White Room Quiz Mon 11 Sept 2023 "Numbers" edition

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ quiz is a "Numbers" edition of 8 questions - with one question on each of these categories 

    SCIENCE  NATURE  LITERATURE  MUSIC  MOVIES  TV  SPORT GAMES

The answer to each question is a number.

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 @J9el @Spenny @BobM 

our Community Manager @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 SCIENCE - What is the atomic number of oxygen ?

Q2 NATURE - How many days is the gestation period of a gerbil ?

Q3 LITERATURE - How many books in total [Old Testament and New Testament] in King James Bible ?

Q4 MUSIC - How many quavers in a semibreve ?

Q5 MOVIES - How many characters did Peter Sellers play in movie "Dr Strangelove" ?

                        [you don`t have to name them]

Q6 TV - How many episodes of 1960s British TV drama series "The Prisoner" were made and screened ?

Q7 SPORT - What number shirt did Lioness Alessia Russo wear in Women`s World Cup Final in 2023 ?

Q8 GAMES - How high, in inches, is the net in table tennis ?

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 11 Sept

2023] and before 03.00am Wed 13 Sept 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 06 Sept 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 11 Sept

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 13 Sept 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 13 Sept 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks @jonsie 

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[Dave-O2]

Answers are in @Mi-Amigo 📬

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

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pm with your answers received

[Spenny]

Hey, hey @Mi-Amigo answers have been pinged over the net to you

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>>> Reckon I only got one or two right! Must be out of practice, as I’ve just got back from my holibobs!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

all answers received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SCIENCE - What is the atomic number of oxygen ?

A1   8

Q2 NATURE - How many days is the gestation period of a gerbil ?

A2   24 - 28

Q3 LITERATURE - How many books in total [Old Testament and New Testament] in King James Bible ?

A3   80 [Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha]; 66 [without Apocrypha].

        I`ll accept either as correct answer

Q4 MUSIC - How many quavers in a semibreve ?

A4    8

Q5 MOVIES - How many characters did Peter Sellers play in movie "Dr Strangelove" ?

                        [you don`t have to name them]

A5   3

Q6 TV - How many episodes of 1960s British TV drama series "The Prisoner" were made and screened ?

A6  17

Q7 SPORT - What number shirt did Lioness Alessia Russo wear in Women`s World Cup Final in 2023 ?

A7   23

Q8 GAMES - How high, in inches, is the net in table tennis ?

A8    6

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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 45 - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 4 - incorrect  Q6 14 - incorrect  Q7 correct -       Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -      Q3 70 - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 15 - incorrect  Q7 correct -       Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 75 - incorrect  Q4 4 - incorrect .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 14 - incorrect   Q3 5 - incorrect     Q4 6 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 30 - incorrect    Q7 10 - incorrect  Q8  5 - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@Spenny 

Q1 correct -   Q2 42 - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 2 - incorrect .

Q5 correct -   Q6 30 - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 4 - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 9 - incorrect   Q2 90 - incorrect   Q3 correct -   Q4 0 - incorrect .

Q5 5 - incorrect   Q6 10 - incorrect   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 16 - incorrect   Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker