White Room Quiz - Wed 02 Sep 2020

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.

Cleoriff · ‎02-09-2020

Thanks for this @Mi-Amigo

Busy morning posting about the new shows hitting our screens this Autumn.

Questions stored in One note and thinking cap on....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-09-2020

Been busy, too @Cleoriff

Answers and posts to Monday`s Summer Quiz.

Comments on SCD and BGT threads.

Setting up this quiz.

Hope you like the questions and categories.

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

Cleoriff · ‎02-09-2020

Yes I do like them @Mi-Amigo TBH.

It's also nice to see new off topic threads being started.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎02-09-2020

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-09-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your 8 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.

MI5 · ‎02-09-2020

Submitted with more confidence this time

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Cleoriff · ‎02-09-2020

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎02-09-2020

Thank you @MI5

pm with your eight answers received

btw had issue earlier with forum running slow - I`m on laptop using Chrome but guess its where I am and connection speed

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

Cleoriff · ‎02-09-2020

Not just you @Mi-Amigo

After reinstalling Firefox, it ran slow for about 30 mins. I wasn't very happy as I hoped it would be faster. It's fine now though!!

Veritas Numquam Perit