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White Room Quiz - Wed 02 Sep 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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

                                                       

                                                                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  

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Thank you @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

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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

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

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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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 star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

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

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

plus, for six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 correct - awarded star Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

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AWARDS:

 

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

 

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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 

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Wow, lots of Silver thinkers this time.

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

Congrats one and all. wink

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Enjoyed the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Didn't matter that I got no Stars

I do the WRQ for fun

Well done everyone

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Well done everyone and thanks slight_smile
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Same with this quiz @Mi-Amigo as well as the word diamond, sorry I missed it! sob

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

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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.... 

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