White Room Quiz - Oddest Questions 2

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to this week`s

As mentioned in the Advanced Notice on Monday, the questions in this week`s quiz don`t fall into the categories from which the questions are usually chosen.

These questions are some more of the "oddest" ones in a White Room Quiz.

PLEASE NOTE AMENDED TIMES BELOW FOR SENDING YOUR PM'S WITH ANSWERS

The White Room Quiz is open to all members

I hope our regular quizzers

    @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @OldFart  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 @Marjo  @Martin-O2

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

will join in with this week`s White Room Quiz.

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NUMBERS] What are the next two prime numbers in this sequence - 19, 23, 29  ?

Q2 [SIGNALLING] What letters were The Beatles actually signalling in semiphore on the cover of the album Help!

Q3 [MONEY] Which country`s currency includes ringgit?

Q4 [INITIALS] What do the initials in the name UNESCO stand for ?

Q5 [PROVERBS] What are the two missing words from the proverb -

"Revenge is a ---- best served ---- " ?

Q6 [SHIPS] What was the name of the ship of the English pirate Blackbeard ?

Q7 [JOBS] What was the job of a wainwright?

Q8 [FLAGS] How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand? 

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 [Wednesday 22 April] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 23 April]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded  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 [Wed 22 April 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Thursday Quizz is open to all members.

I hope new members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, will 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 this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz and gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

As mentioned in the Advanced Notice on Monday, the questions in this week`s quiz don`t fall into the categories from which the questions are usually chosen.

These questions are some more of the "oddest" ones in a White Room Quiz.

PLEASE NOTE AMENDED TIMES BELOW FOR SENDING YOUR PM'S WITH ANSWERS

The White Room Quiz is open to all members

I hope our regular quizzers

    @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @OldFart  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 @Marjo  @Martin-O2

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

will join in with this week`s White Room Quiz.

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NUMBERS] What are the next two prime numbers in this sequence - 19, 23, 29  ?

Q2 [SIGNALLING] What letters were The Beatles actually signalling in semiphore on the cover of the album Help!

Q3 [MONEY] Which country`s currency includes ringgit?

Q4 [INITIALS] What do the initials in the name UNESCO stand for ?

Q5 [PROVERBS] What are the two missing words from the proverb -

"Revenge is a ---- best served ---- " ?

Q6 [SHIPS] What was the name of the ship of the English pirate Blackbeard ?

Q7 [JOBS] What was the job of a wainwright?

Q8 [FLAGS] How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand? 

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 [Wednesday 22 April] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 23 April]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded  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 [Wed 22 April 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Thursday Quizz is open to all members.

I hope new members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, will 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 this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz and gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NUMBERS] What are the next two prime numbers in this sequence - 19, 23, 29  ?

Q2 [SIGNALLING] What letters were The Beatles actually signalling in semiphore on the cover of the album Help!

Q3 [MONEY] Which country`s currency includes ringgit?

Q4 [INITIALS] What do the initials in the name UNESCO stand for ?

Q5 [PROVERBS] What are the two missing words from the proverb -

"Revenge is a ---- best served ---- " ?

Q6 [SHIPS] What was the name of the ship of the English pirate Blackbeard ?

Q7 [JOBS] What was the job of a wainwright?

Q8 [FLAGS] How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand? 

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 [Wednesday 22 April] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 23 April]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning.

Each member will be awarded  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 [Wed 22 April 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 April will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Thursday Quizz is open to all members.

I hope new members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, will 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 this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz and gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

ANSWERS:

Q1 [NUMBERS] What are the next two prime numbers in this sequence - 19, 23, 29  ?

A1:  31, 37

Q2 [SIGNALLING] What letters were The Beatles actually signalling in semiphore on the cover of the album Help!

A2: HELP is incorrect, althought was to be intended what the Beatles were signalling 

       the correct answer - left to right is N or R [depending on how the position of George`s arms and

       cloak are interpreted]; U; J; V 

Q3 [MONEY] Which country`s currency includes ringgit?

A3: Malaysia

Q4 [INITIALS] What do the initials in the name UNESCO stand for ?

A4: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

Q5 [PROVERBS] What are the two missing words from the proverb -

"Revenge is a ---- best served ---- " ?

