Re: The White Room Thursday Quiz - 20 February 202...

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-02-2020

WELCOME to

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

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [history]: Which King won the Battle of Spurs in 1513?

Q2 [geography]: Which is the longest motorway in the UK?

Q3 [science]: Which disease is varicella the medical name for?

Q4 [space]: What was the name of the spacecraft in which John Glenn made three orbits of the Earth in February 1962?

Q5 [words]: What is the frigophobia the fear of?

Q6 [games]: What number is between 6 and 15 on a standard dartboard?

Q7 [music]: Which instrument has dampers, hammers and strings?

Q8 [events]: In which country is the annual World Wife-Carrying Championship held ?

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 20 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 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 20 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 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.

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

@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 · ‎19-02-2020

3 stinkers in there this week but I'll have a bash at them

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-02-2020

Thank you @MI5 .

Good to hear that you`ll be taking part. Looking forward to pm with your answers tomorrow

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Cleoriff · ‎19-02-2020

Looks good @Mi-Amigo . Certainly not as difficult as the love week one.

Oh and thank god PM's work.... (though I will have to look online for them as anything from you certainly wont be appearing in my email inbox!!)

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-02-2020

Thanks @Cleoriff

Good to know that you don`t think this week`s is as tough as the Love Week Quiz. Hopefully that might encourage "regulars" and others to have a go this time...

PMs are working OK, so shouldn`t be a problem for anyone posting their answers to me tomorrow.

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Robert Kennedy.

jonsie · ‎19-02-2020

a couple of head scratchers methinks

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-02-2020

Hi @jonsie

I hope you`ll be able to find the answers and will be pming me with them tomorrow

if Chester let`s you

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MI5 · ‎19-02-2020

Chester would probably get more than me on those questions

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jonsie · ‎19-02-2020

One fingered typing is a little difficult with him pawing the keyboard!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-02-2020

@jonsie wrote:
One fingered typing is a little difficult with him pawing the keyboard!

He`s trying to fix the notification bug @jonsie

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The White Room Thursday Quiz - 20 February 2020