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White Room Quiz Mon 28 Sept 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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 @LukasB  @Martin-O2 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.

 

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

 

    GEOGRAPHY   SPACE   MUSIC   MOVIES

 

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think, but there is a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] Which is the largest of the Isles of Scilly ?   

      

Q2 [SPACE - 1]  Which planet was discovered by Percival Lovell ?

 

Q3 [MUSIC - 1]  Declan McManus is better known as which singer/song writer ?

 

Q4 [MOVIES - 1] What was the name of the computer in the movie "2001 - A Space Odessey" ?

 

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] In which country are the Angel Falls ? 

 

Q6 [SPACE - 2]  Which planet in our solar system has the shortest "day" [rotates the fastest] ?

 

Q7 [MUSIC - 2]  How many strings does a cello have ? 

 

Q8 [MOVIES - 2]  What was the name of the character played by Linda Blair in "The Exorcist"  ?

                             [christian/first name of character is an acceptable answer] 

 

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 September] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 29 September]

- 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 September

 

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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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 28 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 29 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 29 September 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 at least some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@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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I take it you liked that question then @pgn :yahoo:

Look forward to your pm with your eight answers

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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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Thank you @MI5 

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your eight answers received 

 

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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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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @pgn 

I like the animation

pm with your eight answers received

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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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pm sent >>> >>> >>> @Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @Anonymous 

pm with your eight answers received

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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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No thinker here I cooooommmmme :joy:

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Thank you @LukasB 

pm with your eight answers received

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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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Gentle reminder

@jonsie  @gmarkj   @Martin-O2   @Marjo  @O2Karl 

and any member who would like to take part in this quiz

 

there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight[Tuesday] to pm your answers to me @Mi-Amigo 

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

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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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Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received 

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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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