Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 24 Aug 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-08-2020

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

NATURE MUSIC SPORT FOOD & DRINK

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

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NATURE - 1] How many claws, in total, does a normal domestic cat have ?

Q2 [MUSIC - 1] Who composed "The Nutcracker Suite" ?

Q3 [SPORT - 1] "The Larry O`Brien Trophy" is awarded in which sport ?

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK- 1] Which cocktail`s ingredients are vodka, Galliano, and orange juice ?

Q5 [NATURE - 2] Which nut tree produces filberts ?

Q6 [MUSIC - 2] "Feed The Birds" is a song in which musical ?

Q7 [SPORT - 2] In a women`s lacrosse team, how many players on each side are on the pitch?

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK -2] Which meringue dessert was named after a Russian ballerina ?

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 24 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 25 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 26 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 24 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 25 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 25 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-08-2020

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?"
Robert Kennedy.

LukasB · ‎25-08-2020

Answers coming @Mi-Amigo - way more confident this time haha

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Mi-Amigo · ‎25-08-2020

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 · ‎25-08-2020

Gentle reminder @Martin-O2 and @O2Karl and anyone else who would like to take part in the quiz.

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] - to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Hope to hear from you soo. 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.

Martin-O2 · ‎25-08-2020

PM with my answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎25-08-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2 for your quick reply

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 · ‎26-08-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [NATURE - 1] How many claws, in total, does a normal domestic cat have ?

A1 18 - 5 on each front paw; four on each rear paw

Q2 [MUSIC - 1] Who composed "The Nutcracker Suite" ?

A2 Tchaikovsky

Q3 [SPORT - 1] "The Larry O`Brien Trophy" is awarded in which sport ?

A3 baskeyball - NBA

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK- 1] Which cocktail`s ingredients are vodka, Galliano, and orange juice ?

A4 Harvey Wallbanger

Q5 [NATURE - 2] Which nut tree produces filberts ?

A5 hazel

Q6 [MUSIC - 2] "Feed The Birds" is a song in which musical ?

A6 Mary Poppins

Q7 [SPORT - 2] In a women`s lacrosse team, how many players on each side are on the pitch?

A7 12 - 10 players in men`t lacrosse team

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK -2] Which meringue dessert was named after a Russian ballerina ?

A8 pavolva - named after Anna Pavlova

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 · ‎26-08-2020

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

@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

@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

@Marjo

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Vivaldi - incorrect Q3 snooker - incorrect Q4 vodka orange - incorrect

Q5 spruce - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 9 - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: two for two correct answers

@gmarkj

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

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

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 hurling - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 beech - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 5 - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 curling - incorrect Q4 mimosa - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 Cats - incorrect Q7 7 - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

Total: three for three correct answers

@Martin-O2

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

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total: three 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @gmarkj

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @Anonymous

= for three correct answers - @LukasB @Martin-O2

= for two correct answers - @Marjo

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@Anonymous - Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2 -

@LukasB -

@Marjo -

Everyone who took part in this quiz was awarded at least

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, with eight questions

with two questions from each of these categories

PEOPLE GEOGRAAPHY TV GAMES

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part in this WRQ.

@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.

pgn · ‎26-08-2020

Wow, record Silvers this week, 4?
Well done all, the Lacrosse teams nearly got me, all four and twenty of'em, ooer!
Thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

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