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White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:34:09 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is the third of a three-part Odd Questions A-Z quiz

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories, there will be 8 questions

but one question on each of 8 subjects - with each subject based on a letter of the alphabet

R - RHYMING SLANG; S - SIGNS; T - TUBE STATIONS; U - UNIFORMS; V - VEHICLES; W - WHEELS;

Y - YELLOW; Z -ZEROS

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @J9el @Spenny @adec @Comben

@RafaC @lewys-gp

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 R - RHYMING SLANG. In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a titfer ?

Q2 S - SIGNS. What is the UK road sign for a National Trust property ahead ?

Q3 T - TUBE STATIONS. Harrow and Wealdstone tube station is on which London underground tube line ?

Q4 U - UNIFORMS. What was a puttree, which could be part of army uniform until WW2 ?

Q5 V - VEHICLES. What type of vehicle was the SRN4 ?

Q6 W - WHEELS. How many wheels, in total, did the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive have when completed

in 1923 ?

Q7 Y - YELLOW. Historically, a yellow flag was flown on ships to indicate what ?

Q8 Z - ZEROS. The number decillion is 1 followed by how many zeros ?

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 [Mon 25 July 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 July 2022] - 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 Wednesday 27 July 2022

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 [Mon 25 July 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 July 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 26 July 2022 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

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

pgn — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:23:27 GMT

Oooh, a few head-scratchers in there today, @Mi-Amigo 🙃

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:49:00 GMT

Apologies everyone.

Typo in Q4 - should read...

Q4 U - UNIFORMS. What was a puttee, which could be part of army uniform until WW2 ?

not puttree as in post. Sorry.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:50:12 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

Yes, a couple of questions which need thinking about this time

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

RafaC — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:08:17 GMT

The theme for Q8 is probably going to be my result this time 😅

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:13:13 GMT

Thank you @RafaC

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

jonsie — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:55:01 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:57:18 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gf

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Spenny — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:04:18 GMT

@Mi-Amigo pm sent over

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Spenny — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:05:45 GMT

@jonsie if you had done a slower gif, I could have counted the wheels! 🤣

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

jonsie — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:15:24 GMT

@Spenny wrote:
@jonsie if you had done a slower gif, I could have counted the wheels! 🤣

You can if you blink at 90mph 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Cleoriff — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:17:32 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

TallTrees — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:15:38 GMT

Cor @Mi-Amigo

Very interesting questions.

Quick glance tells me that many will be guesses 🤭

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:30:06 GMT

Thank you @Spenny

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

Pleased you think the questions are interesting

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:40:08 GMT

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

Gentle reminder to @adec @TallTrees @BobM @pgn @gmarkj @J9el @Comben @lewys-gp and anyone else who would like to have a go at the questons in this WRQ.

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 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Breanna — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:53:23 GMT

I have a feeling I'm going to get thoroughly schooled in some new culture and history during these quizzes...answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:52:44 GMT

Thank you @Breanna

Great to have you taking part in WRQ

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

TallTrees — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:53:13 GMT

Thinking cap on @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

TallTrees — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:07:30 GMT

Thinking cap off ~ hot in the head now!

8 answers sent ~ many are guesses

look forward to getting the answers now

Thank you for the quiz @Mi-Amigo

"well I can't be a near genius every week" 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 25 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 3

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:27:49 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

Love the saying... "well I can't be a near genius every week"

pm with your answers received