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White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:12:11 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is one of the popular "Odd Questions" editions.

Instead of eight questions with two questions from each of four categories, there are 8 questions with one question on each of these subject

- INITIALS MAPS DIALCODES FLAGS CARS POSTCODES MOTORWAYS CLOTHES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

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

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 @gmarkj @BobM @TallTrees @RafaC @lewys-gp @Martin-O2 @jonsie

and our new quizzer @AK04 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 INITIALS On book covers, what do the initials ISBN stand for ?

Q2 MAPS On Ordnance Survey map, what is the symbol for a Youth Hostel ?

Q3 DIALCODES 01202 is the telephone dialcode for which English town ?

Q4 FLAGS The flag of which country has a red and blue "ying-yang" on a white background ?

Q5 CARS What did DB on an Aston Martin car stand for ?

Q6 POSTCODE SE10 ODX is the postcode for what place in London ?

Q7 MOTORWAYS Which motorway crosses the River Trent near Scunthorpe ?

Q8 CLOTHES What was a tanksuit, introduced in the early 1900s by Annette Kellerman ?

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

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 27 Oct 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 Oct 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 Fri 29 Oct 2021

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 27 Oct 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 Oct 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 28 Oct 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 Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:06:19 GMT

Thank you @lewys-gp

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:05:49 GMT

Thank you @RafaC

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:53:25 GMT

@Mi-Amigo

Just worked my way down to this. Answers will be tomorrow. Need a bit of Halloween brain shuffle 🎃

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:58:10 GMT

No problem @Cleoriff . Your answers tomorrow will be fine.

Hope all goes well with your Halloween brain shuffle

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

MI5 — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:24:28 GMT

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:17:56 GMT

Thank you @MI5

like the gif 😂

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Cleoriff — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:11:11 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>> Thought today as busy tomorrow 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:21:37 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

love the gif 😂

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:22:32 GMT

Thank you @AK04

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

gmarkj — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:46:12 GMT

PM on it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:29:06 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:05:49 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

BobM — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:18:47 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

pgn — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:49:53 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:54:48 GMT

Thank you @BobM

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the image

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:01:04 GMT

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 INITIALS On book covers, what do the initials ISBN stand for ?

A1. International Standard Book Number

Q2 MAPS On Ordnance Survey map, what is the symbol for a Youth Hostel ?

A2. triangle

Q3 DIALCODES 01202 is the telephone dialcode for which English town ?

A3. Bournemouth

Q4 FLAGS The flag of which country has a red and blue "ying-yang" on a white background ?

A4. South Korea

Q5 CARS What did DB on an Aston Martin car stand for ?

A5. David Brown who bought Aston Martin in 1947

Q6 POSTCODE SE10 ODX is the postcode for what place in London ?

A6 02 Arena, Peninsula Square

Q7 MOTORWAYS Which motorway crosses the River Trent near Scunthorpe ?

A7. M180

Q8 CLOTHES What was a tanksuit, introduced in the early 1900s by Annette Kellerman ?

A8. one-piece swimming costume

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

TallTrees — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:06:51 GMT

Thank you for the answers to the Quiz @Mi-Amigo

Interesting the Q8 Never imagined it was a one piece swimming cozzy

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Cleoriff — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:20:56 GMT

@TallTrees

Here it is... Most attractive 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 27 Oct 2021

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:34:34 GMT

THE RESULTS:

@lewys-gp

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Stoke - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 pass Q6 Greenwich Observatory - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@RafaC

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Y - incorrect Q3 Birmingham - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Drive Boost - incorrect Q6 Greenwich - incorrect Q7 M5 - incorrect Q8 stripped jacket - incorrect

Total: 2 for 2 correct answers

@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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver 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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@AK04

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 YH - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 M1 - incorrect Q8 pass

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@TallTrees

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 overall - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 M1 - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze 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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker