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White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:33:29 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is another "Odd Questions" edition, with eight "odd questions" with one question on each of these subjects

MONEY INITIALS CODES NURSERY RHYMES MATHS JOBS POLITICS SAYINGS

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @Anonymous @Martin-O2 @LukasB

@TheresaV @Marjo

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.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 MONEY. Which item of English currency ceased to be legal tender in March 1988 ?

Q2 INITIALS. What do the initials UHF stand for in radio broadcasting?

Q3 CODES. In morse code, what three-letter word is represented by

- . - . .- -

Q4 NURSERY RHYMES. In the nursery rhyme, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier" what occupation follows "soldier"?

Q5 MATHS. What is 80% of 400?

Q6 JOBS. What did a cordwainer make?

Q7 POLITICS. What was the name of the British political party which changed its name in 1985 to

the Green Party?

Q8 SAYINGS. What are the two missing words in this well-known saying

"Early to bed, early to rise; makes a man healthy, ------- , and ---- " ?

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 [Mon 08 Feb 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021]

- 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 Wed 10 Feb 2021

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 [Mon 08 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 09 Feb 2021 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 Mon 08 Feb 2021

TallTrees — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:35:28 GMT

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Thank you for the notification ~ whilst working will ponder these ~ pop answers in later

Bye for now TallTrees

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:43:37 GMT

Ha! Good job I looked up morse code after I got caught out before!! Now if only I can remember them @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:50:38 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees .

Good to know the notification works.

Good luck with your "ponder" over the questions.

Thank you @Cleoriff

Hope checking up on morse code pays off and good luck the maths question [no square roots]

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

pgn — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:57:23 GMT

One of the questions puts me in mind of this ditty by the late, great funny man, Kenneth Williams:

I won't tell you which question triggered the memory, you can probably work it out 🤣

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:00:06 GMT

Thank you @pgn

Funny enough, that is what triggered the question in the quiz

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:06:38 GMT

God I remember that....

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

MI5 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:09:09 GMT

Damn morse code.
But I have an idea about this one....

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:15:35 GMT

Thanks for your post @MI5

Morse code has caught a few folks out in the past. Good luck with that question this time.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

gmarkj — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:28:09 GMT

No idea on the morse code, but think there are others that I know or can guess at...

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:57:53 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

Good luck with your answers [or guesses, inc the morse code one?]

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

MI5 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:26:40 GMT

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:35:17 GMT

Thank you @MI5

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

LukasB — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:51:13 GMT

Answers coming in ...... thinker leaving room

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:56:38 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your 8 answers received

@LukasB wrote:
Answers coming in ...... thinker leaving room

like your confidence... whether or not you are the "thinker leaving the room" will be revealed on Wed morning

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:03:34 GMT

On its way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

gmarkj — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:14:32 GMT

Well, here we go...
PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:20:47 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:38:53 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:15:31 GMT

Thank you @TheresaV

pm with your 8 answers received