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White Room Quiz - Mon 25 May 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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From today, there will be 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  @OldFart  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 

 

 O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2  @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2John 

 

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.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [SPACE - 1] Phoebe is a moon of which planet in our solar system?

      

Q2 [NATURE - 1] Where do tulips originate from? 

 

Q3 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What type of pasta has a name meaning "little worms"?

 

Q4 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] In which English county is the town of Stevenage?

 

Q5 [SPACE - 2] Which planet in our solar system has the most volcanoes? 

 

Q6 [NATURE - 2] What type of animal is an Avocet?

 

Q7 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What is the British name for a zucchini?  

 

Q8 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] How many states are there is Australia [you don`t have to name them]?

 

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 [Monday 25 May] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 26 May]

- 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 Wednesday morning 27 May.

 

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

 

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                  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 25 May 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 26 May 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 26 May 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 the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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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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Cleoriff
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Of course the wonderful Lewis Hamilton was born in Stevenage...yahoo

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Yaay, thanks, @Mi-Amigo - great quiz, well done to all contestants (!). I am reminded of this jaunty jocularity, while results are compiled: 

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THE RESULTS:

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 Netherlands - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 Mars - incorrect             Q6 cat - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 14 - incorrect  plus, for four correct answers also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Marjo 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 Netherlands - incorrect  Q3 fusili - incorrect  Q4 Berkshire - incorrect

Q5 Earth - incorrect  Q6 ferret/rodent - incorrect  Q7 pillowcase pasta - incorrect Q8 52 - incorrect

Total - one star

 

@LukasB 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 Netherlands - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 otter - incorrect

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

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Bronze Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Martin-O2 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 Netherlands - incorrect  Q3 tagliatelli - incorrect 

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 Earth [active] - incorrect Q6 rodent - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 5 - incorrect

Total - 3 star

 

@Anonymous 

Q1 Mars - incorrect  Q2 South America - incorrect  Q3 tagliatelli - incorrect 

Q4 Kent - incorrect  Q5 correct - awarded star      Q6 wild cat - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 8 - incorrect

Total - 2 star

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 Hamster Jam [Amsterdam, Netherlands] - incorrect

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

Q6 correct - awarded star Q7 correct - awarded star 

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

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Bronze Thinker

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Girl in a jacket


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

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AWARDS:

 

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

 

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Bronze Thinker + star - seven correct answers = @pgn 

 

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Bronze Thinker - six correct answers = @LukasB 

 

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Red Thinker - four correct answers = @gmarkj 

 

star star star - three correct answers = @Martin-O2 

 

star star - two correct answers = @Anonymous 

 

star - one correct answer = @Marjo  

 

 

Thank you, everyone for taking part.

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

and well done everyone - each of those taking part got an award this time

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

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HAHAHAHA @Marjo did you see this????? 

 

Thanks @Mi-Amigo this made my day already joyjoyjoyjoyjoy

 

 

@Cleoriff  @MI5  @jonsie  congrats - I guessed half of this so well done !!

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Well done everyone cool

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Today`s White Room Quiz will be posted on a separate thread in about an hour`s time

There will be two questions from each of these four categories

  HISTORY  MUSIC  GAMES  LITERATURE

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

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Can't wait @Mi-Amigo  and thanks for your hard work with these quizzes. wink

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Thanks @Cleoriff for your kind words and I`m pleased you enjoyed the quiz and looking forward to the next one - today [Wednesday]

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

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Well done all.
Tulips are the national flower of Turkey you know wink
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