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White Room Quiz Mon 14 Sept 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories. 

 

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 is on holiday] and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

 

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.

 

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

 

    HISTORY   NATURE   MOVIES   GAMES

 

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

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Who did Mary Queen of Scots marry in 1558 ?   

      

Q2 [NATURE - 1] What animal is Sibbal`s rorqual better known as ?

 

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] Katherine Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1967 for her role in

                             which movie ?

 

Q4 [GAMES - 1] Shesh besh is a version of which English board game ?

 

Q5 [HISTORY - 2]  Who did Robert Bruce defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 ? 

 

Q6 [NATURE - 2]  Which tree do conkers come from ?

 

Q7 [MOVIES - 2]   Which 1960 movie had the tagline - "Check in. Relax. Take a shower" ? 

 

Q8 [GAMES - 2]  How many balls are on the table at the start of a game of pool ? 

 

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 14 September] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 15 September]

- 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 16 September

 

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

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 14 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 15 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 15 September 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.

 

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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@gmarkj -

worked this time

pm with your eight answers received

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Robert Kennedy.

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Well I know 2. Thinking cap time...
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Mi-Amigo
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Good luck @pgn 

Look forward to pm with your eight answers

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

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Interesting observation about the answer to Q1: he died aged the answer to Q8. Coincidence? I think not... 🤣
Incoming, @Mi-Amigo--->
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@pgn wrote:
Interesting observation about the answer to Q1: he died aged the answer to Q8. Coincidence? I think not... 🤣
Incoming, @Mi-Amigo--->

Tis true. Ear infection. Less than 2 years of 'wedded bliss' tongue_winking

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Thank you @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

 

@pgn and @Cleoriff 

any connection between answer to Q1 and Q8 is "purely coicidental" joy

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Two years wore him out - perhaps some truth in the adage about redheads? 🤔🤣
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Gentle reminder

@Anonymous  @Marjo  @LukasB  @O2Karl 

and any member who would like to take part in this quiz

there is still plenty of time - up to 11.50pm tonight [Tues] - to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck

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

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I am cooooming!!! Beware people the red thinker is back joy

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