White Room Quiz Mon 30 Nov 2020 - Page 3

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

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

@Anonymous wrote:
These gifs are great!

Totally agree @Anonymous

Keep `em coming with your posts guys they add to the fun of the quiz.

@Marjo

Pleased you enjoy the quiz and you never know ... sometimes guesses pay off

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

LukasB · ‎01-12-2020

My guesses coming in now haha

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Mi-Amigo · ‎01-12-2020

Thank you @LukasB

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 · ‎01-12-2020

Gentle reminder

@jonsie @Anonymous @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to take part with this quiz.

You still have plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you. 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-12-2020

Thank you @jonsie

pm with your eight answers - before deadline

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 · ‎02-12-2020

THE ANSWERS:

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

Prince of Wales feathers ?

A1 2p

Q2 PIRATES Who captured the infamous pirate Blackbeard ?

A2 Robert Maynard

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

A3 International Monetary Fund

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

A4 4 - this was rated "hard" in a quiz book because although some might know the letters in

Morse Code, few know the Morse Code for numbers.

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

A5 5

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

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

A6 silk sow`s - one for both correct; half for one correct

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

A7 elephant

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

A8 32 - 4 imperial gills in one pint x eight pints in one UK imperial gallon

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

Cleoriff · ‎02-12-2020

Thank God imperial measurements are still stuck in my brain...

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-12-2020

THE RESULTS:

@gmarkj

Q1 20p - incorrect Q2 Captn Jack Sparrow - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 5 - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 5 - incorrect plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red 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 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 £2 coin - incorrect Q2 General --- - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 9 - incorrect

Q5 15 - incorrect Q6 leather - incorrect; sow`s - correct - awarded

Q7 beaver - incorrect Q8 6 - incorrect

Total: one + half for one correct + one part-correct answers

@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

@LukasB

Q1 20p - incorrect Q2 Jack Sparrow - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 50 - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 Louis Vaitton - incorrect; camel - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 10 - incorrect

Total: for three correct answers

@jonsie

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

Q4 Her Majesty - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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Robert Kennedy.

LukasB · ‎02-12-2020

Damn it hahaha - thanks though @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-12-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @jonsie

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @gmarkj

= for three correct answers - @LukasB

+ half = for one correct + one part-correct - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@LukasB -

@Marjo - + half

Well done everyone. All those taking part got at least one + half stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be posted shortly on a separate thread with eight questions - with two questions from each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY WORDS MOVIES SPORT

There will be no QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people think; and none of the questions are rated as "difficult" or "hard"

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun; and thank you for the gifs with the posts notifying pm sent - I love `em.

@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.