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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition with 8 questions.
Instead of the questions being from the usual categories, there is one question on each of these subjects -
INITIALS MAPS FLAGS CARS NURSERY RHYMES ALPHABET COLOURS CLOTHES
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 26 July] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tueday 27 July]
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees @TheresaV @Martin-O2
[ @LukasB is on holiday];
quizzers who taken part in previous WRQs
and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members who have recently joined the Community, will take part in today`s White Room Quiz.
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 INITIALS In cameras, what do the initials DSLR stand for ?
Q2 MAPS On an Ordnance Survey map, what does a white letter V on a blue square indicate ?
Q3 FLAGS How many blue stars are there on the flag of Honduras ?
Q4 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Mii [not Mini] since 2011 ?
Q5 NURSERY RHYMES In nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man", where did he find a crooked sixpence ?
Q6 ALPHABET What is the eighth [8th] letter of the Greek alphabet ?
Q7 COLOURS What colour is a peridot stone ?
Q8 CLOTHES Where on the body did Prussian army soldiers wear pickelhauben in the 1840s ?
Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 26 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 27 July 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 28 July 2021
Each member will be awarded 
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 26 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 27 July 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 27 July 2021 will be declared void.
No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.
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
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Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.
Gentle reminder to @TallTrees and @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to try tackling this quiz.
There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Good luck.
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Thank you @TallTrees
pm with your 8 answers received - way before deadline 
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THE ANSWERS:
Q1 INITIALS In cameras, what do the initials DSLR stand for ?
A1 Digital Single Lens Reflex
Q2 MAPS On an Ordnance Survey map, what does a white letter V on a blue square indicate ?
A2 Visitor Centre
Q3 FLAGS How many blue stars are there on the flag of Honduras ?
A3 five
Q4 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Mii [not Mini] since 2011 ?
A4 SEAT
Q5 NURSERY RHYMES In nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man", where did he find a crooked sixpence ?
A5 by a crooked stile
Q6 ALPHABET What is the eighth [8th] letter of the Greek alphabet ?
A6 theta
Q7 COLOURS What colour is a peridot stone ?
A7 green
Q8 CLOTHES Where on the body did Prussian army soldiers wear pickelhauben in the 1840s ?
A8 head - a pickelhauben was a helmet with a spike
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THE RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 three - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 @gmarkj `s flat - incorrect 
Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded 
Q8 correct - awarded
plus, for four correct answers, also awarded
Red Thinker
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
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 15 -incorrect
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 outside @LukasB `s flat - incorrect
Q6 pass Q7 purple - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded
plus, for four correct answers, also awarded
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 6 - incorrect
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded
plus for six correct answers also awarded
Bronze Thinker
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
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
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 vehicle - incorrect Q3 three - incorrect
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass
A7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded 
plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded
Red Thinker
