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White Room Quiz Mon 29 Mar 2021

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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.

 

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

 

   HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY    TV    GAMES

 

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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @TheresaV   @LukasB   @Martin-O2 

  @Cairdeas 

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.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 HISTORY 1          Who was the mother of Queen Mary I of England ?

 

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1   Which sea surrounds the island of Heligoland ?

 

Q3 TV 1                     What is the name of the pub in the TV soap-drama "Hollyoaks" ?

 

Q4 GAMES 1  Which of the four Kings in a standard deck of plating cards does NOT have a moustache?

 

Q5 HISTORY 2           What was the name of the ship which rescued survivors from the Titanic in 1912 ?

 

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2    Into which sea does the River Dnieper flow ?

 

Q7 TV 2  What is the first and surname of the character played by Robert Lindsay in "My Family" ?

 

Q8 GAMES 2  In the game "Battleships", how many "hits" does it take to sink an aircraft carrier ?

 

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 29 March 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 March 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 31 Mar 2021

 

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

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 29 Mar 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 Mar 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 30 Mar 2021 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  

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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 wrote:

@jonsie wrote:

@Mi-Amigo wrote:

 

Thank you @jonsie 

can`t say I liked the gif [I hate dentists] but pleased the quiz was painless

pm with your 8 answers received


It was relevant to the My Family question....


Doh!!! D'oh! Who's there? Thanks!


joy

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Several answers sent  @Mi-Amigo upside_down tongue_winking lol x

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Thank you @Cairdeas 

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @pgn 

good to see the ship in the Suez didn`t stop your answers

pm with your 8 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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Thank you @Martin-O2 

pm with your 8 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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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 HISTORY 1          Who was the mother of Queen Mary I of England ?

A1   Catherine of Aragon

 

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1   Which sea surrounds the island of Heligoland ?

A2    North Sea

 

Q3 TV 1                     What is the name of the pub in the TV soap-drama "Hollyoaks" ?

A3    The Dog [in the Pond]

 

Q4 GAMES 1  Which of the four Kings in a standard deck of plating cards does NOT have a moustache?

A4    King of Hearts

 

Q5 HISTORY 2           What was the name of the ship which rescued survivors from the Titanic in 1912 ?

A5    Carpathia

 

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2    Into which sea does the River Dnieper flow ?

A6    Black Sea

 

Q7 TV 2  What is the first and surname of the character played by Robert Lindsay in "My Family" ?

A7    Ben Harper

 

Q8 GAMES 2  In the game "Battleships", how many "hits" does it take to sink an aircraft carrier ?

A8    5

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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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THE RESULTS:

 

@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

 

@LukasB 

Q1 Victoria - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded  star Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 - correct - awarded starQ5 correct - awarded star Q6 Atlantic - incorrect   Q7 pass  Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@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 12 - incorrect

plus for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@TheresaV 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 pass  Q4 - correct - awarded star Q5 pass  Q6 pass

Q7 pass  Q8 4 - incorrect

Total: two starfor two correct answers

 

@gmarkj 

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

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 Nautilus - incorrect  Q6 North Sea - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

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

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

Q7 pass                                Q8 correct - awarded star 

plus for six correct 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 4 - incorrect

plus for more than six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Cairdeas 

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

Q5 pass   Q6 pass   Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 Prickly Oak - incorrect

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 also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Martin-O2 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star Q4 King of Diamonds - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 Atlantic - incorrect   Q7 pass  Q8 3 - incorrect

Total: two starfor two correct answers

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Battleships? I had no clue. Bought it for the boys and it remained unopened in it's cellophane. I recycled it later on by giving it to a friends son for his birthday...rofl

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THE AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker                   = 8 correct answers  @MI5 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star     = 7 correct answers  @Cleoriff  @jonsie  @pgn 

 

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Bronze Thinker               = 6 correct answers  @TallTrees  

 

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Red Thinker + star          = 5 correct answers  @gmarkj  

 

 

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Red Thinker                     = 4 correct answers  @Cairdeas   @LukasB 

 

star star                          = 2 correct answers  @TheresaV  @Martin-O2 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKER -  @MI5 

 

Well done

@Cleoriff           - Bronze Thinker + star 

@jonsie              - Bronze Thinker + star 

@pgn                 - Bronze Thinker + star

 

@TallTrees          - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj            - Red Thinker + star

@LukasB            - Red Thinker

@TheresaV        - star star 

@Martin-O2      - star star

   

Everyone who took part got at least   - starstar

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be the White Room "April Fool/April 1st" Quiz with 10 questions and the chance to be awarded

a Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

                                                                   

@Mi-Amigo 

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