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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 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
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Yeah, all done after being offline for ages with a Firefox issue which required a reinstallation!!
I have ranted about it in the lounge
Veritas Numquam Perit
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