The White Room Oddest Quiz - 26 March 2020 - Page 7

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.

jonsie · ‎26-03-2020

Fairy Nuff

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pgn · ‎26-03-2020

@jonsie wrote:
So in the interests of unity and harmony I'm sending you some answers...

Yay, the more the merrier, @jonsie

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-03-2020

Given the current situation with uncertainty as to when my carers will be making visits [Friday] - and with the quiz now closed - I am posting the answers, results for each players, and awards, now...

ANSWERS

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] ?

A1: £27. 5s. 0d [tanner = 6d; bob = 1s; half-crown = 2s 6d; quid = £1; guinea = £1 1s; pony = £25]

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

A2: J

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

A3: Coventry Cathedral, Coventry

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

A5: dash dash dot dash - or - - . -

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

A5: Estonia

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

A6: Wednesday

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

A7: 373 degrees Kelvin

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

A8: bargeman/bargee - although, technically, boatman is also correct

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

Cleoriff · ‎27-03-2020

I just knew I got my dotty dashy all wrong.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-03-2020

RESULTS

for each player

@Cleoriff

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 dot dot dash dot - incorrect [that`s F] A5 correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded + for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 correct - awarded A5 correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded + for all 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Anonymous

A1 £30 5s 6d - incorrect A2 correct - awarded A3 New York - incorrect

A4 correct - awarded A5 correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 300+ partly correct, so I`ll be generous and award half star

A8 60s madame who got Profumo into trouble - that`s Christine Keeler [cap K] - sorry, incorrect

for more than four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

A1 £27 22s 1/2d - incorrect A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 dash dash dot - incorrect [that`s G] A5 correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded + for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker.

@gmarkj

A1 pass: A2 Q - incorrect A3 Liverpool - incorrect: A4 pass

A5 Eastern European country - partly correct, so I`ll be generous and award half a star

A6 Monday - incorrect A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded

awarded total of and half star

@jonsie

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct - awarded A3 correct - awarded

A4 dashes and dots - no award A5 correct - awarded A6 correct - awarded

A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded + for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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

Cleoriff · ‎27-03-2020

Congrats to @pgn and @Anonymous for getting the morse code one right

Well done to @pgn for the win (and to everyone else).

I'm happy with my 7 stars and thanks @Mi-Amigo for a great quiz and screwing with my brain....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-03-2020

AWARDS:

.

Silver Thinker = @pgn

Bronze Thinker + = @Cleoriff @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = @MI5

Red Thinker + half = @Anonymous

+ half = @gmarkj

Congratulations @pgn on all 8 correct answers and being awarded Silver Thinker

Well done, everyone. All the players received an award this week.

I sincerely hope that you found this one different and enjoyed taking part.

Thanks

@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.

jonsie · ‎27-03-2020

Well done everyone

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Mi-Amigo · ‎27-03-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Congrats to @pgn and @Anonymous for getting the morse code one right
Well done to @pgn for the win (and to everyone else).
I'm happy with my 7 stars and thanks @Mi-Amigo for a great quiz and screwing with my brain....

Glad you found it a great quiz. It was fun putting this one together... and yes I knew the morse code one before I even set the questions - from my association with the pirate radio station...

as for screwing with your brain, why do I have this nagging feeling that I might feel the same next week

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 · ‎27-03-2020

Well done @jonsie Hope you enjoyed the questions...

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