White Room Quiz Mon 07 Nov 2022 - Return of A to Z Quiz part 2

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the second part of the three-part Return of the A to Z Quiz.

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories - there are 8 questions,

with one question on each of 8 subjects - each based on a letter of the alphabet

 I INITIALS;  J JANUARY;  K KILLERS;  L LOGOS;  M MOTORWAYS;  N NUMBERS;  O ORANGE;  P POSTCODES 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between from 12 noon today [Mon] to 03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @gmarkj  @MI5   @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben  @J9el  @adec @RafaC 

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 I - INITALS - In the name of the store, what do the initials B & Q stand for ?

Q2 J - JANUARY - January replaced which month as the first month of the year in the Roman calendar ?

Q3 K - KILLERS - What was the name of the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper ?

Q4 L - LOGOS - How many white spots in total are on the logo for Dominos Pizzas ?

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - How many service station are there in total on the M25 ?

                                       [you don`t have to name them, I just want the total number]

Q6 N - NUMBERS - What is the total sum if all the numbers on a roulette wheel are added up together ?

Q7 O - ORANGE - What type of insect is an orange-tip ?

Q8 P - POSTCODES - GY10 was designated as the postcode of where in the Channel Islands in 2011 ?

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 07 Nov] and up to 03.00am Wed 09 2022] .

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 09 Nov 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 between 12 noon today [Mon 07 Nov] and before 03.00am Wed 09 Nov 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 09 Nov 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

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  ---> 👍

[TallTrees]

ANSWERS IN @Mi-Amigo  🙄

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

pm with your answers received

[Comben]

Answers submitted Mi-Amigo.

Edited to say you beat me to it as I was looking for a B&Q gif! 😂 (Had to settle for a png in the end)

A suitably named png for the different theme in the WRQ this month.

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben for the png

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 I - INITALS - In the name of the store, what do the initials B & Q stand for ?

A1       Block & Quayle

Q2 J - JANUARY - January replaced which month as the first month of the year in the Roman calendar ?

A2        March

Q3 K - KILLERS - What was the name of the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper ?

A3         Peter Sutcliffe

Q4 L - LOGOS - How many white spots in total are on the logo for Dominos Pizzas ?

A4         three

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - How many service station are there in total on the M25 ?

                                       [you don`t have to name them, I just want the total number]

A5          four

Q6 N - NUMBERS - What is the total sum if all the numbers on a roulette wheel are added up together ?

A6          666

Q7 O - ORANGE - What type of insect is an orange-tip ?

A7          butterfly

Q8 P - POSTCODES - GY10 was designated as the postcode of where in the Channel Islands in 2011 ?

A8          Sark. This was the "catch you out" question as some might think GY means Guernsey.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 5 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Month of LukasB - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 71 - incorrect  Q7 spider - incorrect   Q8 Guernsey - incorrect.

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Brick & Quarry - incorrect Q2 Janus - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 25 - incorrect  Q6 121 - incorrect  Q7 mosquito - incorrect  Q8 Guernsey - incorrect

Total = one star for one correct

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 5 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 Bargains & Quality - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 5 - incorrect

Q5 3 - incorrect Q6 pass  Q7 correct -   Q8 pass

Total = three stars for three correct

@BobM 

Q1 Build & Quality - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 6 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 Guernsey - incorrect

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 Baker - incorrect; Quayle - correct - half  for part correct  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -  

Q4 correct -    Q5 9 - incorrect    Q6 255 - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 Guernsey - incorrect.

 plus for 4 correct answers + 1 part correct

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5  @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + half star           = 4 correct + 1 part correct - @Comben  

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @TallTrees 

1 star                                        = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @pgn 

Well done

@Cleoriff    - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie       - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM       - Red Thinker + star 

@Comben   - Red Thinker + half star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@TallTrees   - 3 stars 

@RafaC       - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

the third and final part of Return of the A to Z Quiz 8 questions, with one question on each of these subjects -  R - Rhyming Slang; S - Statues; T - Tube Stations; U - Uniforms; V - Vehicles; W - Weather;

   Y - Yellow; Z - Zeros

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.