Re: The White Room Thursday Quiz - People`s Choice... - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-03-2020

WELCOME to

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

This week is the PEOPLE`S CHOICE:

EIGHT CATEGORIES CHOSE BY MEMBERS OF THE O2 COMMUNITY

ONE QUESTION IN EACH CATEGORY CHOSEN BY QUIZMASTER @Mi-Amigo

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [FOOD & DRINK]: Where is islinglass gelatin obtained from?

Q2 [TV]: Which British TV sit-com from 1970s/80s featured Ben and Ria Parkinson and their two sons, Adam and Russell?

Q3 [SPORT]: Who is Lord`s Cricket Ground named after?

Q4 [BIOLOGY]: Which part of the human body is affected by the medical condition aphakia ?

Q5 [NATURE]: Which species of tree was the tallest ever recorded?

Q6 [ROCK/POP MUSIC]: The name of which band was inspired by the nickname of musician Charlie Parker?

Q7 [GEOGRAPHY]: In which country are the Toodos montains?

Q8 [FILMS/MOVIES]: Which was the first completed film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?

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 05 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 05 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.

As usual, there is one QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people assume.

I have tried to make this quiz a fair balance of questions, although one question may prove tricky.

This quiz - as are all White Room Thursday Quizzes - are open to all members.

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.

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 People`s Choice 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.

Anonymous · ‎06-03-2020

I reckon I have got 2 questions right which is one more than I thought

Cleoriff · ‎06-03-2020

Damn and blast, I got the nature one wrong. I was positive it was the Coast or California Redwood and cockily thought I had nailed it. That will teach me!!

Live and learn every day @Mi-Amigo and good one.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-03-2020

THE RESULTS

in order pm received

@gmarkj

A1 correct - awarded A2 [pass] A3 correct - awarded A4 correct - awarded

A5 Coast Redwood - incorrect A6 [pass] A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded

- plus for more than 4 correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct awarded A3 correct awarded A4 correct awarded

A5 Redwood - incorrect A6 correct - awarded A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded plus for more than 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

A1 chemical from tree - incorrect A2 correct - awarded A3 Lord Byron - incorrect

A4 lungs - incorrect A5 California Redwood - incorrect A6 The Byrds - allowed - awarded

A7 Chile - incorrect A8 The Birds - incorrect = total for two correct answers -

@Cleoriff

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct awarded A3 correct awarded A4 correct awarded

A5 Redwood - incorrect A6 correct - awarded A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded plus for more than 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct awarded A3 correct awarded A4 correct awarded

A5 Redwood - incorrect A6 correct - awarded A7 correct - awarded A8 correct - awarded plus for more than 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct awarded A3 correct awarded A4 correct awarded

A5 Redwood - incorrect A6 correct - awarded A7 correct - awarded

A8 correct with very detailed reply giving all the early films - awarded

plus for more than 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo

A1 horse`s hooves - incorrect A2 [pass] A3 [pass] A4 skin - incorrect A5 Redwood - incorrect

A6 The Charlatons - incorrect A7 Argentina - incorrect A8 The Birds [Hitchcock film not band] - incorrect

sorry - no awards

@Anonymous

A1 correct - awarded A2 correct awarded A3 correct awarded A4 correct awarded

A5 Coast Redwood - incorrect A6 correct - awarded A7 South Africa - incorrect:

A8 39 Steps - incorrect... plus for more than 4 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.

Anonymous · ‎06-03-2020

Well done everyone

@Marjo like you I thought Hitchcocks 1st film was The Birds ... and ... Californian Redwood for tallest tree

Mi-Amigo · ‎06-03-2020

THIS WEEK`S AWARDS

Bronze Thinker + [for 7 correct answers]: @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie

Red Thinker + [for 5 correct answers]: @gmarkj @Anonymous

[for 2 correct answers]: @Anonymous

I hope everyone enjoyed this week`s quiz.

It was interesting to see the depth of knowledge on the film question, which most thought was the QI-style question.

There may well be another People`s Choice in the not-too-distant future.

Thank you everyone who played and those who may have been following the quiz

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

Cleoriff · ‎06-03-2020

Well we all got the damn tree wrong. Selfishly, I'm quite pleased about that.

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎06-03-2020

Bloody trees

Well done everyone

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Mi-Amigo · ‎06-03-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Damn and blast, I got the nature one wrong. I was positive it was the Coast or California Redwood and cockily thought I had nailed it. That will teach me!!
Live and learn every day @Mi-Amigo and good one.

I wouldn`t say there was anything cocky in your answers @Cleoriff and you did know a fair amount about the early Hitchcock films. Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

@Anonymous

Thank you for your comment and I hope you are pleased with your result as the questions were not easy this week and you and Marjo thought the Hitchcock one was The Birds.

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Robert Kennedy.

gmarkj · ‎06-03-2020

I went the same way with the nature one @Cleoriff. Would bet we are not the only ones...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎06-03-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
I went the same way with the nature one @Cleoriff. Would bet we are not the only ones...

As @Cleoriff pointed out @gmarkj no-one got the tree question right...

I think I had better avoid setting another tree or plant question - at least for a while

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