White Room Quiz - Mon 17 Aug 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-08-2020

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 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB 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.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

GEOGRAPHY SPACE LITERATURE TV

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands ?

Q2 [SPACE - 1] Who was the American astronaut who made the last solo [one-man] space flight ?

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] In which Shakespeare play does the word "rhinosaurus" appear ?

Q4 [TV - 1] Which British TV game show features "ghost drops" and "riders" ?

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] In which British county is the town of Stockton-on-Tees ?

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Titan is a moon of which planet in our solar system ?

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote the short story "The Pit And The Pendulum" published in 1842 ?

Q8 [TV -2] What is the first name of each of the Rich brothers who appear with Charlie Dimmock in the

British TV show "Garden Rescue" ?

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 17 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 18 August]

- 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 19 August.

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 17 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 18 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 18 August 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

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

LukasB · ‎18-08-2020

HAHA wow this will be my lowest score ever - very challenging.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-08-2020

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎18-08-2020

Gentle reminder - @Marjo @Martin-O2 @Anonymous @O2Karl

you still have plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] - to pm me your eight answers.

Look forward to hearing from you. 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 · ‎18-08-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Martin-O2 · ‎18-08-2020

PM with my answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎18-08-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎19-08-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands ?

A1 Alderney

Q2 [SPACE - 1] Who was the American astronaut who made the last solo [one-man] space flight ?

A2 Gordon Cooper in Faith 7 launched 15 May 1963

One member [see Results below] submitted the name of Brian Binnie. Having never heard of him

I did some checking and discovered that Space.com in 2014 cited Cooper as the last American

government astronaut to fly alone to date; and the website also mentions that Cooper was the

last American to have flown a solo mission in space until, on the day of Cooper's death, Brian

Binnie piloted SpaceShipOne on its second and final flight on 4 Oct 2004.

As the question did not specify American government and/or NASA astronaut, I will also accept

Brian Binnie as a correct answer.

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] In which Shakespeare play does the word "rhinoceros" appear ?

Macbeth

Q4 [TV - 1] Which British TV game show features "ghost drops" and "riders" ?

A4 Tipping Point

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] In which British county is the town of Stockton-on-Tees ?

A5 County Durham

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Titan is a moon of which planet in our solar system ?

A6 Saturn

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote the short story "The Pit And The Pendulum" published in 1842 ?

A7 Edgar Allen Poe

Q8 [TV -2] What is the first name of each of the Rich brothers who appear with Charlie Dimmock in the

British TV show "Garden Rescue" ?

A8 David and Harry

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 · ‎19-08-2020

RESULTS:

@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 Alan Shephard - incorrect Q3 pass

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded

Q2 Brian Binnie - allowed as correct answer [see Answers above] - awarded

Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 correct - awarded Q8 Filthy and Catflap - incorrect plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Hans Solo - incorrect Q3 Hamlet - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 Dumber and Dumber - ***** and Harry. ***** incorrect; Harry correct = awarded half star for part

correct answer plus, for more than four correct also awarded

Red 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

@LukasB

Q1 Jersey - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total - two stars for two correct answers

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 Midsummer`s Night Dream - incorrect Q4 pass

Q5 Cleveland - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass

Q8 David - correct; John - incorrect = awarded half star for part correct answer

Total - two and a half stars for two correct and one part correct answer

@Martin-O2

Q1 Guernsey - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 pass Q4 The Chase - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total - three stars for three 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.

LukasB · ‎19-08-2020

Why are you all so smart @Cleoriff @gmarkj @pgn @jonsie @MI5 ? Such a tough one @Mi-Amigo. Cant wait for todays.

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pgn · ‎19-08-2020

Thanks for accepting Binnie as an answer to the space q - QI was at the back of my mind... 😉

I thought someone would think garden makeovers might include characters called Filthy and Catflap, the Rich being the late Rik Mayall 😔

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, in the run-up to the 500th question coming later 👍

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