White Room Quiz Mon 07 Sept 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-09-2020

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 @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 [ @LukasB is on holiday] and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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.

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

LITERATURE SCIENCE [one Biology; one Chemistry] MUSIC

and two ODD questions - one on MOTOR CARS; one on CURRENCY

One of the questions is a QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [LITERATURE - 1] Wackford Squeers is a character in which Charles Dickens novel ?

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1 BIOLOGY] Where in the human body are the hypothenar muscles ?

Q3 [MUSIC - 1] The hydraulis, invented 246BC, was an early version of which musical instrument ?

Q4 [ODD- 1 MOTOR CARS] Which British motor car was the first to sell 1,000,000 ?

Q5 [LITERATURE - 2] Samuel Clements was the real name of which author ?

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2 CHEMISTRY] Which of the following is NOT a chemical symbol for an element in the

periodic table - Ge Pe Te Xe ?

Q7 [MUSIC - 2] Who recorded albums entitled "Six Wives Of Henrey VIII" and "Journey To The Centre

Of The Earth" ?

Q8 [ODD -2 CURRENCY] Hryvnia is the currency of which country?

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 07 September] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 08 September]

- 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 09 September

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 07 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 08 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 08 September 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-09-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [LITERATURE - 1] Wackford Squeers is a character in which Charles Dickens novel ?

A1 Nicholas Nickleby

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1 BIOLOGY] Where in the human body are the hypothenar muscles ?

A2 palm of the hand - group of three control motion of little finger

Q3 [MUSIC - 1] The hydraulis, invented 246BC, was an early version of which musical instrument ?

A3 organ - hydraulis was a water organ invented by Ctesibus of Alexandria

Q4 [ODD- 1 MOTOR CARS] Which British motor car was the first to sell 1,000,000 ?

A4 this was the QI-style question. The answer is not the Mini, which some people think, but the

Morris Minor

Q5 [LITERATURE - 2] Samuel Clements was the real name of which author ?

A5 Mark Twain

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2 CHEMISTRY] Which of the following is NOT a chemical symbol for an element in the

periodic table - Ge Pe Te Xe ?

A6 Pe - Ge = germanium; Te = tellurium; Xe = Xenon

Interestingly, if pelopium, proposed as the name for a new element found by Heinrich Rose in

1845, had been accepted as an element in the periodic table, it would have had the symbol Pe

Q7 [MUSIC - 2] Who recorded albums entitled "Six Wives Of Henrey VIII" and "Journey To The Centre

Of The Earth" ?

A7 Rick Wakeman

Q8 [ODD -2 CURRENCY] Hryvnia is the currency of which country?

A8 Ukraine

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 · ‎09-09-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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 eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@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 eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 Tale of Two Cities - incorrect Q2 ear - incorrect Q3 accordian - incorrect

Q4 Mini - incorrect Q5 Byron - incorrect Q6 Te - incorrect

Q7 London Philamonic Orchestra - incorrect; but, interestingly, the London Symphany orchestra did

perform on Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Q8 Kazackstan - incorrect

sorry, no stars this time

@jonsie

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 eight 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 eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass

Q8 pass plus, for more than four correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 One Flew Over The Cuckoo`s Nest - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded

Q3 harp - incorrect Q4 Vauxhall - incorrect Q5 Charles Dickens - incorrect

Q6 Te - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 Hungary - incorrect

Total: one for one correct answer

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 · ‎09-09-2020

AWARDS:

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

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @gmarkj

= for one correct answer - @Marjo

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@Marjo -

Sorry, @Anonymous no stars this time

Thank you everyone who took part and I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be posted shortly on a separate thread with eight question - with two question from each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY SPACE WORDS ART [one question on paintings; one on sculptures]

@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.

MI5 · ‎09-09-2020

Well done everyone and thanks

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Cleoriff · ‎09-09-2020

Well done one and all and thanks @Mi-Amigo for another great quiz.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-09-2020

Thank you @MI5 and @Cleoriff

Well done and I`m glad you enjoyed the quiz.

I hope you like today`s WRQ questions.

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

MI5 · ‎09-09-2020

Glad the QI question wasn't the Mini as I knew of 1,000,000 Minors and then debated in my head which came first.

The special edition was made in 1960 to celebrate the achievement.

340 were made to a unique specification, and all but one car have build dates in December 1960 – scattered among the production of regular Minors, but with all being given consecutive chassis numbers.

Formally announced on 4 January 1961, all 350 Minor Millions were two-door De Luxe models. Just 30 had left-hand drive, and all were painted lilac, matched to ‘white gold’ ivory leather trim. As well as the off-white hide seats with their black piping, the Million featured black carpets, chrome rimbellishers, and special ‘Minor 1000000’ motifs on the bonnet and the boot.

https://drive-my.com/en/blogs/entry/morris-minor-million-inside-story.html

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Mi-Amigo · ‎09-09-2020

Thank you for the post with additional information on the 1,000,000th Morris Minor @MI5

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

Cleoriff · ‎09-09-2020

My Dad had a Morris Minor and at one time belonged to the Morris Minor Club.

He was a bit of a jack the lad though, and realised it wasn't cool to have a MM. It spoiled his 'image'.

Veritas Numquam Perit

gmarkj · ‎09-09-2020

I automatically put the Mini, and then remembered a talk I had with someone at the Mini 40 event at Silverstone where I was put right...

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