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Mi-Amigo · ‎02-09-2020

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB 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.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

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

PEOPLE WORDS GAMES FOOD & DRINK

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who designed the Menai Bridge to Angelsey, opened in 1826 ?

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What is gerontology the study of ?

Q3 [GAMES - 1] How many marbles or pegs are there on a traditional solitaire board at the start

of the game ?

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] Which cocktail`s ingrediants include gin, cherry liqueur, Cointreau, Benedictine

Grenadine, pineapple juice, Angostura Bitters ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Which explorer sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497 ?

Q6 [WORDS - 2] Domingo is Spanish for which English day of the week ?

Q7 [GAMES - 2] How many points are scored for a cannon in the English game of billiards ?

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What food is said to have been named in honour of the wife of Umberto I

in 1889 ?

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 [Wed 02 Sept] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 03 Sep]

- 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 Fri 04 September.

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 [Wed 02 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 03 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 03 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" 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 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-09-2020

Thank you @pgn

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 · ‎04-09-2020

THE ANSWERS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who designed the Menai Bridge to Angelsey, opened in 1826 ?

A1 Thomas Telford

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What is gerontology the study of ?

A2 ageing

Q3 [GAMES - 1] How many marbles or pegs are there on a traditional solitaire board at the start

of the game ?

A3 32

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] Which cocktail`s ingrediants include gin, cherry liqueur, Cointreau, Benedictine

Grenadine, pineapple juice, Angostura Bitters ?

A4 Singapore Sling

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Which explorer sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 1497 ?

A5 John Cabot

Q6 [WORDS - 2] Domingo is Spanish for which English day of the week ?

A6 Sunday

Q7 [GAMES - 2] How many points are scored for a cannon in the English game of billiards ?

A7 2 points

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What food is said to have been named in honour of the wife of Umberto I

in 1889 ?

A8 margherita pizza

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 · ‎04-09-2020

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 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

@Anonymous

Q1 Brunel - incorrect Q2 swords - incorrect Q3 36 - incorrect Q4 Sex On The Beach - incorrect

Q5 Columbus - incorrect Q6 Wednesday - incorrect Q7 3 - incorrect Q8 paella - incorrect

Sorry, no stars this time

@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

@gmarkj

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

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

plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze 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

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 · ‎04-09-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

Sorry @Anonymous no stars this time

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

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.

Over the weekend, I will choose two questions from each of these categories

LITERATURE SCIENCE [one question - biology; one "odd one out" question - chemistry] MUSIC

and two ODD questions [one on vehicles; one on currency]

so the White Room Quiz will be a bit different but I hope everyone will find it fun

@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.

Cleoriff · ‎04-09-2020

Wow, lots of Silver thinkers this time.

Love the game @Mi-Amigo Always tests my brain cells.

Congrats one and all.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Anonymous · ‎04-09-2020

Enjoyed the quiz @Mi-Amigo

Didn't matter that I got no Stars

I do the WRQ for fun

Well done everyone

MI5 · ‎04-09-2020

Well done everyone and thanks

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Marjo · ‎04-09-2020

Same with this quiz @Mi-Amigo as well as the word diamond, sorry I missed it!

I would have known Domingo as I studied Spanish in high school and still remember some bits and pieces!

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-09-2020

Thanks @Cleoriff @Anonymous @MI5 @Marjo for your kind comments.

I`m pleased you enjoyed the quiz and, as @Anonymous said, found it fun - because that`s what is intended; and sorry that @Marjo missed out on the quiz this time.

I`ve got to sort out the questions for Monday`s but have one in mind which might tax the grey matter....

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

pgn · ‎04-09-2020

Super week for Quizzes this week! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

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