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White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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

 

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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].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 09 Feb 2021 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  

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie 

Pleased you liked the quiz and well done on getting the Silver Thinker

Hope you like today`s WRQ Valentines Quiz with 10 questions inc a couple of to think about...

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Enjoying the banter on this WRQ smiling

Pleased with my red thinker

Thank you, once again, @Mi-Amigo for compiling the quiz rose

Well done all. 

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Thank you @Anonymous 

Pleased you enjoyed the game [and the banter] and well done on getting a Red Thinker + star

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

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