White Room Quiz Wed 03 Jan 2024 - A-Z Quiz 7 part ... - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-01-2024

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is the first part of the three-part A to Z Quiz 7.

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories - there are 8 questions,

with one question on each of 8 subjects - each based on a letter of the alphabet

A - Adverts; B - Bingo; C - Collectables; D - Dance; E - Extinct; F - Flags; G - Gardening; H - Hobbies

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - their answers between 12 noon today [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @J9el @Oxonian @Spenny @Dave-O2

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 A - ADVERTS - John Lewis Xmas TV advert in 2016 featured a dog on a trampoline.

What was the dog`s name ?

Q2 B - BINGO - According to Mecca Bingo, "gateway to heaven" is the bingo call for which number ?

Q3 C - COLLECTABLES - Troika, art pottery which has become collectable, was made from 1962 to 1983 in

which British county ?

Q4 D - DANCE - In salsa dance, what is the term [which literally means "go ahead"] for a forward step ?

Q5 E - EXTINCT - The baiji, native to Yangtse river, was declared extinct in 2006. The baiji was what type of

creature ?

Q6 F - FLAGS - Which county`s flag has three stripes - red band at top and bottom, and a white band with

a green cedar tree in the centre ?

Q7 G - GARDENING - In gardening, what is the common cause of blossom-end rot ?

Q8 H - HOBBIES - What do helixophiles collect as a hobby ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 03 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 05 Jan 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 05 Jan 2024

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 03 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 05 Jan 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 05 Jan 2024 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 likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

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 · ‎05-01-2024

Thank you @J9el

pm with your answers received - well before deadline

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 · ‎05-01-2024

THE ANSWERS

Q1 A - ADVERTS - John Lewis Xmas TV advert in 2016 featured a dog on a trampoline.

What was the dog`s name ?

A1 Buster

Q2 B - BINGO - According to Mecca Bingo, "gateway to heaven" is the bingo call for which number ?

A2 27

Q3 C - COLLECTABLES - Troika, art pottery which has become collectable, was made from 1962 to 1983 in

which British county ?

A3 Cornwall

Q4 D - DANCE - In salsa dance, what is the term [which literally means "go ahead"] for a forward step ?

A4 adelante

Q5 E - EXTINCT - The baiji, native to Yangtse river, was declared extinct in 2006. The baiji was what type of

creature ?

A5 river dolphin. I`ll accept "dolphin" as correct answer.

Q6 F - FLAGS - Which county`s flag has three stripes - red band at top and bottom, and a white band with

a green cedar tree in the centre ?

A6 Lebanon

Q7 G - GARDENING - In gardening, what is the common cause of blossom-end rot ?

A7 calcium deficiency

Q8 H - HOBBIES - What do helixophiles collect as a hobby ?

A8 corkscrews

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 · ‎05-01-2024

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 pass .

Q5 correct - Q6 pass Q7 too much sun - incorrect Q8 pass.

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 Devon - incorrect Q4 pass .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 pass Q8 pass .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 after you, dear - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - Q2 11 - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 pass .

Q5 fish - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 wet conditions - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 vamos - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 funghi - incorrect Q8 spirals - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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 · ‎05-01-2024

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @J9el

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj @Dave-O2 @TallTrees

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS- @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie

Well done

@BobM - Bronze Thinker + star

@J9el - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 - Red Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in WRQ A- Z 7 part 2 on Monday, when there

will be 8 questions, with one question on each of the following subjects

I - INITIALS; J - JANUARY; K - KILLERS; L - LATIN; M - MOTORWAYS; N- NURSERY RHYMES;

O - ORANGE; P - POSTCODES

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

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

TallTrees · ‎05-01-2024

Hi there good morning @Mi-Amigo

Good a Red Thinker

Thank you for the quiz ☺

Very well done everyone

PS notification not working for me this morning 😕

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

J9el · ‎05-01-2024

Great quiz, thanks @Mi-Amigo

pgn · ‎05-01-2024

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - and great to see all those Thinkers again!

And the GIF's or videos shared in the answers, where given, are also very apt or very funny or both. The Youtube video short I shared used the soundtrack from this piece of music, which the answer to the dance question: