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The White Room Thursday Quiz - 06 February 2020

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WELCOME to the White Room Thursday Quiz...

 

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

                                                           THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [history]: During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?

 

Q2 [structures - new]: Which castle overlooks the Llyn peninsula?

 

Q3 [science]: Ni is the chemical symbol for which element?

 

Q4 [nature]: Which breed of animal is a Cheshire White?

 

Q5 [literature]: What is the first name and surname of The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist ?

 

Q6 [games]: In a standard pack of playing cards, how many eyes - in total - of the four Jacks can be seen ?

 

Q7 [music]: In which year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest?

 

Q8 [food and drink]: What is wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback ? 

 

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 06 February 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

                   will be awarded                       will be awarded

 

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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 06 February 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.

 

With, what I have tried to make to be a fair balance of easier and trickier questions, I hope those who have taken part in a previous White Room Thursday Quiz - inc

@Cleoriff ; @pgn ; @gmarkj ; @MI5 ;  @jonsie ; @Marjo ; @Martin-O2 ; @RyanK1992 ;  @Sy ; @TallTrees ; @BOSSGOGG  

will take part, and that new members, and those who have not previously played, will join in.

 

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

, and, 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 White Room Thursday Quiz so popular...

I hope everyone enjoys this edition of the White Room Thursday Quiz.

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Thanks for playing @jonsie - pm with your answers received 

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Thank you @Anonymous for joining in... pm with your answers received...

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                                                                                ANSWERS:

 

Q1 [history]: During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?

A1: First English Civil War (1642-1644) - Battle of Marston Moor 2 July 1644

 

Q2 [structures - new]: Which castle overlooks the Llyn peninsula?

A2: Criccieth Castle. One member submitted an alternative answer - Harlech Castle - and, on checking, this is also correct [see RESULTS below] 

 

Q3 [science]: Ni is the chemical symbol for which element?

A3: nickel

 

Q4 [nature]: Which breed of animal is a Cheshire White?

A4: pig

 

Q5 [literature]: What is the first name and surname of The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist ?

A5: Jack Dawkins

 

Q6 [games]: In a standard pack of playing cards, how many eyes - in total - of the four Jacks can be seen ?

A6: 12. This is the QI-style question. Each Jack shows two heads. Jack of Diamonds and Jack of Clubs show two eyes in each of two heads [2 suits x 2 eyes x 2 heads = 8 eyes]; Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts show one eye in each of two heads [2 suits x 1 eye x 2 heads = 4 eyes] = total 12 eyes. 

 

Q7 [music]: In which year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest?

A7: 1967 - Sandie Shaw "Puppet On A String"

 

Q8 [food and drink]: What is wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback ?

A8: oysters 

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                                                                               RESULTS

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@Cleoriff 

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

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

A7 correct - awarded star A8 correct - awarded star plus for correct answers to all eight questions

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Silver Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

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

A4 correct - awarded star A5 [pass] A6 4 - incorrect A7 [pass] A8 [pass].

four correct answers = awarded 4 star

 

@pgn 

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

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

A7 correct - awarded star A8 correct - awarded star plus for correct answers to all eight questions

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Silver Thinker

 

@MI5 

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

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

A7 correct - awarded star A8 correct - awarded star plus for correct answers to all eight questions

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Silver Thinker

 

@jonsie 

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

A4 correct - awarded star A5 correct - awarded star A6 6 incorrect A7 correct - awarded star

A8 correct - awarded star plus for correct answers to seven questions also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Anonymous 

A1 War of the Roses - incorrect A2 Harlech Castle - on checking, correct - awarded star

A3 correct - awarded star A4 cow - incorrect

A5 The Artful Dodger`s name? @Anonymous gave her answer - "Jammie Dodger" joy 

A6 8 - incorrect A7 correct - awarded star A8 filo pastry - incorrect.

three correct answers - awarded three star

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This week`s awards:

 

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Silver Thinker -  @Cleoriff  @pgn  @MI5 

 

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Bronze Thinker + one star@jonsie 

 

star star star star@gmarkj 

 

star star star          - @Anonymous 

 

Well done, everyone.

I hope you all enjoyed this week`s quiz. Bow

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That blumming QI card question. Came close to putting 8 until I thought back to the days when I was a 'card sharp' rofl

Seriously, never played cards until I met my other half. His family used to play every time they met up. You either joined in or died of boredom. Those were the days tongue_winking

 

Love @Anonymous's answer of Jammie Dodger.

Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another great game. wink

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Thank you @MI5 and @Cleoriff for your kind comments.

@Anonymous `s answer - Jammie Dodger - did make me chuckle and she also, again, found an alternative

correct to one of the questions.

As to the QI-style question being cards in the "games" category, I admit this was a bit sneaky this week but wanted a question which wasn`t in the usual "history" or "people" category [for example, who invented ---- ?].

 

There is a "special edition" next week - to tie-in with @Marjo `s events - with questions posted on Wed and answers pm`d to me on Thursday...

and I have a "surprise edition" planned for the end of February - more on that later...

So all the regulars, and those who want to join in, have plenty of time to get their thinking hats on Thinking  

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Looking forward to the special edition next week @Mi-Amigo ! Sorry I didn't get a moment to participate in this week's quiz. Hope to take part again soon. slight_smile

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