Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

Like cricket? Yes? Then you'll love testing your wits against a torrent of test-match-related googlies with today's boundary-belting skill by those thumpingly good chaps at Voxogenic Technologies.

Forsooth, it's hard having 'Knight Manager' as your day job.

Love this skill guys. Here's what it says about it in the skillstore; Quiz Club allows you to create and play your own quizzes, as well as play quizzes that are open to everyone. This skill includes some short demonstration quizzes. Features include: Recall your quizzes using a name and 4-digit code; or play one of the openly available quizzes. One or multiple rounds with a different topic for each round. As many questions as you like per round. Optional additional / fun fact for each question. 1-3 named skill levels with different points per level. Ability to save the player's name, last score and skill level. Ability to play again (single user only). Multi-player one-at-a-time mode with ability to save players names, score and skill level (but not play again in the same session). Simple quiz mode with no option to save player's details. For details on how to get your own quiz added to Quiz Club, email [email protected]

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat. It's time to yank open those advent calendar doors and get a real festive treat every day in the run up to that lovely time of year that is Christmas. OK - I'm a Baha'i and not a Christian. But we believe in Jesus of course - as we do all the Messengers of God - and so we can enjoy every festival with equal excitement. And boy am I excited about Christmas!

Just a quick reminder today that you can listen to Dot to Dot as part of your daily flash briefing by asking her to "Enable The Daily Five Minutes Skill Demo Show".

Are you expecting or know someone who is? Alternatively, you might just be weirdly interested in day-by-day, blow-by-blow info on what's involved. Either way, here's what the skillstore says about today's fab skill; Pregnancy Advice is here to give you daily tips and advice throughout your pregnancy, based on the experiences of real-life parents who visit Mumsnet every day. Mumsnet is the UK’s largest network for parents, with around 10 million unique visitors per month clocking up around 100 million page views. Our daily pregnancy tips will tell you fascinating (we hope!) facts about what's happening to you and your growing baby from the moment you get your bfp (big fat positive) until the day you give birth. You'll also get some essential words of wisdom on everything from weird pregnancy cravings to preparing for life with a newborn. To get started, just enable Pregnancy Advice and tell it your due date. If you don't know your due date, you can find out using the due date calculator at mumsnet.com

It's the last demo of the Echo Show for now. Today we look at that other classic falling objects game; Connect 4 (but this time with the numeral spelt out - almost certainly for trademark reasons). If you don't have an Echo with a screen and yet still, for some slightly bizarre reason, have the urge to control the game by voice and at the same time see it in a browser, then the action can be accessed by going to https://calcbox.de.

Wit a huge apology up-front for everyone without one of these shiny Echo Show puppies, the big question of the day is whether, using commands such as "Alexa, left, right, rotate, counter or drop" can you beat the blocks as they fall inexorably towards the bottom of your lovely Echo Show's screen? Only one way to find out.

Black Friday's coming up and you may want to consider scooping up one of these superbly useful Echo Shows. I've got the 5" version and it was well worth the £50 price tag when last it was in the sales - in fact I'd probably pay much more. See what you think.

Ashley Colburn ([email protected]) is very util in bringing us this brilliant skill. 'Util'; Helpful - as in "Ashley es muy util"; "Ashley is very helpful."