White Room Quiz Mon 30 Nov 2020 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-11-2020

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition. Instead of eight questions with two questions from each of four categories, there are eight questions with one question on each of these subjects.

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES FLAGS SAYINGS SIGNS MEASURES

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, but one of the questions in today`s WRQ is rated in quiz books as "hard".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 CURRENCY Which British coin, minted between 1971 and 2008 and still in circulation, features the

Prince of Wales feathers ?

Q2 PIRATES Who captured the infamous pirate Blackbeard ?

Q3 INITIALS In finance, what do the initials I.M.F. stand for ?

Q4 CODES In Morse Code, what number does . . . . - [dot, dot, dot, dot, dash] represent ?

Q5 FLAGS How many stars are there on the flag of Singapore ?

Q6 SAYINGS Which two words are missing from this well-known saying

You can`t make a - - - - purse out of a - - - ` - ear ?

Q7 SIGNS Which animal is on a British road sign for directions to a zoo ?

Q8 MEASURES How many imperial gills are there in a UK imperial gallon ?

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 30 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 01 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 O2 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 30 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 01 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 01 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 · ‎30-11-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
Nothing to see here... move along..

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

gmarkj · ‎30-11-2020

I know a couple, can find a couple and guess the rest!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-11-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
I know a couple, can find a couple and guess the rest!

That might be a good tactic for tackling today`s WRQ @gmarkj

Thank you.

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.

Cleoriff · ‎30-11-2020

Ships ahoy @Mi-Amigo Blackbeard??? Pfffttt.....Have Cap'n Jack instead

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎30-11-2020

On way.....

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Mi-Amigo · ‎30-11-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

I like the gif

pm with yor eight answers received

Thank you @MI5

I like the gif

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-11-2020

Thank you @Marjo

Great to have you back with us and joining in with the quiz.

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 · ‎30-11-2020

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo--->

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Marjo · ‎30-11-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @Marjo

Great to have you back with us and joining in with the quiz.

pm with your eight answers received

Yeah it's been a while so it was great to take part again! Looking forward to seeing the answers. Mine were 100% all guesses.

Anonymous · ‎30-11-2020

These gifs are great!