White Room Quiz Mon 18 Jan 2021 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎18-01-2021

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

As last Wednesday`s quiz was the White Room Regulars` Choice Quiz, I thought it might be fun to have a follow-up.

Over the weekend, I researched and found eight questions - with one question on each category which either did not receive enough points to be in last Wed`s WRQ or received no votes at all - so today`s WRQ will one question on each of these categories

MUSIC GEOGRAPHY NATURE HISTORY PLACES TV GAMES LITERATURE

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @Anonymous @Martin-O2 @LukasB @TheresaV @Marjo

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 MUSIC What was the title of the 1967 record, which reached No 2 in the UK singles chart, and

included the lyrics

"I looked to the sky, where an elephant`s eye was looking at me from a bubble gum tree"?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY According to Ordnance Survey of 2017, which English county has the longest coastline?

Q3 NATURE What type of animal is the "mountain chicken", native to Montserrat and Dominica in

the Caribbean ?

Q4 HISTORY The "War of the Oranges" of 1801 was a conflict between which two countries?

[half for one correct country; full for both correct countries]

Q5 PLACES Which English city is on the site of what was once the Roman town of Duroliponte ?

Q6 TV In the children`s TV series "Teletubbies", first screen between 1997 and 2001, what was

the name of the purple "Teletubby" ?

Q7 GAMES Which card game derives its name from the Spanish word for "basket" ?

Q8 LITERATURE What are the first and surnames of the character known as "Pip" in Charles Dickens

novel "Great Expectations" ?

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 18 Jan 20121] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 19 Jan 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 20 Jan 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 18 Jan 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 19 Jan 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 19 Jan 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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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-01-2021

@gmarkj wrote:
Well done to all who took part.
I knew Spain and France were involved but forgot about Portugal!

Thank you @gmarkj

That was what made this question one of the difficult ones. [The other question rated "difficult" was the longest coastline question]. Well done on getting the Red Thinker.

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pgn · ‎20-01-2021

Amphibian sunk my Silver Thinker, strangely. Wasn't sure if frog, toad or some sort of huge newt 🐸🤣

Great quiz, well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo!
Might get a look at today's one in a while 😱

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-01-2021

Thank you @pgn

Sorry you just missed out on the Silver Thinker.

Hope you like the categories and questions in today`s WRQ

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jonsie · ‎20-01-2021

Well done people and thank you @Mi-Amigo

Bit of a bone of contention re the longest coastline if you count all the very small inlets

Damn the Ordnance survey people!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-01-2021

Thank you @jonsie

Sorry you just missed out on the Silver Thinker.

As said, the coastline question was rated as one of the two "difficult" questions [and is probably one that is a bone of contention] and confirmed the answer from Ordnance Survery as a reliable source.

Hope you like today`s categories and questions.

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gmarkj · ‎20-01-2021

The coastline was an educated guess - I would have thought it was either Cornwall or Kent based on the shape (they stick out so have the sea to north and south) but thought Cornwall was slightly bigger.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-01-2021

@gmarkj wrote:
The coastline was an educated guess - I would have thought it was either Cornwall or Kent based on the shape (they stick out so have the sea to north and south) but thought Cornwall was slightly bigger.

Well thought out @gmarkj . That might account for how Ordnance Survey measured it.

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Martin-O2 · ‎21-01-2021

Just now catching up with the results, well done everyone! One to the current quiz for me

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