Re: White Room Quiz Mon 28 Dec 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-12-2020

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

PEOPLE PLACES NATURE FOOD & DRINK

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 PEOPLE 1 Which serial killer lived at, and committed murder in, 10 Rillington Place?

Q2 PLACES 1 In which US city is the University of Minnesota?

Q3 NATURE 1 What type of creature is a steelhead?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What type of foodstuff is a radicchio?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 King Richard II of England is said to have starved to death around 14 Feb 1400 whilst in

captivity in which castle?

Q6 PLACES 2 In which city in Italy is the Doge`s Palace ?

Q7 NATURE 2 What type of insect is a devil`s coach-horse?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Which cocktail was devised by Henry MacElhorne in 1919 using creme de menthe,

which was replaced by gin in 1929, and in Savoy Cocktail Book in 1930 was made

with gin, Cointreau and fresh lemon juice?

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 28 December] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 29 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 30 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 28 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 29 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 29 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-12-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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

@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

@MI5

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 vegetable - as chicory is classed as a vegetable, I`ll award a half

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 spice - as chicory is classed as a spice, I`ll award a half

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 shark - incorrect Q4 Q6 correct - awarded

Q5 Windsor Castle - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 bug - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: three for three correct answers

@Anonymous

Q1 Shipman - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 insect - incorrect Q4 lettuce - incorrect

Q5 Warwick Castle - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 cockroach - incorrect

Q8 Singapore Sling - incorrect

Total: two for two 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 · ‎30-12-2020

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @pgn @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + + half = 7 correct answers + 1 part correct @MI5 @jonsie

Red Thinker + = 5 correct answers @gmarkj

= 3 correct answers @LukasB

= 2 correct answers @Anonymous

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @pgn and @Cleoriff

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + + half

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + + half

@gmarkj - Red Thinker +

@LukasB -

@Anonymous -

Everyone who took part got at least

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which is the End Of The Year Quiz with 15 questions and for the very first time the chance to be awarded the

PLATINUM THINKER. This will be up on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part in the 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.

Cleoriff · ‎30-12-2020

Well done everyone. Really enjoyed that quiz @Mi-Amigo

Off to see the quiz with FIFTEEN QUESTIONS!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

LukasB · ‎30-12-2020

Not mad about it haha - three star gingerbread man eggnog thinker

loved it @Mi-Amigo

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pgn · ‎30-12-2020

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - even if the University one looked like it might have been a trick one... 🎓🤣!

Now Fifteen questions in the End Of Year one, well... Quite a feat, who will it defeat? 🤔

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-12-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff @LukasB @pgn

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

I hope you, and the other regular quizzers, like the End of the Year WRQ which is now up on a separate thread. Good luck with it.

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

gmarkj · ‎30-12-2020

Pleased with my Red Thinker, and well done to the Bronze and Silver Thinkers.
Good quiz @Mi-Amigo, and off to check the end of year quiz...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-12-2020

Thank you @gmarkj

Good to know you are pleased with your Bronze Thinker.

Hope you like the questions in the End of the Year WRQ. 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.

jonsie · ‎30-12-2020

Well done guys

Thanks for these quizzes during these sh*t times @Mi-Amigo

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