White Room Quiz Mon 12 Oct 2020 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎12-10-2020

Welcome to

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

Instead of the usual eight questions with two questions on each of four categories, today`s Quiz is an ever-popular ODD questions White Room Quiz with one question on each of the following subjects:

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES NICKNAMES FLAGS SAYINGS - and a new subject DANCE

There is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] but some questions are easier and a couple are "head-scratchers"

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 @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @LukasB @Martin-O2 and O2 Guru @O2Karl

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [CURRENCY] Which pre-decimal British coin featured a portcullis ?

Q2 [PIRATES] By what name was British pirate John Rackham better known ?

Q3 [INITIALS] What do the initials DVLA stand for ?

Q4 [CODES] What is the postcode for 11 Downing Street, London - the residence of the Chancellor of

the Exchequer ?

Q5 [NICKNAMES] "Auld Reekie" is the nickname of which British city ?

Q6 [FLAGS] Which creature is featured on the flag of Bhutan ?

Q7 [SAYINGS] What are the missing words from this well-known saying

"Don`t count your -------- before they ------ " ?

Q8 [DANCE] Which dance is said to have been introduced into England at Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire

by Lady Caroline Lamb ?

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 12 Oct] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 13 Oct]

- 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 18 October.

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 12 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 13 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 13 October 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 enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it 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 · ‎12-10-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

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.

LukasB · ‎12-10-2020

been waiting for this all weekend! I want a thinker haha

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