Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 Sept 2024 - "Blue" edit... - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-09-2024

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the "Blue" edition with 8 "blue"-related questions.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - their answers between 12 noon today [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 - Operation Blue, also known as Case Blue, was the codename for an attack ordered by Hitler

during World War II on the oilfields of which region of the Soviet Union ?

Q2 PLACES - Phaea Blue Palace is situated on which island in the Mediterranean ?

Q3 NATURE - What is the gestation period, in months, of the Blue Whale ?

Q4 LITERATURE - In Agatha Christie`s novel "The Mystery of the Blue Train", what was the name of the

American heiress who was murdered on Le Train Bleu ?

Q5 MUSIC - What was the title of the first single by the band Blue, which reached No 4 in UK singles chart

in June 2001 ?

Q6 MOVIES - In 1980 movie "The Blue Lagoon", what was the first name of the character played by Brooke

Shields ?

Q7 TV - What was the name of the first Blue Peter cat, which appeared in the children`s TV programme

from 1964 to 1976 ?

Q8 SPORT - The Blue Jays is the Major League Baseball team in which Canadian city ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 30 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 02 Oct 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 02 Oct 2024.

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Mon 30 Sept

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 02 Oct 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 02 Oct 2024 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.

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 · ‎02-10-2024

THE RESULTS

@MI5

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 Siberia - incorrect Q2 Malta - incorrect Q3 9 - incorrect Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 Petra - incorrect Q8 correct .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 Justin - incorrect Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 Too close - incorrect Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 pass .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 Petra - incorrect Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 pass Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 TheresaV - incorrect .

Q5 correct Q6 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

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 · ‎02-10-2024

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @jonsie @pgn

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Oxonian

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

Please note - there will not be WRQ today - Wed, instead the BRAIN TEASER is back - with

October Brain Teaser - with 10 brain teaser questions

which will be posted on a separate thread shortly

Can anyone get 100% ???

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

BobM · ‎02-10-2024

Ah well, now I remember Petra was a dog 🐕 ... Don't recall Jason though.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all 👍

MI5 · ‎02-10-2024

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

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