White Room Quiz Mon 09 Nov 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-11-2020

Welcome to

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

Normally the White Room Quiz has eight questions - with two questions from four categories, but today`s White Room Quiz is an ever-popular "Odd Questions" edition - with eight questions which don`t fall in the usual categories but, instead, there in one question on each of the following subjects

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES FLAGS SAYINGS SIGNS and one "LEFT-OVER" question

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 @Anonymous

and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 CURRENCY The groat, introduced in England in 1280, was worth how many old pennies ?

Q2 PIRATES Pirates in the 18th century subjected sailors of ships they captured to keelhauling.

What, briefly, did keelhauling involve ?

Q3 INITIALS What do the initials of the United States` "C.I.A" stand for ?

Q4 CODES According to the British Highway Code, what is the stopping distance of a vehicle

travelling at 30mph ? [answer can be in metres or feet]

Q5 FLAGS Which country`s flag has a 12-pointed white star, below a gold line, on a blue field ?

Q6 SAYINGS What are the two missing words from this well-known saying

Don`t kill the ----- that lays the ------ egg ?

Q7 SIGNS What shape is the road traffic sign for GIVE WAY on British road ?

Q8 "LEFT-OVER" - question "left-over" from the "Bonfire Night" edition of the WRQ on Wedneday

Who was the firework the "Catherine Wheel" named after

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 09 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 10 November]

- 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 11 November

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 09 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 10 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 10 November 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

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 · ‎11-11-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff for giving the gentle reminder.

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your eight answers received - before deadline last night

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-11-2020

ANSWERS:

Q1 CURRENCY The groat, introduced in England in 1280, was worth how many old pennies ?

A1 4d

Q2 PIRATES Pirates in the 18th century subjected sailors of ships they captured to keelhauling.

What, briefly, did keelhauling involve ?

A2 sailor tied on a line looped under ship; thrown overboard and dragged under ship`s keel.

Q3 INITIALS What do the initials of the United States` "C.I.A" stand for ?

A3 Central Intelligence Agency

Q4 CODES According to the British Highway Code, what is the stopping distance of a vehicle

travelling at 30mph ? [answer can be in metres or feet]

A4 23 metres; 75 feet

Q5 FLAGS Which country`s flag has a 12-pointed white star, below a gold line, on a blue field ?

A5 Nauru

Q6 SAYINGS What are the two missing words from this well-known saying

Don`t kill the ----- that lays the ------ egg ?

A6 goose; golden

Q7 SIGNS What shape is the road traffic sign for GIVE WAY on British road ?

A7 triangular [inverted]

Q8 "LEFT-OVER" - question "left-over" from the "Bonfire Night" edition of the WRQ on Wedneday

Who was the firework the "Catherine Wheel" named after

A8 Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who was tortured on a wheel.

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

MI5 · ‎11-11-2020

Welcome back 🙂

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pgn · ‎11-11-2020

Yes, @Mi-Amigo, what @MI5 said.

Hope you are on the road to recovery 👍

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-11-2020

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 Pleasant Islands - as former name of Nauru, I`ll award half

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 5 - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 10m - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 12 - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 round - incorrect Q8 pass.

Total: for three correct answers

@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

@Anonymous

Q1 6 - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded

Q3 Criminal [incorrect] Intelligence Agency [correct] - for part correct - awarded half

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

Q8 Egyptian deity - as St Catherine was from Alexandria [one time in Egypt] I`ll be generous and award half

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Nambia - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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 · ‎11-11-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + + half = for seven correct + one part correct - @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

Red Thinker + = for five correct answers - @Martin-O2

Red Thinker + two half = for four correct + two part correct - @Anonymous

= for three correct answers - @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5 @pgn

Well done

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker + + half

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2 - Red Thinker +

@Anonymous - Red Thinker + two half

@LukasB -

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be up on a separate thread shortly.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.

@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 · ‎11-11-2020

Thank you @MI5 and @pgn for your kind thoughts.

I`m feeling much better and glad to be back on the Community.

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

MI5 · ‎11-11-2020

Nice one and well done everyone 👍

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pgn · ‎11-11-2020

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

And I can see how unpleasant Nauru became, had no idea until @Cleoriff used the name as her answer (there is one off the coast of Alaska too, I think, a Pleasant Isle.).

https://globuswarwick.com/2017/06/24/pleasant-island-no-more-a-cautionary-tale-from-the-end-of-the-w...

Well done everyone. Keel hauling was a challenge, but mentioned in PoC, I think.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎11-11-2020

Thank you @MI5 and @pgn

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting the Silver Thinker.

Hope you like the questions in today`s quiz which is now up on a separate thread.

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