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White Room Quiz Wed 06 Jan 2021 "Odd Questions" ed

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.

Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition with eight questions with one question on

each of these subjects 

 

   TRANSPORT   CODES  CARS   INITIALS  POLITICS  MATHS  SAYINGS   ADVERTS

 

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  @Anonymous 

and O2 Community managers  @Marjo   @Martin-O2   @LukasB  @TheresaV 

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 TRANSPORT   What type of transport is a Chinook?

  

Q2 CODES            The airport of which city is designated the International Airport Code YVR ?

 

Q3 CARS               Which UK car manufacturer produced the Poplar, the Prefect, and the Anglia ?

 

Q4 INITIALS          In technology, what do the initials LCD stand for ?

 

Q5 POLITICS         The Althing is the parliament of which country ?

 

Q6 MATHS           What number is the square root of 196 minus the cube root of 216 ?

 

Q7 SAYINGS         What two words are missing from this well-known saying

                                 Never judge a ---- by its -----

 

Q8 ADVERTS        A famous 2007 TV advert featured a gorilla drumming to Phil Collin`s "In the Air

                               Tonight". What product did it advertise [maker and item] ? 

 

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 06 Jan 20121] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 07 Jan 2021]

- 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 08 Jan 2021

 

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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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 06 Jan 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 07 Jan 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 07 Jan 2021 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

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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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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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @gmarkj 

bit of mix with questions, especially as they are from "odd" categories

pm with your 8 answers received.

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Here we go @Mi-Amigo 

Guess which one I liked a lot? NOT!! rofl

 

Calculate Figure It Out GIF

Veritas Numquam Perit

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Cleoriff 

I love the gif yahoo

pm with your eight answers received

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie 

I love the gif - my favourite one so far Bouncy

pm with your eight answers received

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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I bet that Anglia is worth a bob o two now!

Or the number plate at the very least yahoo

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Hah - first 4 answers popped into my head immediately. Odd, that... Better take a closer look at the rest!

OK... 

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Incoming, @Mi-Amigo... 👍

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Thank you @pgn 

hmmm very different gif this time

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Gentle reminder to

@Anonymous  @Martin-O2  @LukasB  @TheresaV  @Marjo  and any member who would like to tackle the questions in this quiz, there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your eight answers. Good luck.

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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Thank you @TheresaV

pm with your 8 answers received

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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?"
Robert Kennedy.

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