White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is another "Odd Questions" edition, with eight "odd questions" with one question on each of these subjects

MONEY INITIALS CODES NURSERY RHYMES MATHS JOBS POLITICS SAYINGS

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 @TallTrees @Anonymous @Martin-O2 @LukasB

@TheresaV @Marjo

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 MONEY. Which item of English currency ceased to be legal tender in March 1988 ?

Q2 INITIALS. What do the initials UHF stand for in radio broadcasting?

Q3 CODES. In morse code, what three-letter word is represented by

- . - . .- -

Q4 NURSERY RHYMES. In the nursery rhyme, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier" what occupation follows "soldier"?

Q5 MATHS. What is 80% of 400?

Q6 JOBS. What did a cordwainer make?

Q7 POLITICS. What was the name of the British political party which changed its name in 1985 to

the Green Party?

Q8 SAYINGS. What are the two missing words in this well-known saying

"Early to bed, early to rise; makes a man healthy, ------- , and ---- " ?

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 08 Feb 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021]

- 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 10 Feb 2021

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 08 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021].

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The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

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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

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

pgn · ‎08-02-2021

Kerplunk, @Mi-Amigo...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Thank you @pgn

gif is err interesting [?] but does make my eyes go

pm with your 8 answers received

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

Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

Terrible gif @pgn ....Why you couldn't have found one of the most successful driver in F1, I'll never know.

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎08-02-2021

@Cleoriff wrote:
Why you couldn't have found one of the most successful driver in F1, I'll never know.

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Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Why you couldn't have found one of the most successful driver in F1, I'll never know.

Yeah excellent in his era...but still not the most SUCCESSFUL of all time @MI5 That title belongs to one person only...

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎08-02-2021

Stats innit

Fangio:

5 WDC (63% success rate)

51 races

24 wins (47% win rate)

35 posiums (69%)

29 poles (57%)

23 fastest laps (45%)

all in 8 years

Lewis:

7 WDC (54% success rate)

266 races

95 wins (36% win rate)

165 podiums (62%)

98 poles (37%)

53 fatest laps (20%)

all in 13 years (so far)

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Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

Impressive stats which I'm aware of. In the era when a car broke down they went and jumped into another....

51 races v 266 races....

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎08-02-2021

What have I started...

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MI5 · ‎08-02-2021

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Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

@pgn wrote:
What have I started...

Just posting a pic of the biggest cheat in F1, did it for me @pgn

Veritas Numquam Perit