Re: White Room Quiz Wed 07 Apr 2021 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-04-2021

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

PEOPLE PLACES TV GAMES

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Cairdeas @TheresaV

@LukasB @Martin-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 PEOPLE 1 What relation was Napoleon III to Napoleon Bonapart ?

Q2 PLACES 1 What is the State capital of Arizona, USA ?

Q3 TV 1 US TV series "Frazier", screened 1993-2004, was a spin-off of which US TV series?

Q4 GAMES 1 In the standard UK Monopoly boardgame there are two properties named .... Square.

One is Trafalgar Square; what is the name of the other Square ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 In Greek mythology who was the goddess of the dawn ?

Q6 PLACES 2 What was the former name of John F Kennedy International Airport commonly known

as before the name of the airport was changed following the assassination of JFK ?

Q7 TV 2 What was the name of Rene`s wife in the British TV comedy "Allo Allo" ?

[character`s name, not name of the actress]

Q8 GAMES 2 How many tiles in total are there in the game of Scrabble ?

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 07 April 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 April 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 09 April 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

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 07 April 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 April 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 08 April 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

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 · ‎08-04-2021

Thank you @pgn

Brilliant gif - associated to one of the questions

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-04-2021

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PEOPLE 1 What relation was Napoleon III to Napoleon Bonapart ?

A1 Napoleon III was the nephew of Napoleon Bonapart, his uncle

Q2 PLACES 1 What is the State capital of Arizona, USA ?

A2 Phoenix

Q3 TV 1 US TV series "Frazier", screened 1993-2004, was a spin-off of which US TV series?

A3 Cheers

Q4 GAMES 1 In the standard UK Monopoly boardgame there are two properties named .... Square.

One is Trafalgar Square; what is the name of the other Square ?

A4 Leicester Square

Q5 PEOPLE 2 In Greek mythology who was the goddess of the dawn ?

A5 Eos

Q6 PLACES 2 What was the former name of John F Kennedy International Airport commonly known

as before the name of the airport was changed following the assassination of JFK ?

A6 Idlewild was the name the airport was commonly known as - for which awarded.

Three quizzzers gave the answer New York - part of the full name, so I`ll be generous and award

half for that as a part-answer.

Q7 TV 2 What was the name of Rene`s wife in the British TV comedy "Allo Allo" ?

[character`s name, not name of the actress]

A7 Edith

Q8 GAMES 2 How many tiles in total are there in the game of Scrabble ?

A8 100 tiles in total - 98 lettered tiles + 2 blnk tiles

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 · ‎09-04-2021

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

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

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

plus, four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@TheresaV

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

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 New York - awarded half

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 80 - incorrect

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2

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

Q4 Sloane Square - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 New York - awarded half

Q7 pass Q8 48 - incorrect

Total: threefor three correct answers + one half for one part-correct answers

@TallTrees

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 New York - awarded half Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers, also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver 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 · ‎09-04-2021

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Bronze Thinker + half = 6 correct answers + 1 part-correct @TallTrees

Red Thinker + + half = 5 correct answers + 1 part correct @gmarkj

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @LukasB

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @TheresaV

+ half = 3 correct answers + 1 part-correct @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@TallTrees - Bronze Thinker + half

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + + half

@LukasB - Red Thinker

@TheresaV - Red Thinker

@Martin-O2 -

Everyone taking part was awarded at least three

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in next week`s White Room Quizzes

- details below

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

@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 · ‎09-04-2021

Well done everyone. Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo

Did you forget to tell us the topics for Mondays quiz? ie Details below and nothing....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-04-2021

NEXT WEEK`S WHITE ROOM QUIZZES

Mon 12 April 2021 - White Room Quiz - 10 questions inc the 1000th WRQ questions

one question on each of these categories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY NATURE SPACE LITERATURE MUSIC

MOVIES GAMES EVENTS FOOD & DRINK

and don`t forget, not only is there a Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers

but each person who correctly answers Q10 = the 1000th WRQ question

will also be awarded

Wed 14 April 2021 - White Room Quiz - 8 questions "Odd questions" edition

one question on each of these subect

CURRENCY INITIALS SIGNS FLAGS JOBS CARS NURSERY RHYMES ADVERTS

I hope all our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @jonsie @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @TheresaV @LukasB @Martin-O2

and any other member of the Community will take part in these White Room Quizzes.

Thank you

@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.

pgn · ‎09-04-2021

Well done all, and thank you @Mi-Amigo for a couple of headscratchers in there, not least of which...

Looking forward to next week's 2 WRQs 👍

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LukasB · ‎09-04-2021

I am back where I belong

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

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Mi-Amigo · ‎09-04-2021

Thank you @Cleoriff @pgn @LukasB

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

@Cleoriff

I didn`t forget details of next week`s quizzes You were just a bit quicker than me whilst I was posting..

@pgn

Yeh there were a couple of tricky ones in this quiz. Wonder what everyone will make of the questions in Monday`s WRQ and the 1000th WRQ question

@LukasB

Back with a Red Thinker but how will you do next week and with competition from @TheresaV and @Martin-O2

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

TheresaV · ‎09-04-2021

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo for the Red Thinker!

To me it looks a tiny bit suspicious that @LukasB has the same amount of right answers as me? What happened there Lukas? Did you spy on me?

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