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White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:31:07 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the Mastermind Challenge with 8 questions taken from the questions faced by two of the winners of the Mastermind Champion of Champions - four of the questions faced by Sir David Hunt, the

Mastermind Champion of Champions in 1982; and four questions faced by Pat Gibson, the Mastermind

Champion of Champions in 2010.

Both Sir David Hunt and Pat Gibson failed to give the correct answer to two of their questions in this quiz.

Can any WRQ quizzer beat the former Mastermind Champion of Champions ?

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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

SIR DAVID HUNT`s questions

Q1 In the Ancient Roman calendar, what were the kalends ?

Q2 What is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta ?

Q3 What type of creature is a cottonmouth or water moccasin ?

Q4 Which opera by Rossini was originally entitled "The Useless Precaution" ?

PAT GIBSON`s questions

Q5 What was the surname of the English Field Marshall who led the defeat of the Turkish forces at

Megiddo in 1918 ?

Q6 Who wrote the poem "The Dong With A Luminous Nose" in the 1870s ?

Q7 Which word, from the Latin for liquid, describes a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic

obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings of paint and adhesives ?

Q8 What is the name of the British swimmer who became a double gold medal winner at 2008 Beijing

Paralympics ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 07 Aug 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 09 Aug 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 09 Aug 2024.

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

PLUS - for correct answer for each question which Mastermind Champion of Champions could not answer,

I will award a - so, chance of being awarded four trophies .

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 07 Aug

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 09 Aug 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 09 Aug 2024 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 Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

TallTrees — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:55:30 GMT

I think those questions are not ordinary @Mi-Amigo 😁

Truly for the "Mastermind"

This is not for me however definitely not a quizzing mastermind!

I look forward to the results

Good luck quizzers... bye for now join in later..

😍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Oxonian — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:20:55 GMT

My answers await your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; those questions were hard ! 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

pgn — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:32:42 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Cleoriff — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:31:28 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:52:21 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees for your comments.

I admit there are some tough questions but hope you might have a guess at some ?

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the video

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

jonsie — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:37:30 GMT

For better or worse @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 07:26:03 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:38:33 GMT

THE ANSWERS

SIR DAVID HUNT`s questions

Q1 In the Ancient Roman calendar, what were the kalends ?

A1 the first day of the month

Q2 What is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta ?

A2 Edmonton - = Hunt gave incorrect answer

Q3 What type of creature is a cottonmouth or water moccasin ?

A3 snake

Q4 Which opera by Rossini was originally entitled "The Useless Precaution" ?

A4 "The Barber of Seville" - = Hunt gave incorrect answer

PAT GIBSON`s questions

Q5 What was the surname of the English Field Marshall who led the defeat of the Turkish forces at

Megiddo in 1918 ?

A5 Allenby - = Gibson gave incorrect answer

Q6 Who wrote the poem "The Dong With A Luminous Nose" in the 1870s ?

A6 Edward Lear

Q7 Which word, from the Latin for liquid, describes a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic

obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings of paint and adhesives ?

A7 latex - = Gibson gave incorrect answer

Q8 What is the name of the British swimmer who became a double gold medal winner at 2008 Beijing

Paralympics ?

A8 Ellie Simmonds

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:54:07 GMT

THE RESULTS

@Oxonian

Q1 pass Q2 correct + Q3 pass Q4 correct + .

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct + 2 trophies

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct + Q3 correct Q4 correct + .

Q5 correct + Q6 correct Q7 correct + Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker + 4 trophies

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 correct + Q3 correct Q4 correct + .

Q5 correct + Q6 correct Q7 correct + Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker + 4 trophies

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct + Q3 correct Q4 correct + .

Q5 The name after his first name which was the name before his last name - sorry, can`t accept 😂

Q6 correct Q7 correct + Q8 Darren Kenny - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker + 3 trophies

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:06:59 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @pgn @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @jonsie

2 stars = 2 correct - @Oxonian

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @Cleoriff

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - 2 stars

TROPHIES:

- 4 correct answers to questions which Mastermind Champions of Champions got wrong

@pgn @Cleoriff

- 3 correct answers to questions which Mastermind Champions of Champions got wrong

@jonsie

- 2 correct answers to questions which Mastermind Champions of Champions got wrong

@Oxonian

Everyone taking part beat at least one of the Mastermind Champion of Champions

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ`s which is a regular WRQ

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY MOVIES ART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE [random questions which don`t fit in usual catgeories]

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

pgn — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:40:07 GMT

Trophies as well as Thinkers and stars - I guess it is Olympics season, medals everywhere 😂

Well done to the few that ventured answers - and surprising that capital cities flummox so many championship contests, never mind the WRQ! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - I got lucky with latex 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Cleoriff — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:00:06 GMT

Well done to those who took part. Loved @jonsie's answer for Allenby. 😂

I got lucky with Q1. I knew it was to do with moon phases and took a punt 😂

I think it must be a bit different in a TV studio when you have limited time to think of answers.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo x

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

gmarkj — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:32:53 GMT

Sorry for missing this, but don't think I would have done very well!

Snake and Ellie Simmonds for sure, and latex maybe. The rest, no way.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

jonsie — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:56:40 GMT

Tough, rough and gave me a migraine @Mi-Amigo

Well done everyone and well done @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:05:35 GMT

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done on your awards and beating the Mastermind Champions of Champions.

Sorry you missed out on the quiz @gmarkj but it should be noted that your "latex" answer would have also seen you beat a Mastermind Champion of Champions.