White Room Quiz - Mon 15 June 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-06-2020

Welcome to

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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 WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

HISTORY SCIENCE LITERATURE SPORT

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] The War of Jenkin`s Ear was a conflict between Britain and which other country?

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: BIOLOGY] Phthisis is a former name for which disease?

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] What was the name of the "man cub" in "The Jungle Book"?

Q4 [SPORT - 1] What was the surname of the two brothers who played for England in the FIFA World Cup in 1966?

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] Who defeated Guthrum of Denmark at Edington in 878AD?

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: PHYSICS] What, in physics, is tribology the study of?

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote "The Day Of The Jackel"?

Q8 [SPORT - 2] What is the name of the venue in Sheffield where snooker tournaments are held?

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 15 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 16 June]

- 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 17 June.

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 15 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 16 June 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 - with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions - and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have 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.

pgn · ‎16-06-2020

Welcome back, @jonsie.

Killer quiz to come back to, though 😁

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎16-06-2020

Gentle reminder @Anonymous and @Marjo

there is still plenty of time to pm me with your eight answers to this Quiz

- and I hope you don`t find the questions are "killers" this time

You have until 11.59pm tonight [Tuesday] to pm your answers - Good luck

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 · ‎17-06-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] The War of Jenkin`s Ear was a conflict between Britain and which other country?

A1: Spain

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: BIOLOGY] Phthisis is a former name for which disease?

A2: tuberculosis - TB

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] What was the name of the "man cub" in "The Jungle Book"?

A3: Mowgli

Q4 [SPORT - 1] What was the surname of the two brothers who played for England in the FIFA World Cup in 1966?

A4: Charlton - Bobby and Jacky

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] Who defeated Guthrum of Denmark at Edington in 878AD?

A5: Alfred the Great

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: PHYSICS] What, in physics, is tribology the study of?

A6: friction, the lubrication and wear of surfaces

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote "The Day Of The Jackel"?

A7: Frederick Forsyth

Q8 [SPORT - 2] What is the name of the venue in Sheffield where snooker tournaments are held?

A8: The Crucible

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 · ‎17-06-2020

THE 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

@LukasB

Q1 France - incorrect Q2 pocks - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 Noel and Liam Gallagher - incorrect Q5 Henry - incorrect Q6 tribes - incorrect

Q7 Noel and Liam Gallagher - incorrect Q8 pub - incorrect

Total - one for one correct answer

@Cleoriff

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

@gmarkj

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Harold - incorrect Q6 pass

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

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 France - incorrect Q2 pneumonia - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 Harvey - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 air currents - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total: two for two correct answers

@Anonymous

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

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than 4 correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@pgn

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

Q4 Chuckle - incorrect Q5 Jabberwocky - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

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

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

Anonymous · ‎17-06-2020

Happy with that.. some proper stinkers in there. TB was a complete guess!

Thanks for hosting @Mi-Amigo

LukasB · ‎17-06-2020

HAHA oh lord - this is embarassing!!!! Thanks @Mi-Amigo and congrats to all the (S)thinkers

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MI5 · ‎17-06-2020

Enjoyed that one

Well done everyone.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎17-06-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj @pgn

Red Thinker + = for five correct answers - @Anonymous

= for two correct answers - @Martin-O2

= for one correct answer - @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie

and Well Done everyone... all those taking part received an award [of at least ]

I hope everyone enjoyed this quiz and will take part in today`s, which will be posted on a separate thread around 9.00am.

The questions for today`s WRQ will be two from these categories

PEOPLE PLACES MOVIES

and two ever-popular "odd" questions - one "numbers", the other "sayings"

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

pgn · ‎17-06-2020

Well done all, that was a truly tribological quiz for the start of a week this week, thanks @Mi-Amigo! 🤔🤣

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-06-2020

Thank you @Anonymous @LukasB @MI5 @pgn for your comments

I`m please you enjoyed the quiz - even though, I admit, there a couple of "stinkers" this time.

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