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White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:11:08 GMT

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

MUSIC SPORT PEOPLE

and two "odd" questions - one on FLAGS and one on STAMPS

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [MUSIC - 1] Which musical instrument was formerly known as a sackbut?

Q2 [SPORT - 1] Which English football team is nicknamed "the Cherries" ?

Q3 [PEOPLE - 1] What name was Ehrich Weiss better known as?

Q4 [ODD 1 - FLAGS] Which country`s flag features a llama?

Q5 [MUSIC - 2] Which song by Marc Bolan features the lyrics

"You got a hubcap diamond star halo" ?

Q6 [SPORT - 2] Which League 2 football team play their home games at Moss Rose?

Q7 [PEOPLE - 2] What was the name of the British heroine who, with her father, rescued the crew of

the "Forfarshire" off the Farne I slands in 1838?

Q8 [ODD 2 - STAMPS] In 2007, the British Post Office issued two 1st class stamps featuring Beatles`

albums - one was Sgt Pepper. What was the other?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 01 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 02 July]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Friday 03 July.

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 01 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 02 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 02 July will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz.

I have tried to make this quiz a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions, and I hope all of you find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

MI5 — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:14:29 GMT

Aaaarrrrgggghhhh !!

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:22:59 GMT

Oh. My. God!!

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:28:59 GMT

@MI5 and @Cleoriff

from your reactions, I take it that this quiz is going to be a bit of a challenge?

Look forward to pm with your answers any time after 12 noon today, and you have plenty of thinking time...

Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

MI5 — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:30:08 GMT

Trying to remember where my old stamp collection is !

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:46:06 GMT

The Beatles featured on so many stamps...so this will be a guess!

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:30:21 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
The Beatles featured on so many stamps...

That is very true @Cleoriff

Don`t forget it is the Beatles album [not Sgt Pepper] on a 1st class stamp

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

MI5 — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:31:11 GMT

Incoming >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:47:30 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

LukasB — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:59:57 GMT

Oh @Mi-Amigo tough one! This will be a 0 star round for me haha

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:05:29 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:08:07 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:17:51 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Martin-O2 — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:43:17 GMT

Toughest quiz yet for me, good job @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:36:37 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Marjo

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received...

... I don`t think you are alone in thinking that some of the questions are tougher this time.

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

pgn — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:07:49 GMT

A llama? This gets the all-time stamp of approval as a twisty quiz, @Mi-Amigo... 😳🙄

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Cleoriff — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:19:49 GMT

@pgn wrote:
A llama? This gets the all-time stamp of approval as a twisty quiz, @Mi-Amigo... 😳🙄

Not bragging at all...but I think I know this one @pgn

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

pgn — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:44:26 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Not bragging at all...but I think I know this one @pgn

Ay, there's the rub, @Cleoriff - get out your magnifying glass, I'll pack a coat...

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

Cleoriff — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:01:15 GMT

@pgn wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Not bragging at all...but I think I know this one @pgn
Ay, there's the rub, @Cleoriff - get out your magnifying glass, I'll pack a coat...

It was on 3-2-1 quiz show a while back. Lol

Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 1 July 2020

MI5 — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:11:52 GMT

I just perused all options before deciding....