Re: White Room Quiz Mon 15 Mar 2021 - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-03-2021

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition with eight questions which do not fit into the usual categories. Instead of the usual two questions on each of four categories, there is one question on each of the following subjects

CURRENCY INITIALS SIGNS FLAGS JOBS CARS NURSERY RHYMES ADVERTS

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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Cairdeas @Anonymous @Martin-O2

@TheresaV @LukasB

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 CURRENCY Which famous person appeared on the back of the last English £1 bank note issued

between Feb 1978 and Dec 1984 ?

Q2 INITIALS In the name of the bank, what do the initials HSBC stand for ?

Q3 SIGNS On UK road signs, what does three black cars on a white background in a red triangle

indicate ?

Q4 FLAGS How many blue stripes are there on the flag of Greece ?

Q5 JOBS What job did a pleacher do in Victorian times ?

Q6 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Panda and the Strada in the 1980s ?

Q7 NURSERY RHYMES In the nursery rhyme, Lucy Locket lost her pocket. Who found it ?

Q8 ADVERTS What was the name of the fictional female character who appeared with her "Papa" in

the TV adverts for the Renault Clio motor car ?

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 March 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 March 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 17 Mar 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 15 Mar 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 Mar 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 16 Mar 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-03-2021

THE RESULTS:

@pgn

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

@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

@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

@TheresaV

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 Shakespeare - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded

plus for six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 - correct - awarded Q4 3 - incorrect

Q5 wine making - incorrect Q6 Citreon - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: twofor two correct answers

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 · ‎17-03-2021

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct answers @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @TheresaV @LukasB

= 2 correct answers @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV - Red Thinker

@LukasB - Red Thinker

@Martin-O2 -

Everyone who took part got at least -

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be eight questions with two questions on each of the categories

SCIENCE [one question on biology; one on physics] WORDS MUSIC MOVIES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz 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.

TheresaV · ‎17-03-2021

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Cleoriff · ‎17-03-2021

Well done everyone and thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo

I see @LukasB and @TheresaV have both got red thinkers this week

PS. Next quiz PHYSICS?? FGS!

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MI5 · ‎17-03-2021

Good one @Mi-Amigo

Thanks and well done to all

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Cleoriff · ‎17-03-2021

@TheresaV wrote:
YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!

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TheresaV · ‎17-03-2021

@Cleoriff wrote:

Well done everyone and thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo

I see @LukasB and @TheresaV have both got red thinkers this week

PS. Next quiz PHYSICS?? FGS!

I am aiming for the top

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TallTrees · ‎17-03-2021

Monday's quiz couldn't join unfortunately..May have been v.good for me.
@Mi-Amigo
Possibly over 5 😢
Never mind onward...

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Cleoriff · ‎17-03-2021

@TheresaV

Good for you. Physics are the bane of my life.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎17-03-2021

@TallTrees wrote:
Monday's quiz couldn't join unfortunately..May have been v.good for me.
@Mi-Amigo
Possibly over 5 😢
Never mind onward...

Yes, I expect you would have known the pleacher question @TallTrees being an avid gardener. As I said earlier, it was on Alan Titchmarsh's Love My Garden on Monday night

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