White Room Quiz - Mon 20 July 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-07-2020

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 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

PEOPLE NATURE FOOD & DRINK SPORT

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

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office ?

Q2 [NATURE - 1] What type of bird is named in honour of Thomas Beswick, who`s wood engravings

of birds appeared in "A History of British Birds" ?

Q3 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What type of food is creme du Barry ?

Q4 [SPORT - 1] Who was the first footballer to be transferred for £1 million ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain ?

Q6 [NATURE - 2] What type of tree is also known as a May tree [not Latin name] ?

Q7 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What vegetable was introduced into Scotland by Patrick Miller, who received

seeds of the vegetable from King Gustav of Sweden in around 1800 ?

Q8 [SPORT - 2 ] Who was the first English motor racing world champion ?

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 20 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 21 July]

- 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 22 July.

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 20 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 21 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 21 July 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-07-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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

@O2Karl

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

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

Total: 3 for three correct answers

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 Bewick bird - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 Beckham - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 pineapple - incorrect Q7 cucumber - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: 1 for one correct answer

@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

@Marjo

Q1 pass Q2 woodpecker - incorrect Q3 dessert - incorrect Q4 Ronaldo - incorrect

Q5 Mary ? - incorrect Q6 cherry blossom - incorrect Q7 potato - incorrect Q8 Richard ?

sorry, no correct answers, so no award this time

@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

@jonsie

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

@Anonymous

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 dessert - incorrect Q4 Bobby Moore

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 haggis - incorrect Q8 Jim Clark - incorrect

Total: 2 for two correct answers

@gmarkj

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 Ramsay Macdonald - incorrect Q2 Great ****** - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 weeping willow - incorrect Q7 cucumber - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: one for one correct answer

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 · ‎22-07-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

= for three correct answers - @O2Karl

= for two correct answers - @Anonymous

= for one correct answer - @LukasB @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn and @jonsie

Well done @gmarkj - Bronze Thinker;

@O2Karl - @ @Anonymous - ; @LukasB - ; @Martin-O2 -

and, sorry @Marjo who just missed out this time.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in the next one - today [Wed] which will be posted on a separate thread shortly with two questions from each of these categories

PLACES SPACE LITERATURE TV

Thank you everyone for taking part in this WRQ. I hope you enjoyed it and found it 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.

MI5 · ‎22-07-2020

I really thought you were being sneaky with the motor racing question as you didn't specify "F1".
Thank you for a fun quiz and well done to all

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Cleoriff · ‎22-07-2020

Well done everyone. Two Hawthorns in one quiz.

Veritas Numquam Perit

LukasB · ‎22-07-2020

I mean never mind the geniususseses @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn and @jonsie how do you even do this?

But @O2Karl !!! Wow

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-07-2020

Thank you @MI5 and @Cleoriff for your comments

I`m pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

As for being "sneaky", @Cleoriff spotted it - having "hawtorn" as the answer to two questions.

Hope you, and everyone, likes the categories and questions in today`s quiz which is now up on a separate thread, and will be taking part.

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 · ‎22-07-2020

Thanks @LukasB

Looks like @O2Karl is giving you competition ?

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

LukasB · ‎22-07-2020

@Mi-Amigo yes haha - might have to block him

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Cleoriff · ‎22-07-2020

@LukasB wrote:
I mean never mind the geniususseses @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn and @jonsie how do you even do this?

But @O2Karl !!! Wow

@Mi-Amigo

Not sure about being a genuis @LukasB . Old age plays a part

Also have a love of quizzes. Watch most of them on TV and take part in pub quizzes when I can.

Most importantly, my husband used to be a 'quizmaster'. Still runs quizzes to raise money for charity and his bowls club.

However, I rarely get a physics question right!!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-07-2020

@LukasB wrote:
@Mi-Amigo yes haha - might have to block him

errr I seem to remember you saying he was your "mate" when you both got Red Thinkers ???

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