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White Room Quiz Mon 15 Mar 2021

Mi-Amigo
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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

 

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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 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  

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Thank you @Cleoriff and @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on getting a Silver Thinker

 

Thank you @TheresaV 

I think this is the first time we`ve had a gif in the results. Well done on getting a Red Thinker

 

Sorry you missed out on this WRQ @TallTrees 

Over 5 correct and you could have got a Bronze Thinker for six correct

 

Hope everyone likes some of the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread 

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Well done all on this WRQ, first time getting my answers in ahead of the rush 🤠

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo, and today's ones are, well...

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Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you liked the Quiz and well done of being the first to pm your answers and getting a Silver Thinker.

Good luck with the questions in today`s WRQ 

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@TheresaV 

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


I am not good at aiming though just saying joy So don't expect much sweat_smile

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @Cleoriff and @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on getting a Silver Thinker

 

Thank you @TheresaV 

I think this is the first time we`ve had a gif in the results. Well done on getting a Red Thinker

 

Sorry you missed out on this WRQ @TallTrees 

Over 5 correct and you could have got a Bronze Thinker for six correct

 

Hope everyone likes some of the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread 


Oh I got so into the gifs now @Mi-Amigo, it's hard to not use them in all of my messages joy

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Well done everyone! I clearly have some more swatting up to do before the next quiz sweat_smile Had fun as always though. 

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@Martin-O2 wrote:

Well done everyone! I clearly have some more swatting up to do before the next quiz sweat_smile Had fun as always though. 


Thank you @Martin-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and you did get two star so it`s onward and upward.

Good luck with your swotting and you might overtake your admin rivals @TheresaV and @LukasB who are no doubt off celebrating each of them getting a Red Thinker this time joy

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@Martin-O2 wrote:

Well done everyone! I clearly have some more swatting up to do before the next quiz sweat_smile Had fun as always though. 


Thank you @Martin-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and you did get two star so it`s onward and upward.

Good luck with your swotting and you might overtake your admin rivals @TheresaV and @LukasB who are no doubt off celebrating each of them getting a Red Thinker this time joy


I sure am @Mi-Amigo @Martin-O2 

 

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@TheresaV wrote:

@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@Martin-O2 wrote:

Well done everyone! I clearly have some more swatting up to do before the next quiz sweat_smile Had fun as always though. 


Thank you @Martin-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and you did get two star so it`s onward and upward.

Good luck with your swotting and you might overtake your admin rivals @TheresaV and @LukasB who are no doubt off celebrating each of them getting a Red Thinker this time joy


I sure am @Mi-Amigo @Martin-O2 

 

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I only hope you`re not cracking open a Methselah of champagne champagne to celebrate @TheresaV or God knows what answers you`ll be giving to today`s Quiz and don`t @LukasB indulge in any alcoholic intake Cheers either joy

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Don't worry @Mi-Amigo I think today's WRQ will put me right back down to earth. But I will enjoy my little success a bit more before I tend to answering those questions joy

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