White Room Quiz Mon 09 Jan 2023 - WRQ A to Z Quiz 3 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 3.

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 - June; K - Killers; L - Latin; M - Motorways; N - Numbers; O - Old money; P - Postcodes

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   @Comben   @J9el   @Spenny   @RafaC 

@Breanna   @adec 

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 - In finance, what do the initials FTSE stand for ?

Q2 J - JUNE - Name one of the three birthstones for the month of June

Q3 K - KILLERS - Serial killer Albert DeSalvo was better known by what nickname ?

Q4 L - LATIN - The Latin term "Ad Astra" means what ?

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - Which UK motorway links London, Oxford, and Birmingham ?

Q6 N - NUMBERS - How many sides does a nonagon have ?

Q7 O - OLD MONEY - In pre-decimal UK "old money", how many farthings were there in one pound [£1] ?

Q8 P - POSTCODES - What is the postcode for Middlesborough ?

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 09 Jan 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 11 Jan 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 11 Jan 2023

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 09 Jan,

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 11 Jan 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 11 Jan 2023 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

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo --->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Answers, but mainly guesses inbound. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Comben]

Answers submitted @Mi-Amigo.
Not sure I've done too well this week, but I managed to put a guess together for every answer so we'll see. Loving the Alphabet theme all the same though so thanks Mi-Amigo for making this quiz possible.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Comben 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

pms received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 I - INITIALS - In finance, what do the initials FTSE stand for ?

A1         Financial Times Stock Exchange

Q2 J - JUNE - Name one of the three birthstones for the month of June

A2        pearl, moonstone, or alexandrite.  Note - emerald is birthstone for May; jade is March or Aug.

Q3 K - KILLERS - Serial killer Albert DeSalvo was better known by what nickname ?

A3         Boston Strangler

Q4 L - LATIN - The Latin term "Ad Astra" means what ?

A4         To the stars

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS - Which UK motorway links London, Oxford, and Birmingham ?

A5          M40

Q6 N - NUMBERS - How many sides does a nonagon have ?

A6         nine [9]

Q7 O - OLD MONEY - In pre-decimal UK "old money", how many farthings were there in one pound [£1] ?

A7         960 - 4 farthings in 1 old penny x 240 old pennies in one pound.

Q8 P - POSTCODES - What is the postcode for Middlesborough ?

A8         TS1

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 correct -   Q2 emerald - incorrect  Q3 pass   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 M25 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 1000 - incorrect   Q8 M8 - incorrect

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@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

@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

@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

@Spenny 

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

Q5 M1 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 950 - incorrect   Q8 ML - incorrect.

 plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@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

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 12 - incorrect   Q8 MI - incorrect

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 emerald - incorrect  Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -                 Q7 correct -    Q8 MS - incorrect

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -        Q2 emerald - incorrect  Q3 Son of Sam - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 M5 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 20 - incorrect   Q8 MB - incorrect .

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 jade - incorrect  Q3 Cleveland Butcher - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 M1 - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 240 - incorrect   Q8 MB1 - incorrect

Total =  stars for three correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5   @jonsie  @pgn   @Cleoriff   

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                             = 4 correct - @Spenny 

3 stars                                       = 3 correct - @RafaC  @J9el   @Comben  

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @jonsie  @pgn  @Cleoriff 

Well done

@BobM        - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj      - Red Thinker + star

@Spenny      - Red Thinker

@RafaC        - 3 stars

@J9el            - 3 stars

@Comben     - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least three stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be the White Room Quiz A to Z Quiz 3 part 3

with 8 questions, with one question related to a letter of the alphabet =

          - R - RHYMING SLANG;   S - SHAPES;   T - TUBE STATIONS;   U - UNDERWATER;   V - VEHICLES;

            W - WINDS;   Y - YESTERDAY;   Z - ZIP CODES 

and will be posted on a separate thread sortly.

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