White Room Quiz Mon 08 Jan 2024 A - Z Quiz 7 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 A to Z Quiz 7.

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 - LATIN; M - MOTORWAYS; N - NURSERY RHYMES; O - ORANGE;

 P - PSOTCODES.

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 [Mon] and

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 @J9el @Oxonian @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 - INITIALS - What do the initials GPS, technology as navigation, stand for ? 

Q2 J - JANUARY - What is the British birth flower for the month of January ?

Q3 K - KILLERS - Serial killer Harold Shipman was found guilty in Jan 2000 of murdering 15 patients

                               under his care. Where was he a GP from 1977 and established his own surgery in 1993 ?

Q4 L - LATIN - What does the Latin phrase "omnia vincit amor" mean ?

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - The British M180 Motorway crosses which river ?

Q6 N - NURSERY RHYMES - The nursery rhyme, "I had a little nut tree" tells a "little nut tree had nothing

                                                to bear but a silver nutmeg and .... " what ?

Q7 O - ORANGE - In British heraldry, the colour orange is know by what term ?

Q8 P - POSTCODES - CV37 6QW is the British postcode for the birthplace of which famous person ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 08 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 10 Jan 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 10 Jan 2024

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 08 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 10 Jan 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 10 Jan 2024 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]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 I - INITIALS - What do the initials GPS, technology as navigation, stand for ? 

A1    Global Positioning System

Q2 J - JANUARY - What is the British birth flower for the month of January ?

A2     carnation or snowdrop - either accepted as correct answer

Q3 K - KILLERS - Serial killer Harold Shipman was found guilty in Jan 2000 of murdering 15 patients

                               under his care. Where was he a GP from 1977 and established his own surgery in 1993 ?

A3    Hyde, Manchester

Q4 L - LATIN - What does the Latin phrase "omnia vincit amor" mean ?

A4    Love conquers all things

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - The British M180 Motorway crosses which river ?

A5    River Trent

Q6 N - NURSERY RHYMES - The nursery rhyme, "I had a little nut tree" tells a "little nut tree had nothing

                                                to bear but a silver nutmeg and .... " what ?

A6   "golden pear"

Q7 O - ORANGE - In British heraldry, the colour orange is know by what term ?

A7    tenne

Q8 P - POSTCODES - CV37 6QW is the British postcode for the birthplace of which famous person ?

A8   William Shakespeare

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

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

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -                 Q2 pass  Q3 correct -              Q4 pass.

Q5 Humber - incorrect   Q6 pass Q7 tincture - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@TallTrees 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 Tyne - incorrect  Q6 leaves - incorrect  Q7 amber - incorrect Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 sunflower - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 "I love you" - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 nuts - incorrect           Q7 pass              Q8 David Bowie - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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 - @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct  - @MI5 @TallTrees @pgn @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Oxonian @Dave-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS- @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Well done

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker + star

@TallTrees - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker + star

@Oxonian - 3 stars

@TallTrees  - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in WRQ A- Z 7 part 3 today, when there

will be 8 questions, with one question on each of the following subjects

  Q - QUOTES; R - RHYMING SLANG; S - SYMBOLS; T - TATTOOS; U - UNDERGROUND STATIONS;

  V - VEHICLES; W - WINDS; Z - ZEROS.

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[TallTrees]

Yay thank you @Mi-Amigo  Good questions for me🙃

 

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo. Well done everyone. 😊

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Sorry folks

For some reason, the RESULTS didn`t post on thread so I`m going to post them below, so you can see which questions you got right or wrong.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

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

@MI5 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass  Q3 correct -   Q4 pass.

Q5 Humber - incorrect   Q6 pass  Q7 tincture - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@TallTrees 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 Tyne - incorrect  Q6 leaves - incorrect  Q7 amber - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 sunflower - incorrect Q3 correct -   Q4 "I love you" - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 nuts - incorrect           Q7 pass             Q8 David Bowie - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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]

@Mi-Amigo 

They have posted now. So twice posted 😂

[gmarkj]

More than happy with that - 2 guesses correct, but 3 not.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo