White Room Quiz Mon 31 Aug 2020 - ☀️🌴 Summer Ed - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎31-08-2020

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is part of the ☀️🌴 Summer on the O2 community 🌴☀️

Instead of the usual eight questions - with two questions from four categories - there will be 12 questions - with one question from each of these categories

HISTORY PLACES NATURE SPACE LITERATURE MUSIC ART MOVIES TV SPORT EVENTS

and one ODD question on SAYINGS

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 @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Martin-O2 and @LukasB [@Marjo is on holiday until Wed]; and O2 Guru @O2Karl

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

Don`t worry if you are away on Bank Holiday Monday, you will still have all day Tuesday to take part.

TODAY`S TWELVE QUESTIONS

To tie-in with "the Summer in the O2 Community", the questions, in some way, relate to "summer;

but no question is a QI-style question, in which the answer is not what most people think.

Q1 [HISTORY] Which King of England was killed in the New Forest in the summer of 1100 ?

Q2 [PLACES] The Summer Isles are off the coast of which British peninsula ?

Q3 [NATURE] Summer berries Achillea millefolium are more commonly known as what ?

Q4 [SPACE] How many days are there in the summer season on Mars ?

Q5 [LITERATURE] Who wrote "Bed In Summer" and "Summer Sun", published in the collection

"A Children`s Garden of Verses" in 1885 ?

Q6 [MUSIC] Who wrote "Summertime [and the living is easy]" in 1934 ?

Q7 [ART] Which British painter painted "Summer Evening" - field with cows and trees - in 1811/12 ?

Q8 [MOVIES] What was the name of the character played by Cliff Richard in the 1963 movie "Summer Holiday" ?

Q9 [TV] Who played the character Norman Clegg in the TV comedy "Last of the Summer Wine" ?

Q10 [SPORT] Who won the Gold Medal in the Men`s 800 metres in the 1980 Summer Olympics ?

Q11 [EVENTS] In which English county is the World Gravy Wrestling Championship held each summer ?

Q12 [ODD - SAYING] What word is missing from this well-known saying

"one ------- does not a summer make" ?

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 31 August] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 01 September]

- 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 02 Sept.

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 31 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 01 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 01 September 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" and take part in this quiz.

Each correct answer given by each member will be awarded a star .

In addition, the following trophies will be awarded for

12 correct 10 correct 8 correct 6 correct 4 correct

answers answers answers answers answers

Diamond Golden Silver Bronze Red

Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker Thinker

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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it 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.

jonsie · ‎01-09-2020

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Anonymous · ‎01-09-2020

Some guesses and lateral thinking @Mi-Amigo

pm incoming >>>> >>>> >>>>

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-09-2020

Thank you @jonsie

pm with your 12 answers received

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your 12 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 · ‎01-09-2020

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo --->>>

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-09-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your 12 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 · ‎02-09-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [HISTORY] Which King of England was killed in the New Forest in the summer of 1100 ?

A1 William II [William Rufus]

Q2 [PLACES] The Summer Isles are off the coast of which British peninsula ?

A2 Coigach Peninsula, North West Highlands, Scotland

Q3 [NATURE] Summer berries Achillea millefolium are more commonly known as what ?

A3 yarrow

Q4 [SPACE] How many days are there in the summer season on Mars ?

A4 170 - 180 days

Q5 [LITERATURE] Who wrote "Bed In Summer" and "Summer Sun", published in the collection

"A Children`s Garden of Verses" in 1885 ?

A5 Robert Louis Stevenson

Q6 [MUSIC] Who wrote "Summertime [and the living is easy]" in 1934 ?

A6 George Gershwin

Q7 [ART] Which British painter painted "Summer Evening" - field with cows and trees - in 1811/12 ?

A7 John Constable

Q8 [MOVIES] What was the name of the character played by Cliff Richard in the 1963 movie "Summer Holiday" ?

A8 Don

Q9 [TV] Who played the character Norman Clegg in the TV comedy "Last of the Summer Wine" ?

A9 Peter Sallis

Q10 [SPORT] Who won the Gold Medal in the Men`s 800 metres in the 1980 Summer Olympics ?

A10 Steve Ovett

Q11 [EVENTS] In which English county is the World Gravy Wrestling Championship held each summer ?

A11 Lancashire

Q12 [ODD - SAYING] What word is missing from this well-known saying

"one ------- does not a summer make" ?

A12 swallow

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 · ‎02-09-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for 12 correct answers, also awarded

Diamond Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 North West Highlands, Scotland - part correct - awarded half

Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for more than 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for more than 8 correct, also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 Harold Godwinson - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 raspberries Q4 190 days - incorrect Q5 pass

Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded Q9 pass Q10 pass Q11 Cornwall - incorrect

Q12 sunny - incorrect

Total: one for one correct answer

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 Ella Fitzgerald - incorrect

Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 pass Q9 pass Q10 pass Q11 pass Q12 correct - awarded

Total: two for two correct answers

@jonsie

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

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

Q7 Trees`re Green or udder - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for more than 10 correct answers, also awarded

Gold Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Gibraltar - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 600 days - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q7 Edward Hooper - incorrect

Q8 Archibald - incorrect Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded

Q11 correct - awarded Q12 correct - awarded plus, for 8 correct answers, also awarded

Silver Thinker

@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

Q9 correct - awarded Q10 correct - awarded Q11 correct - awarded

Q12 correct - awarded plus, for 12 correct answers, also awarded

Diamond Thinker

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

LukasB · ‎02-09-2020

@Cleoriff @pgn diamond? HOW?

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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-09-2020

AWARDS:

Diamond Thinker = 12 correct answers - @Cleoriff @pgn

Gold Thinker + + half = 11 correct + 1 part correct - @MI5

Gold Thinker + = 11 correct answers - @jonsie

Silver Thinker + = 9 correct answers - @gmarkj

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers - @Anonymous

= 2 correct answers - @LukasB

= 1 correct answer - @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the DIAMOND THINKERS - @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done to all those who took part -

@MI5 - Gold Thinker + + half

@jonsie - Gold Thinker +

@gmarkj - Silver Thinker +

@Anonymous - Silver Thinker

@LukasB -

@Martin-O2 -

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in today`s [Wednesday] which will be posted on a separate thread shortly with two questions from each of these categories

PEOPLE WORDS GAMES FOOD & DRINK

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

@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.

Martin-O2 · ‎02-09-2020

Fantastic work guys it was a tough on this time around!

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