White Room Quiz - Monday 29 June 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-06-2020

Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

PLACES SCIENCE WORDS EVENTS

and one question [I`m not saying which] is a QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people think

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which country is landlocked by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina?

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: CHEMISTRY] "Be" is the chemical symbol for which element?

Q3 [WORDS - 1] Nephology is the study of what?

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Crystal is the traditional gift for which wedding anniversary?

Q5 [PLACES - 2] Which is the oldest National Park in the USA?

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: BIOLOGY] Otitis affects which part of the human body?

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What does the word "hirsute" mean ?

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] If it rains on St Swithen`s Day, it is said to then rain for 40 days;

but when [what date] is St Swithen`s Day?

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 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 30 June]

- 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 01 July.

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 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 30 June 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.

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

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz.

I have tried to make this quiz a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions, including one QI-style question

and I hope that all of you will enjoy theis 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 · ‎30-06-2020

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pgn · ‎30-06-2020

@jonsie wrote:
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Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Cleoriff · ‎30-06-2020

@pgn wrote:
@jonsie wrote:
Take shelter........! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-07-2020

Thank you @jonsie

pm with your eight answers received - before 11.59pm deadline last night [Tues].

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 · ‎01-07-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which country is landlocked by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina?

A1 Paraguay

Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: CHEMISTRY] "Be" is the chemical symbol for which element?

A2 beryllium

Q3 [WORDS - 1] Nephology is the study of what?

A3 clouds

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Crystal is the traditional gift for which wedding anniversary?

A4 15

Q5 [PLACES - 2] Which is the oldest National Park in the USA?

A5 Yellowstone

This was the QI-style question. According to the source I used for this question, most Americans,

wrongly, think the answer is Yosemite [founded on 1890]. Yellowstone was founded in 1872.

Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: BIOLOGY] Otitis affects which part of the human body?

A6 the ear

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What does the word "hirsute" mean ?

A7 hairy

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] If it rains on St Swithen`s Day, it is said to then rain for 40 days;

but when [what date] is St Swithen`s Day?

A8 15 July

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 · ‎01-07-2020

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 plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 13 March - incorrect plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze 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

@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 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 study of nephews - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 "not allowed to say on forum" - incorrect

Q7 "her suit" - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 bumps on head - incorrect Q4 20 - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 25 July - incorrect [but close, sorry]

Total: 3 for three correct answers

@jonsie

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

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 · ‎01-07-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @gmarkj

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @LukasB

= for three correct answers - @Anonymous

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

and Well Done everyone - everyone got at least three stars this time...

I hope you all enjoyed this quiz and will take part in today`s [which will be posted on a separate thread] with eight questions...

with two questions on each of these categories - MUSIC SPORT PEOPLE

and two "odd" questions - one on FLAGS; and one on STAMPS.

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

Cleoriff · ‎01-07-2020

Congratulations to all and thanks @Mi-Amigo for another great quiz.

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎01-07-2020

This one was fun thanks and my love for Yogi Bear got me the QI question

Well done everyone.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎01-07-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff and @MI5 for your kind comments

I`m really pleased you enjoyed this one and found it fun, especially given some of the subjects...

btw - today`s quiz should be up on a separate thread by 9.30 - with no QI-style question this time but a couple of trickier ones...

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