A5: dish; cold 

Q6 [SHIPS] What was the name of the ship of the English pirate Blackbeard ?

A6: Blackbeard seized many ships. His flagship was Queen Anne`s Revenge but as the question did not specify "flagship", I`ll allow Concord, the former name of Queen Anne`s Revenge before renamed.

Q7 [JOBS] What was the job of a wainwright?

A7: maker and/or repairer of wagons

Q8 [FLAGS] How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand?

A8: 4 red [although bordered by 4 white] 

[Cleoriff]

Woo hoo @Mi-Amigo . Cleo punches the air in delight.

PS, that proverb is one of my favourites.

[pgn]

Teach me to read the question properly, yarr, avast, me hearties! 🙄🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

RESULTS:

@Cleoriff 

A1: correct - awarded   A2: correct - awarded   A3: correct - awarded 

A4: correct - awarded   A5: correct - awarded   A6: correct - awarded 

A7: correct - awarded   A8: correct - awarded  plus, for all eight correct, also awarded

     

Silver Thinker

@Anonymous 

A1: 37, 43 - 37 correct [43 is later prime number] - so awarded half 

A2: HELP - incorrect;

A3: in Frodo`s pocket - incorrect [but thanks for the laugh ]

A4: United - correct; Environment - incorrect; Cultural - correct; Organisation - correct

       to be generous, I`ll award a half 

A5: correct - awarded  A6: Hispaniola - incorrect  A7: correct - awarded  A8: a lot - incorrect

total - 3   [2  + 2 half ]

@gmarkj 

A1: correct - awarded   A2: HELP - incorrect  A3: India - incorrect  A4: correct - awarded 

A5: correct - awarded   A6: correct - awarded   A7: correct - awarded  A8: correct - awarded  plus, for 6 correct answers, also awarded

     

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

A1: correct - awarded   A2: correct - awarded   A3: correct - awarded 

A4: correct - awarded   A5: correct - awarded   A6: correct - awarded 

A7: correct - awarded   A8: correct - awarded  plus, for all eight correct, also awarded

     

Silver Thinker

@MI5 

A1: correct - awarded  

A2: left to right - pass; U, J, V - for three correct, I`ll award half  

A3: correct - awarded  A4: correct - awarded   A5: correct - awarded  

A6: correct - awarded  A7: correct - awarded   A8: correct - awarded 

plus also awarded

     

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

A1: correct - awarded   A2: correct - awarded   A3: correct - awarded 

A4: correct - awarded   A5: correct - awarded  

A6: Edward Teach - incorrect [Blackbeard`s name, not ship]

A7: correct - awarded   A8: correct - awarded  plus, for seven correct, also awarded

     

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo 

A1: 37 - correct - awarded half  A2: AVLX - incorrect  A3: S Africa - incorrect

A4: United Nations Earth Saving Co-Operation Organisation - incorrect - but made me laugh 

A5: correct - awarded   A6: Kraken - incorrect  A7: correct - awarded  A8: 18 - incorrect

total - 2  and half 

@Martin-O2  

A1: pass  A2: pass  A3: Mozambique - incorrect

A4: United States Science Co-ordination Organisation - incorrect

A5: correct - awarded   A6: Queen Anne - [didn`t mention Revenge] - awarded half 

A7: pass  A8: 5 - incorrect

total - 1  and half 

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

    

Silver Thinker                        @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

    

Bronze Thinker +         @pgn 

    

Bronze Thinker + half   @MI5  

    

Bronze Thinker                     @gmarkj 

                      @Anonymous 

  + half          @Marjo 

+ half                    @Martin-O2 

Well done, everyone and congratulations to this week`s Thinkers.

I hope you all enjoyed the quiz.

[Cleoriff]

Congrats and well done all

[pgn]

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, even if I did fluff the pirate one by speed-reading the question.

Loved the alternate name for UNESCO too 🤣

LOLs At @WispaRed7's Frodo's pocket answer for the ringgit 🤣🤣 

Well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

Thank god for your speedreading @pgn 

(Says Cleo in a totally non competitive way)

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Thank god for your speedreading @pgn 

(Says Cleo in a totally non competitive way)

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Always happy to support the team, @Cleoriff. 

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Thank god for your speedreading @pgn 

(Says Cleo in a totally non competitive way)

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Always happy to support the team, @Cleoriff. 

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