The White Room Thursday Quiz - 19 Sept 2019

[Mi-Amigo]

 

                       This week`s contestant, chosen at random by @EmilieT, is

                                                         @pgn   

The six questions are:

Q1 [people]: Who was the mother of Edward VI, king of England?

Q2 [history]: What colour was the first Model T Ford motor car?

Q3 [geography]: Where is the Albert canal?

Q4 [numbers]: What number did the Roman letter Z represent in medieaval times?

Q5 [literature]: Who sang "Soup of the evening, beautiful soup" in Lewis Carroll`s Alice in Wonderland?

Q6 [Olympics]: What events did Ireland win its first official Olympic medals in? 

Rules:

You can only give one answer to each question.

You can answer the questions in any order - please copy and paste the question and answer.

You can post one, or more, answer at any time between 00.01 [one minute after midnight] and 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 19 September 2019.

Any answer posted before 00.01 or after 23.59 will be declared void.

Please - no googling, Wiki, social media, Youtube in search of the answers.

The results, with the correct answers, will be posted on Friday 20 September 2019.

Each correct answer will be awarded a 

If you get all six questions correct, you will be awarded the Silver Thinker

All members, including those who have already been a contestant or have put their names forward as contestants and those who are considering being a future contestant, are welcome to join in and play along - by making their own list of questions and seeing how many they can get right - but, please do not post your answers on the thread.

Thank you for your interest and good luck @pgn 

[Mi-Amigo]

@pgn answers continued:

Q4 [numbers]: What number did the Roman letter Z represent in medieaval times?

A4 Actually 2 numbers for Z: First, the medieval one - Z used to represent 2000, I have no idea why, as MM makes much more sense.

- correct = awarded 

Q3 [geography]: Where is the Albert canal?

A3 Assuming it's nothing to do with Prince Albert (!), I'm going to say the canal is part of a King Albert's legacy - and given the strategic importance of the lowlands of Europe during the wars, I am going for Albert I of Belgium, from 1910s or so to the mid-1930s. Is the Albert Canal is in Belgium? 

- correct = awarded  Nothing to do with Britain`s Prince Albert and Albert DOCK is, of course, in Liverpool.

Well done @pgn - you are awarded      and a half star - just short of winning the Silver Thinker [but the Olympics question was difficult and the QI-type question this week]

How did those playing along - @Cleoriff ; @EmilieT ; @jonsie ; @AnnieM ; and @Anonymous - get on?

Your feedback and comments are welcome.

The White Room Thursday Quiz is open to everone.

If anyone would like to be a contestant along with those who have already put their names forward, please send me [Mi-Amigo] a pm and I`ll add your name to the list from which next week will be drawn by @Marjo.

The six questions for next week will be selected by me over the weekend in the following categories -

PEOPLE; MUSIC; WORDS; GAMES; GEOGRAPHY; SCIENCE.

I hope that as many as possible will join in by playing along.

Thank you everyone for your interest.

and wel done @pgn 

[Cleoriff]

I wouldn't have done as well as @pgn on this one.

I had no dea of the number question, nor the Olympics

So well done @pgn 

[jonsie]

I only knew 1, 2 and 4

I speak fluent Latin

[Cleoriff]

Which was the QI question @Mi-Amigo ?

[AnnieM]

Well done @pgn 

I got Jane Seymour, the Mock Turtle and the Ford colour (which did come only in black after a few years of production. They couldn't keep up with demand and black was the quickest drying colour, so other colours were dropped for several years).

As for the other questions, I had no ideas whatsoever!

[pgn]

Cool! I thought the Olympics one was a trick, but I only looked as far as the formation of the Irish Free State, not the odd wording of "events" 🥴

Ah, sure t'is only a bit o'fun 🤣

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo and @EmilieT, sorry to keep all waiting for the answers, it was one of those days 🙄

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Which was the QI question @Mi-Amigo ?

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The Olympics one, @Cleoriff 

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Which was the QI question @Mi-Amigo ?

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The Olympics one.

Most people [and Wiki] give it as Pat O`Callahan winning gold in hammer at 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. 

[Mi-Amigo]

@pgn 

Three questions right is pretty good - as the Olympics one was very difficult.

Also Wiki state only seven Roman letters [I, V, X, L. D. C, M] represented numbers; which is another example of not trusting everthing on there

[pgn]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:
The Olympics one.

Most people [and Wiki] give it as Pat O`Callahan winning gold in hammer at 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. 

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Count me in that category - poetry and painting, tsk!