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White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:13:11 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz has eight questions - with two questions from each of four categories

PEOPLE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC [inc one "lyrics" question]

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 @Anonymous

and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 PEOPLE -1 Who preceeded Margaret Thatcher as British Prime Minister ?

Q2 NATURE - 1 What colour are the flowers of a jacaranda tree ?

Q3 LITERATURE - 1 In which Roald Dohl book do the characters Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker appear ?

Q4 MUSIC - 1 Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos ?

Q5 PEOPLE - 2 Who was the US First Lady when Jimmy Carter was US President ?

Q6 NATURE - 2 What type of bird is a lorikeet?

Q7 LITERATURE - 2 What was the name of Captn Ahab`s whaling ship in the novel "Moby D-i-c-k" ?

Q8 MUSIC - 2 [as a recent "lyrics" question was popular, here`s another]

Which well-known UK No 1 single begins with the lyrics

"We skipped the light fandango; turned cartwheels `cross the floor"?

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 25 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 26 November]

- 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 Fri 27 November

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 25 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 26 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 26 November 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.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:22:37 GMT

Singing that song as I write @Mi-Amigo . Love it. Lol

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:32:06 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Singing that song as I write @Mi-Amigo . Love it. Lol

I love the song, too @Cleoriff

Good luck with the quiz.

Look forward to your pm with your answers - any time after 12 noon today.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

MI5 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:32:58 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Singing that song ........

The crowd called out for more @Cleoriff lol

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

LukasB — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:01:38 GMT

So easy again

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:04:13 GMT

@LukasB wrote:
So easy again

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

MI5 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:11:29 GMT

What's left, is on it's way

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

pgn — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:14:27 GMT

Haha, the profanity filter strikes again

Good selection of questions - I always knew there was value in sitting in the shade of the jacaranda tree as a youth - provided you weren't tempted to chew on any bits of it! Mango trees were a different matter - little hairy caterpillars were apt to fall onto you from the leafy canopy, and those things itched like.... 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

MI5 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:16:51 GMT

@pgn wrote:
Haha, the profanity filter strikes again

Yes, I "spotted" that too

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:47:31 GMT

On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:08:20 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @MI5

like the appropriate gif - and as you and @pgn noted the filter had a hissy over booktitle so had to amend it

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

brilliant gif - I love whales

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

gmarkj — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:21:28 GMT

PM with answers and guesses on it's way @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

pgn — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:08:27 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo --->>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:18:16 GMT

Re forum filter @Mi-Amigo ...you should steer clear of any question where the answer is...

***** Turpin, ***** Van Dyke or any other *****. Also forget bird questions where the answer is Coal ******, Great ******, Bearded ******, Crested ******, Marsh ****** and not forgetting the wonderful Long Tailed ******.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

pgn — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:33:29 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Re forum filter @Mi-Amigo ...you should steer clear of any question where the answer is...
***** Turpin, ***** Van Dyke or any other *****. Also forget bird questions where the answer is Coal ******, Great ******, Bearded ******, Crested ******, Marsh ****** and not forgetting the wonderful Long Tailed ******.

Clever-*****!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

MI5 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:36:19 GMT

What a complete ****** !!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

Cleoriff — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:52:53 GMT

Well.... it raised a laugh... you pairs of dicks...

Just noticed it goes through if you add an S

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

jonsie — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:54:05 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Well.... it raised a laugh... you pairs of dicks...
Just noticed it goes through if you add an S

Not far wrong though

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

MI5 — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:55:37 GMT

Does it work for ****** too, I wonder?

Edit: Nope

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020

pgn — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:55:08 GMT

So we need Dicks Turpin, Dicks VanDyke.... what ******!