Re: The White Room Oddest Quiz - 26 March 2020 - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-03-2020

WELCOME to

Each week, there are EIGHT questions, from a range of categories.

This week, the eight questions don`t quite fit into the normal set of categories. The categories are...

Money; Alphabet; Peace; Codes; Internet; Languages; Temperature; Jobs

This could be the oddest, weirdest and funniest WRQ we have ever had...

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [Money]: What is the total sum of these pre-decimal British amounts - one tanner + one bob + one half-crown + one quid + one guinea + one pony [answer in £ [pounds] s [shillings] d [pence] ?

Q2 [Alphabet]: Which was the last letter to be added to the English alphabet?

Q3 [Peace]: Where in the UK did John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant acorns for peace [answer with place and town/city] ?

Q4 [Code]: What is the Morse code for Q [answer with dots and dashes - or . - ]

Q5 [Internet]: Which country uses the domain name .ee ?

Q6 [Languages]: What day of the week is Mercoledi Italian for ?

Q7 [Temperature]: What is the temperature in degrees for the boiling point of water in the Kelvin scale?

Q8 [Jobs]: What was the job of a keeler ?

The White Room Thursday Quiz will be open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part will need to pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 26 March 2020.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded star 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] between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow - on Thursday 26 March 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received before 00.01 on Thursday and/or after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

I have tried to give a balance between difficult and easier questions this week.

The White Room Thursday Quizz is open to all members.

I hope new members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, will 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz.

Have fun with the oddest questions ever on WRQ...

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎26-03-2020

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-03-2020

Guys, as quizmaster I would like to say something.

This quiz has been one of the most popular threads and I have loved researching and running it and want to make one thing clear...

As long as members want to take part then I`ll continue running the White Room Quiz.

With regards to allegations of cheating, this is unacceptable - not least because [as has been pointed out] if anyone gets all the questions correct then it might be implied that there has been some level of cheating when that is not the case; and also, on occasions, correct answers have been given as "a lucky guess".

I hope that everyone agrees that we all have different life experiences and are more knowledgable in some subjects than others. In other words we all have our strengths and weaknesses and these can be useful in a quiz.

Let us all please remember that this White Room Quiz - not just this week but every week - might get a bit competitive with folks trying to get an award and a some merry banter, but ultimately it is meant to be fun...

Please, let`s not make it into Off Topic`s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - with the infamous coughing and accusations.

Thank you - all of you - from when the White Room Quiz started in August 2019 for taking part.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎26-03-2020

Noted thanks @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎26-03-2020

Well, I won 4 mugs from the local BFBS radio station when I was a teen, for knowing the Morse for the emergency signal SOS.

I think we need to dial the thermostat down to a more pleasant 293 🤣, as @Mi-Amigo indicates. Competitive spirit is all well and good, and using this as a calming aid rather than a fuse is the intention.

Can't wait for the answers... 😎

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-03-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

@pgn wrote:
Competitive spirit is all well and good, and using this as a calming aid rather than a fuse is the intention.

Can't wait for the answers... 😎

Thank you @pgn

I agree - that is the intention... a little light relief in these awful times...

As for the answers, they should be up quite early tomorrow [Friday] morning...

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎26-03-2020

@pgn wrote:
Well, I won 4 mugs from the local BFBS radio station when I was a teen, for knowing the Morse for the emergency signal SOS.

Pleased to hear about your win on Morse code @pgn

I am sure I got dotty and dashy the wrong way round.

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎26-03-2020

I would wager people are aware of SOS but as for individual letters

Anyway, my intention was not to pee anyone off and we all enjoy the competition and banter, so long may it continue

Good luck everyone

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-03-2020

Thank you for your comment @MI5

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-03-2020

@gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received - thank you

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎26-03-2020

@MI5 wrote:
I would wager people are aware of SOS but as for individual letters
Anyway, my intention was not to pee anyone off and we all enjoy the competition and banter, so long may it continue
Good luck everyone

Yes totally agree. It's good fun and then there is my April Fools one to look forward to next week...

12 questions and diamond thinker at stake.

Veritas Numquam Perit