White Room Quiz Mon 11 Jan 2021 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-01-2021

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. Whilst compiling last Wednesday`s

White Room Quiz, I came across further odd questions, which didn`t make it into last Wednesday`s quiz

So, today`s quiz will be eight "odd questions" with one question on each of these subjects

ANTIQUES SLANG COLOURS ANAGRAMS LANGUAGE DANCE TIME FASHION

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 @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

note: there is one QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people think.

Q1 ANTIQUES What two colours are the "Willow Pattern" on antique plates ?

Q2 SLANG "Mince pies" is Cockney rhyming slang for what ?

Q3 COLOURS What colour is quartz citrine ?

Q4 ANAGRAMS What English word is the anagram of WRONG ?

Q5 LANGUAGE "Vingt-et-un" is French for which number in English ?

Q6 DANCE In which country did the Paso Doble dance originate in the 16th century ?

Q7 TIME How many hours are there in an English fortnight ?

Q8 FASHION What item of clothing were Oxford Bags ?

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 11 Jan 20121] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 12 Jan 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 13 Jan 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 11 Jan 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 12 Jan 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 12 Jan 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

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

pgn · ‎13-01-2021

Woohoo! @LukasB and I are level-pegging this time around 🤣

Have to watch out for those sneaky QI style questions, d'oh !

Well done all, loadsa Thinkers this week - thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎13-01-2021

Thank you @pgn and well done on getting a Bronze Thinker and

As you said, quizzers have to watch out for, and possibly try and work out, which is the QI-style question when there is one in the quiz.

The good news is that there is no QI-style question in today`s WRQ Regulars` Choice Quiz which is now up on a separate thread - but there are a couple of tricky questions

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

LukasB · ‎13-01-2021

ME RIGHT NOW

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LukasB · ‎13-01-2021

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LukasB · ‎13-01-2021

WHY AM I A GENIUS???

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MI5 · ‎13-01-2021

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TheresaV · ‎13-01-2021

I am afraid I doubt that I will do too well on today's @Mi-Amigo Even though I voted for two of the categories myself! Maybe I will let @LukasB celebrate for a little bit longer until I take the throne

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LukasB · ‎13-01-2021

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LukasB · ‎13-01-2021

I would like to thank the academy @Mi-Amigo and @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff for making this possible

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MI5 · ‎13-01-2021

Speech !!

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

Currently using:
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