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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-11-2020

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @Anonymous

and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz of eight questions - with two questions on each of these

cateories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY NATURE SPORT

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY- 1] Who was king of England between the reigns of Henry I and Henry II ?

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] Which is the shortest river in England ?

Q3 [NATURE - 1] What does an aphyllus plant lack ?

Q4 [SPORT - 1] The biathlon is the combination of which two events ?

[half for each correct answer; full for both correct]

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] The Battle of Aboukir Bay, fought by Nelson in 1798, is better known by what name ?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the capital of Andorra ?

Q7 [NATURE - 2] What animal was once known as a "foul martin" ?

Q8 [SPORT - 2] Gordon Banks was the England goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup final.

Which football team was he a player with at that time ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 02 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 03 November]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 04 November

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] after 12 noon today [Mon 02 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 03 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 03 November will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz.

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.

I hope everyone likes at least some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

p.s. The "BONFIRE NIGHT" edition of the White Room Quiz will be this Wednesday - 04 November.

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-11-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

+ half = for one correct answer and one part correct answer - @Anonymous @Marjo

= for one correct answer - @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@Marjo - + half

@WispaRed7 - + half

@Martin-O2 -

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which is a "Bonfire Night" edition, with eight questions themed around Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes, and fireworks, and will be up on a separate thread shortly.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@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.

Cleoriff · ‎04-11-2020

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo Well done everyone.

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎04-11-2020

Well done all and thanks

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Anonymous · ‎04-11-2020

Enjoyed the quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you

Am rather embarrassed about not knowing the answer to the shortest river question ... ... river Bain in North Yorkshire, the county where I have lived for nigh on 30 years ... have looked up river Bain = it flows out of Semerwater (where I have been, albeit some time ago) into river Ure ... = ... learned something new, as usual with WRQ

However, pleased with my 1.1/2 stars

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-11-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff and @MI5

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and congratulations to both of you on the Silver Thinker.

I hope you like today`s Bonfire Night edition of the WRQ now up on a separate thread.

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-11-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

The shortest river question was tricky and was rated as one of the hardest in the quiz book I took it from.

As you said, I think we all often learn something from the WRQ.

Pleased you are happy with your one and a half stars.

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

MI5 · ‎04-11-2020

I nearly put Morar but then realised the question was in "England"

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Mi-Amigo · ‎04-11-2020

@MI5 wrote:
I nearly put Morar but then realised the question was in "England"

Lucky then @MI5 ? Because even if the question was "Britain" Morar would`ve still been the wrong answer.

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

MI5 · ‎04-11-2020

Yes indeed, but I've learned to read your questions carefully

Just off to check the new ones.

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gmarkj · ‎04-11-2020

Bah, really need to read the questions, then read them again!
Well done to the Silver Thinkers, and thanks to @Mi-Amigo for another great quiz.

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