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White Room Quiz - Wed 02 Sep 2020

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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

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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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  

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An interesting and varied WRQ @Mi-Amigo 

A few I think I know and the rest guesses

pm sent >>>> >>>> >>>>

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Thank you @Anonymous 

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @jonsie 

pm with your eight answers received

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Gentle reminder

@pgn  @gmarkj  @Martin-O2  @Marjo  @O2Karl 

plent of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thursday] to pm @Mi-Amigo with your eight answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

good luck 

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

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Thank you @gmarkj 

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