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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
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 
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
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Thanks for your clarification @Mi-Amigo.
I love these quizzes and yes they certainly give us all something else to concentrate on to take our minds off what is going on in the outside world.
They are fun and we wouldn't take part if we didn't enjoy them.
The subjects I shudder at are physics and chemistry... as back in my days at school, they were subjects only taught to the boys. The girls took subjects to prepare them for being a good wife and mother!! (needlework and cookery).
Good job I now love motorsports and am married to someone who was a quizmaster himself and have taken part in numerous pub quizzes..
Carry on with the good work you do. On a personal note, I am so grateful I have these quizzes to look forward to every week. Keeps my old brain active. (sometimes) 
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@Cleoriff wrote:
@gmarkj wrote:
I'll have to hold my hand up as a cheater on the books front - have consulted my daughter's encyclopaedia/dictionary on a few occasions...Nonsense @gmarkj. Cheater my ass.
@Mi-Amigohas already said a 'misinterpretation of the rules'...so no-one can be blamed for anything.
Well said @Cleoriff
No way are you a cheater @gmarkj and I`m not blaming anyone for anything - least of all a possible misinterpretation of the rules.
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After a stab at an answer, I have been known to reach to my left and lift the Shakespeare Character Compendium, or the Pears (now missing, I note!) and the ClassicFM Guide to Composers off the bookshelf and such... So I should really go with my knowledge, or best guess.
The Current WRQ was an absolute wonder, or at least I hope it will have been when @Mi-Amigo releases the results tomorrow - no monarchs or battles y'see 👍😇
I enjoy the rest of recall, like the Dalek question - took me several hours, before it popped into my head in the morning of the next day, so that should be my MO now on - chain the left hand to the arm of the sofa 🤠🤪
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Someone must have said something...
Please have the decency to own up
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Reading all comments today..I am astonished that WispaRed7 decided to leave the community. Nothing from me either and I can't imagine anyone would.
Wispa has a sympathy with animals and nature is a good person and I hope she knows we will miss her contribution here❤
Good luck Jane and take care.
Wispa has a sympathy with animals and nature is a good person and I hope she knows we will miss her contribution here❤
Good luck Jane and take care.
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While it is true that I did pm WispaRed7 about her answers to this WRQ, I certainly did NOT accuse her of cheating and nor did I say or imply that anyone had made any accusations about her.
However as the contents of PM's are meant to be private, I have no intention of revealing on a public forum anything which was said by either me or WispaRed 7 in our exchange of pm`s. What was said was between WispaRed7 and myself. All I will say is, the pm`s closed amicably with no offence taken.
To repeat, I certainly did NOT accuse her of cheating and I'm shocked that she has left.
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THE ANSWERS:
Q1 CURRENCY Which famous person appeared on the back of the last English £1 bank note issued
between Feb 1978 and Dec 1984 ?
A1 Sir Isaac Newton
Q2 INITIALS In the name of the bank, what do the initials HSBC stand for ?
A2 HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Q3 SIGNS On UK road signs, what does three black cars on a white background in a red triangle
indicate ?
A3 traffic queues likely
Q4 FLAGS How many blue stripes are there on the flag of Greece ?
A4 five blue stripes
Q5 JOBS What job did a pleacher do in Victorian times ?
A5 laid/weaved hedges
Q6 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Panda and the Strada in the 1980s ?
A6 FIAT
Q7 NURSERY RHYMES In the nursery rhyme, Lucy Locket lost her pocket. Who found it ?
A7 Kitty Fisher
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 ?
A8 Nicole
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Well that's cleared that up @Mi-Amigo.
Yes you are correct, PM's between members are private and not to be shared publicly. Also pleased to hear the PM's between you and Jane were closed amicably.
I suggest we move on and get back to the WRQ. 
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I had to laugh regarding the question about Pleaching.
If anyone had watched Alan Titchmarsh and his I Love My Garden show on Monday night, you would have seen him doing a bit of pleaching (as he called it) on a fence. 
