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White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:16:14 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition with 8 questions.

Instead of the questions being from the usual categories, there is one question on each of these subjects -

INITIALS MAPS FLAGS CARS NURSERY RHYMES ALPHABET COLOURS CLOTHES

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 26 July] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tueday 27 July]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees @TheresaV @Martin-O2

[ @LukasB is on holiday];

quizzers who taken part in previous WRQs

@O2EmmaLouise @Cairdeas

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members who have recently joined the Community, will take part in today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 INITIALS In cameras, what do the initials DSLR stand for ?

Q2 MAPS On an Ordnance Survey map, what does a white letter V on a blue square indicate ?

Q3 FLAGS How many blue stars are there on the flag of Honduras ?

Q4 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Mii [not Mini] since 2011 ?

Q5 NURSERY RHYMES In nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man", where did he find a crooked sixpence ?

Q6 ALPHABET What is the eighth [8th] letter of the Greek alphabet ?

Q7 COLOURS What colour is a peridot stone ?

Q8 CLOTHES Where on the body did Prussian army soldiers wear pickelhauben in the 1840s ?

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 26 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 27 July 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 28 July 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 26 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 27 July 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 27 July 2021 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

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 26 July 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:23:49 GMT

Ooo...seems ok @Mi-Amigo (a couple need thinking about)

I'll have a better look on my return. See you later

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:32:21 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Hope all goes well for you with your hospital appointment.

Pleased you think today`s WRQ "seems OK" .

As you said, there might be a couple of questions which need thinking about - as there are two new subjects - ALPHABET and COLOURS - and a couple of trickier questions.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:44:35 GMT

Thank you @TheresaV

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

MI5 — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:28:55 GMT

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

TheresaV — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:41:05 GMT

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:47:54 GMT

Thank you @MI5

like the gif - relevant to one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @TheresaV

@TheresaV wrote:

... you never know...

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

TheresaV — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:58:05 GMT

Well, I can dream @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

gmarkj — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:16:34 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo...

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:38:23 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

BobM — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:52:03 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:43:53 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:21:00 GMT

On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

pgn — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:35:27 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 07:01:15 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:33:36 GMT

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @TallTrees and @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to try tackling this quiz.

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

TallTrees — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:34:26 GMT

PM sent
@Mi-Amigo
Better late than never 😌

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 06:53:42 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your 8 answers received - way before deadline

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:00:22 GMT

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 INITIALS In cameras, what do the initials DSLR stand for ?

A1 Digital Single Lens Reflex

Q2 MAPS On an Ordnance Survey map, what does a white letter V on a blue square indicate ?

A2 Visitor Centre

Q3 FLAGS How many blue stars are there on the flag of Honduras ?

A3 five

Q4 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Mii [not Mini] since 2011 ?

A4 SEAT

Q5 NURSERY RHYMES In nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man", where did he find a crooked sixpence ?

A5 by a crooked stile

Q6 ALPHABET What is the eighth [8th] letter of the Greek alphabet ?

A6 theta

Q7 COLOURS What colour is a peridot stone ?

A7 green

Q8 CLOTHES Where on the body did Prussian army soldiers wear pickelhauben in the 1840s ?

A8 head - a pickelhauben was a helmet with a spike

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 26 July 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:14:37 GMT

THE RESULTS:

@TheresaV

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 three - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 @gmarkj `s flat - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 15 -incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 outside @LukasB `s flat - incorrect

Q6 pass Q7 purple - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 6 - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 vehicle - incorrect Q3 three - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass

A7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker