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Re: The White Room Thursday Quiz - 21 November 2019
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on 20-11-2019 18:46
Hmm. 4, possibly.
Rodney's puttin' me off
Re: The White Room Thursday Quiz - 21 November 2019
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on 21-11-2019 23:06
Q1 [people]: Who was the world`s first female Prime Minister?
Ahh this one is annoying for me ; I can remember covering this in history at school. I cannot recall her name. I am more than sure it was in Sri Lanka though!!
Q2 [geography]: Where is Dogger Bank?
I believe this is in the North Sea! Very popular fishing spot too
Q3 [space]: Which is the hottest planet in our Solar System (not counting the Sun)?
Venus
Q4 [sport]: In which event did Daley Thompson win a gold medal in 1980 and 1984 Olympics?
Decathalon
Q5 [words]: What does a fromologist collect?
I'm going to take a guess with this one. Fromage is the french word for cheese so I'm going to go with collecting different cheese.
Q6 [TV sit-com]: What were the [character] names of Gary Sparrow`s two wives in TV sit-com Goodnight Sweetheart?
My absolutely favourite sitcom of all time! His wives were Yvonne (present day) and Pheobe was his wife back in the war!
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Re: The White Room Thursday Quiz - 21 November 2019
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22-11-2019 08:04 - edited 22-11-2019 08:34
Results:
Here are the answers given by @RyanK1992
Q1 [people]: Who was the world`s first female Prime Minister?
A1. Ahh this one is annoying for me ; I can remember covering this in history at school. I cannot recall her name. I am more than sure it was in Sri Lanka though!!
- correct answer is Sirimavo Bandaranke of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], Prime Minister 1960-65; 1970-77 - but as you knew the country, I`ll be generous and award half a star
Q2 [geography]: Where is Dogger Bank?
A2 I believe this is in the North Sea! Very popular fishing spot too
- correct = awarded
Q3 [space]: Which is the hottest planet in our Solar System (not counting the Sun)?
A3 Venus
- correct = awarded this was the QI-style question. Most people assume the answer is Mercury as it nearest to the sun.
Q4 [sport]: In which event did Daley Thompson win a gold medal in 1980 and 1984 Olympics?
A4 Decathalon
- correct = awarded
Q5 [words]: What does a fromologist collect?
A5 I'm going to take a guess with this one. Fromage is the french word for cheese so I'm going to go with collecting different cheese.
- correct answer is cheese labels - but as you came very close, I will award half a star.
Q6 [TV sit-com]: What were the [character] names of Gary Sparrow`s two wives in TV sit-com Goodnight Sweetheart?
A6 My absolutely favourite sitcom of all time! His wives were Yvonne (present day) and Pheobe was his wife back in the war!
- correct answer = awarded
You got four questions absolutely right and came close with the other two and are awarded a total of 5 stars =
plus two half stars. Well done @RyanK1992 .
How did those playing along get on with these questions? Did you get as many right as you thought? Which ones, if any, caught you out this week? Your feedback and comments are welcome. Thank you to all those who played along and, again, congratulations to @RyanK1992 on your first go at the White Room Thursday Quiz.
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on 22-11-2019 08:08
I did ok though I had to ask Stan Collymore where Dogging Bank was... 😂
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on 22-11-2019 08:51
I did ok but like @RyanK1992 would have struggled with the NAME of the first female PM.
TBH, I think everyone would. Let's face it, the name Sirimavo Bandaranke never really deserves a place in your memory bank does it?
Well done @RyanK1992
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on 22-11-2019 17:42
Well done @RyanK1992
I got 3 correct
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on 22-11-2019 17:49
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Good to know you did well @jonsie [with a little help ]
I admit the Prime Minister one was tricky @Cleoriff but hope you did OK with the other questions.
Well done @WispaRed7 getting three questions right - which were they and did any trip you up [I`m just curious]?
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on 22-11-2019 17:53
Hello @Mi-Amigo
I got the following correct
Dogger Bank
Venus
Decathlon
I had thought Indira Ghandi was maybe the first female prime minister
*possum si vollo* *per ardua ad astra*
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on 22-11-2019 22:38
Dogger Bank in North Sea, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, the Cheese collector (didn't know it was labels only), Venus the hottest planet and Ms. Banderanaike from Ceylon (although you nearly got some lady from the Tuvan People's Republic, as I thought it was a QI-style question!).
Rodney stumped me - never watched it.
Well done, @RyanK1992!
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23-11-2019 11:06 - edited 23-11-2019 11:17
Thanks everyone for the feedback and for playing along with this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz.
Over the weekend I`ll be choosing the six questions for next week`s White Room Thursday Quiz [on 28 November], with one question from each of the following categories:
People; Events; Nature; Games; Literature; Music
As usual, there will be one QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people assume is right.
I hope that all the regulars [those who have been a contestant - inc @Cleoriff ; @pgn ; @gmarkj ;
@Sy ; @RyanK1992; - and those who have played along - inc @jonsie ; @WispaRed7 ; @EmilieT [even though she has left]; @Anonymous ] will take part...
The White Room Thursday Quiz is open to all members. So if you are a new member or have not put your name forward and would like to be a contestant, please pm [private message] me - @Mi-Amigo - your name and I`ll add it to the list for the draw, which will be made by @Marjo next week.
You can, of course, choose to come and play along with others at the time by making their own list of answers and then checking how many you got right when I give the results.
Thank you everyone for your continued interest in the quiz...