White Room Quiz Mon 04 April 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is one of the "Odd Questions" editions.

Instead of 8 questions with two questions from four of the usual categores, today`s WRQ is eight questions with one question on each of these subjects  

- INITIALS  FLAGS  MOTORWAYS  COLOURS  SLANG   CLOTHES  MEASUREMENTS  CARS

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

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

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @adelphiaUK @J9el @RafaC @lewys-gp @jonsie 

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.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 INITIALS - In cars, what do the initials SUV stand for ?

Q2 FLAGS - How many stars on are on the flag of Slovenia ?

Q3 MOTORWAYS - Which M motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, runs from Tarbock

                                Interchange to Switch Island, Aintree ?

Q4 COLOURS - What colour is the mineral lazurite ?

Q5 SLANG - Hamstead is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

Q6 CLOTHES - What item of clothing did James Belcher give his name to in the 19th century ?

Q7 MEASUREMENTS - How many inches are in 12.7cm ?

Q8 CARS - Which car company produced the Firenza from 1970 to 1975; Adam from 2013 to 2019; and the

                  Insignia from 2008 to present day ?

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

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 04 Apr 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 05 Apr 2022]

- 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 06 April 2022

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 04 Apr 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 05 Apr 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 05 Apr 2022 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 the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - PM sent 😊

[Spenny]

Well hello @Mi-Amigo 😊

I have sent my pm across for the quiz....here's to a thinker this week.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received  

[gmarkj]

Well, here we go...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 INITIALS - In cars, what do the initials SUV stand for ?

A1   Sport Utlity Vehicle

Q2 FLAGS - How many stars on are on the flag of Slovenia ?

A2   three - white stars above mountan in coat of arms above blue band 

Q3 MOTORWAYS - Which M motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, runs from Tarbock

                                Interchange to Switch Island, Aintree ?

A3   M57

Q4 COLOURS - What colour is the mineral lazurite ?

A4  Blue

Q5 SLANG - Hamstead is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

A5   Teeth [Hamstead Heath]

Q6 CLOTHES - What item of clothing did James Belcher give his name to in the 19th century ?

A6   Neckerchief, cravat, scarf

Q7 MEASUREMENTS - How many inches are in 12.7cm ?

A7  Five

Q8 CARS - Which car company produced the Firenza from 1970 to 1975; Adam from 2013 to 2019; and the

                  Insignia from 2008 to present day ?

A8 Vauxhall

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 beef - incorrect  Q6 chain - incorrect  Q7 half inch - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Service Uber Vehicle - incorrect  Q2 one - incorrect  Q3 M50 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 bread - incorrect  Q6 raglan sleeves - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 Fiat - incorrect

Total = two stars for two correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 five - incorrect  Q3 M56 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6  correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7  correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 none - incorrect  Q3 M8 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 chain - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 Fiat - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 four - incorrect  Q3 M42 - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct  awarded   Q6 hat - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[RafaC]

I've not done that well this time around but enjoyed it nonetheless, thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker             = 8 correct -  @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +   = 7 correct - @Spenny 

Bronze Thinker          = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker +        = 5 correct - @TallTrees  @gmarkj 

Red Thinker               = 4 correct - @J9el 

                            = 2 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS -  @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn 

Well done -

@Spenny             = Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM               = Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees           = Red Thinker + 

@gmarkj             = Red Thinker + 

@J9el                   = Red Thinker

@RafaC               =                  

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be  another "Odd Questions" edition of 8 questions with one questions on each of these subjects

- POSTCODES  MATHS   AIRPORT CODES   MAPS   PROVERBS   LANGUAGES   BRAND NAMES    CURRENCY  

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.