White Room Quiz Mon 21 Dec 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-12-2020

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of four categories

GEOGRAPHY ART MOVIES GAMES

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 @Anonymous

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

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 Which is the largest lough in the Republic of Ireland?

Q2 ART 1 Elizabeth Frisk is famous for sculptures in which metal?

Q3 MOVIES 1 What is the first name of Norman Bates` mother in the 1960 movie "Psycho"

and in the sequels [character`s name, not the actress`s name] ?

Q4 GAMES 1 What colour are the houses and hotels in the original UK version of "Monopoly"?

[ for both; half for one correct]

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 Vienna is on the banks of which river?

Q6 ART 2 Hans Holbein is famous for his paintings of which English monarch?

Q7 MOVIES 2 Who played the character "Mary" in the movie "Something About Mary"?

Q8 GAMES 2 What colour are the double-word score squares on a Scrabble board?

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 21 December] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 22 December]

- 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 23 December

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 21 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 22 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 22 December 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

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

Anonymous · ‎21-12-2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-12-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

cute photo

pm with your eight answers received

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Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎21-12-2020

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo --->

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-12-2020

Thank you @pgn

I like the gif

pm with your eight answers received

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Robert Kennedy.

gmarkj · ‎22-12-2020

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-12-2020

Thank you @gmarkj

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.

jonsie · ‎22-12-2020

Relax on it's way

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-12-2020

Thank you @jonsie

I like the gif

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 · ‎23-12-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 Which is the largest lough in the Republic of Ireland?

A1 Lough Corrib - not Lough Neagh which is in Northern Ireland

Q2 ART 1 Elizabeth Frisk is famous for sculptures in which metal?

A2 bronze

Q3 MOVIES 1 What is the first name of Norman Bates` mother in the 1960 movie "Psycho"

and in the sequels [character`s name, not the actress`s name] ?

A3 Norma

Q4 GAMES 1 What colour are the houses and hotels in the original UK version of "Monopoly"?

[ for both; half for one correct]

A4 houses - green; hotels - red

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 Vienna is on the banks of which river?

A5 Danube

Q6 ART 2 Hans Holbein is famous for his paintings of which English monarch?

A6 Henry VIII

Q7 MOVIES 2 Who played the character "Mary" in the movie "Something About Mary"?

A7 Cameron Diaz

Q8 GAMES 2 What colour are the double-word score squares on a Scrabble board?

A8 pink

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

Cleoriff · ‎23-12-2020

Must admit the Lough question gave me pause for thought initially, as Lough Neagh immediately jumped into my mind....then I re-read the question...

Always a good dea to read the question twice imo. Lol

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