White Room Quiz - Mon 27 July 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-07-2020

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 is on holday] 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

WORDS MOVIES GAMES

and two ODD questions - one on FLAGS and one on CODES

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

Also, as some found some of the recent questions harder, four of the eight questions are classed as

"easier" in the quiz books I consulted in compiling this quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [WORDS - 1] What is a demonym ?

Q2 [MOVIES - 1] Which official Bond film was the first to feature Timothy Dalton as James Bond ?

Q3 [GAMES - 1] How many points is the letter "K" worth in the game of Scrabble ?

Q4 [ODD - 1: FLAGS] Which is the only country in the modern world that does NOT have a rectangular

national flag ?

Q5 [WORDS - 2] What is vexillology the study of ?

Q6 [MOVIES - 2] Which 2010 movie had the tagline

"You don`t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies" ?

Q7 [GAMES - 2] In darts, what is the highest possible score with three darts, with each dart in a different "treble" ?

Q8 [ODD - 2: CODE] What four-letter word does this spell in Morse Code:

--.- ..- .. --.. ?

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 27 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 28 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 29 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 27 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 28 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 28 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 · ‎28-07-2020

@pgn wrote:
Dashed dotty last question there, @Mi-Amigo 😖😁

Thank you @pgn

Looking forward to pm with your eight answers

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

Anonymous · ‎28-07-2020

7 passes and 1 guess ha ha ha

pm incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-07-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your answer[s] received

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 · ‎28-07-2020

Answers sent @Mi-Amigo! Great fun as always

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Mi-Amigo · ‎28-07-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

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.

pgn · ‎28-07-2020

Incoming.... @Mi-Amigo 😁

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Mi-Amigo · ‎28-07-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Marjo

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.

Marjo · ‎28-07-2020

@Anonymous wrote:

7 passes and 1 guess ha ha ha

pm incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>

This one seems super hard indeed @Anonymous , let's see how it goes when the results are in. Mine were all guesses too and I was tempted to pass on a few, but just decided just in case to guess something. In case it turns out to be right by chance!

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-07-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [WORDS - 1] What is a demonym ?

A1: person from a certain place

Q2 [MOVIES - 1] Which official Bond film was the first to feature Timothy Dalton as James Bond ?

A2: The Living Daylights

Q3 [GAMES - 1] How many points is the letter "K" worth in the game of Scrabble ?

A3: 5

Q4 [ODD - 1: FLAGS] Which is the only country in the modern world that does NOT have a rectangular

national flag ?

A4: Nepal

Q5 [WORDS - 2] What is vexillology the study of ?

A5: flags

Q6 [MOVIES - 2] Which 2010 movie had the tagline

"You don`t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies" ?

A6: The Social Network

Q7 [GAMES - 2] In darts, what is the highest possible score with three darts, with each dart in a different "treble" ?

A7: 171 = treble 20 [60] + treble 19 [57] + treble 18 [54]

Q8 [ODD - 2: CODE] What four-letter word does this spell in Morse Code:

--.- ..- .. --.. ?

A8: Q U I Z = QUIZ

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

Cleoriff · ‎29-07-2020

Thank God I double checked 2 of mine.

The darts question and also the Social network date (as that tagline was used in Citizen Kane!)

Veritas Numquam Perit