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White Room Quiz Wed 07 Aug 2024 - Mastermind Challenge

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

Today`s WRQ is the Mastermind Challenge with 8 questions taken from the questions faced by two of the winners of the Mastermind Champion of Champions - four of the questions faced by Sir David Hunt, the

Mastermind Champion of Champions in 1982; and four questions faced by Pat Gibson, the Mastermind

Champion of Champions in 2010.

Both Sir David Hunt and Pat Gibson failed to give the correct answer to two of their questions in this quiz.

Can any WRQ quizzer beat the former Mastermind Champion of Champions ? 

 

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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

 

SIR DAVID HUNT`s questions

Q1 In the Ancient Roman calendar, what were the kalends ?

                                 

Q2 What is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta ?

                        

Q3 What type of creature is a cottonmouth or water moccasin ?

 

Q4 Which opera by Rossini was originally entitled "The Useless Precaution" ?

 

PAT GIBSON`s questions

Q5 What was the surname of the English Field Marshall who led the defeat of the Turkish forces at

          Megiddo in 1918 ?

 

Q6 Who wrote the poem "The Dong With A Luminous Nose" in the 1870s ?

 

Q7 Which word, from the Latin for liquid, describes a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic

         obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings of paint and adhesives ?

 

Q8 What is the name of the British swimmer who became a double gold medal winner at 2008 Beijing

         Paralympics ?

                                                                                 

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 07 Aug 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 09 Aug 2024.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 09 Aug 2024.

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

 

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PLUS - for correct answer for each question which Mastermind Champion of Champions could not answer,

I will award a :trophy: - so, chance of being awarded four trophies .

 

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 07 Aug

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 09 Aug 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 09 Aug 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.

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I think those questions are not ordinary @Mi-Amigo 😁

Truly for the "Mastermind"

This is not for me however definitely not a quizzing mastermind!

I look forward to the results 

Good luck quizzers... bye for now join in later..

😍



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My answers await your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; those questions were hard ! 👍 

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Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Veritas Numquam Perit

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Thank you @TallTrees for your comments.

I admit there are some tough questions but hope you might have a guess at some ?

 

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @pgn 

like the video

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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THE ANSWERS

 

SIR DAVID HUNT`s questions

Q1 In the Ancient Roman calendar, what were the kalends ?

A1   the first day of the month

                                 

Q2 What is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta ?

A2    Edmonton - :trophy: = Hunt gave incorrect answer

                        

Q3 What type of creature is a cottonmouth or water moccasin ?

A3    snake

 

Q4 Which opera by Rossini was originally entitled "The Useless Precaution" ?

A4   "The Barber of Seville" - :trophy: = Hunt gave incorrect answer

 

PAT GIBSON`s questions

Q5 What was the surname of the English Field Marshall who led the defeat of the Turkish forces at

          Megiddo in 1918 ?

A5   Allenby - :trophy: = Gibson gave incorrect answer

 

Q6 Who wrote the poem "The Dong With A Luminous Nose" in the 1870s ?

A6    Edward Lear

 

Q7 Which word, from the Latin for liquid, describes a water emulsion of a synthetic rubber or plastic

         obtained by polymerization and used especially in coatings of paint and adhesives ?

A7   latex - :trophy: = Gibson gave incorrect answer

 

Q8 What is the name of the British swimmer who became a double gold medal winner at 2008 Beijing

         Paralympics ?

A8   Ellie Simmonds

                   

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THE RESULTS

 

@Oxonian 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct :star: + :trophy:   Q3 pass   Q4 correct :star::trophy: .

Q5 pass   Q6 pass                   Q7 pass    Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct + 2 trophies

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct :star:          Q2 correct :star: + :trophy:   Q3 correct :star:         Q4 correct :star::trophy: .

Q5 correct :star::trophy:  Q6 correct :star:           Q7 correct :star::trophy:  Q8 correct :star: .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker + 4 trophies

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct :star:          Q2 correct :star: + :trophy:   Q3 correct :star:         Q4 correct :star::trophy: .

Q5 correct :star::trophy:  Q6 correct :star:           Q7 correct :star::trophy:  Q8 correct :star: .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker + 4 trophies

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct :star:          Q2 correct :star: + :trophy:       Q3 correct :star:         Q4 correct :star::trophy: .

Q5 The name after his first name which was the name before his last name - sorry, can`t accept 😂

Q6 correct :star:          Q7 correct :star::trophy:      Q8 Darren Kenny - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker + 3 trophies

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