White Room Quiz Mon 29 Mar 2021 - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-03-2021

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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

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 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

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

TallTrees · ‎31-03-2021

Yeeeessssss!

One step up at last!

Looking hastily through list with much anticipation ~ got to say

well done me.....

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for the Bronze Thinker ~ and for the Quiz...

PS So over-come

forgot to say WELL DONE EVERYONE

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

TallTrees · ‎31-03-2021

Still in packaging @Cleoriff

Playing this with Kids got so intense that one Kid got so upset chewed the Battleship!!

Those were the days

This is a serious game

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

Cleoriff · ‎31-03-2021

@TallTrees wrote:
Still in packaging @Cleoriff
Playing this with Kids got so intense that one Kid got so upset chewed the Battleship!!
Those were the days
This is a serious game

A game never played in this household @TallTrees ...but hey I don't care, even though my wild guess at 12 to bring down an aircraft carrier does seem a bit excesive with hindsight...

Veritas Numquam Perit

TallTrees · ‎31-03-2021

That will have been a very looooong Aircraft Carrier @Cleoriff

Probably a Trump style American Carrier!!

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LukasB · ‎31-03-2021

Oh yesssssss, what a nice start to the day @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎31-03-2021

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @TallTrees @LukasB

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

I hope you, and everyone else, likes the questions in the April Fool/April 1st White Room Quiz, which is now up on a separate thread.

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gmarkj · ‎31-03-2021

Well done to everyone.
Had to flip a coin for the Battleship question - wasn't sure if it was 5 or 6 but clearly the coin was kind!!

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jonsie · ‎31-03-2021

Battleships was always a game played with pen and paper when I was a sprog

Never really liked it personally

Well done you guys and thank you @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎31-03-2021

Thank you @gmarkj

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting the battleship question correct and award

Thank you @jonsie

pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your award.

Hope you both like the questions in today`s April Fool/April 1st WRQ

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