Danes … ?

Q5) Edward 6th was immediately succeeded by his cousin, Lade Jane … who … ?

Q6) How long did Lady Jane rule for: nine days, ten days or eleven days?

Q7) Edward was succeeded by his two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth: which of them got the throne first … ?

Q8) The ‘Bloody Mary’ cocktail — named for Edward’s sister, Mary 1st — contains vodka, tomato juice … and which sauce … ?

Q9) Edward’s other sister, Elizabeth 1st, was on the throne for how many years: 35, 45 or 55 … ?

Q10) And finally … Edward and his sisters were all part of which dynasty: the Stewarts, the Tudors or the Ten-Poles … ?

Answers.

A1) 1547.

A2) Henry 8th.

A3) England and Ireland.

A4) Westminster Abbey.   (Its full name is ‘The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster’.   In case you were wondering … )

A5) Grey.

A6) Nine days.

A7) Mary.

A8) Worcester sauce.  (There’s a version called a Bloody Margaret, or Red Snapper: it’s made with gin, instead of vodka.   Others claim that Tabasco Sauce is the thing.)

A9) 45: from 1558 to her death in 1603.

A10) The Tudors.

You can look up the links on the Gazette’s version of this post.

Enjoy the questions … !