White Room Quiz Wed 07 Jul 2021 "Odd Questions" ed

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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 8 questions.

Instead of the questions being from the usual categories, there is one question on each of these subjects - 

   INITIALS   MAPS   FLAGS   CARS   NURSERY RHYMES   CODES   MOTORWAYS  CLOTHES

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  @BobM  @TheresaV @LukasB 

  @Martin-O2  @O2EmmaLouise 

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 INITIALS    In education, what do the initials GCSE stand for ?

Q2 MAPS        On an Ordnance Survey map, what do crossed swords indicate ?

Q3 FLAGS        What are the three colours on the flag of Italy ?

Q4 CARS          Which car manufacturer produced the Elan from 1962 and the Eclat in 1975 ?

Q5 NURSERY RHYMES  In nursery rhyme "Goosey Goosey Gander", Goosey Goosey Gander wandered

                         upstairs; downstairs... and where else ?

Q6 CODES       0131 is the telephone dialling code for which UK city ?

Q7 MOTORWAYS  Which motorway connects London and Southampton ?

Q8 CLOTHES   Where on the body would an espadrille be worn ? 

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 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 July 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 July 2021

Each member will be awarded  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 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 July 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 08 July 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  

[Mi-Amigo]

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 INITIALS    In education, what do the initials GCSE stand for ?

Q2 MAPS        On an Ordnance Survey map, what do crossed swords indicate ?

Q3 FLAGS        What are the three colours on the flag of Italy ?

Q4 CARS          Which car manufacturer produced the Elan from 1962 and the Eclat in 1975 ?

Q5 NURSERY RHYMES  In nursery rhyme "Goosey Goosey Gander", Goosey Goosey Gander wandered

                         upstairs; downstairs... and where else ?

Q6 CODES       0131 is the telephone dialling code for which UK city ?

Q7 MOTORWAYS  Which motorway connects London and Southampton ?

Q8 CLOTHES   Where on the body would an espadrille be worn ? 

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 July 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 July 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 July 2021

Each member will be awarded  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 July 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 July 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 08 July 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  

[TheresaV]

I am sure I got at least three right @jonsie @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 INITIALS    In education, what do the initials GCSE stand for ?

A1   General Certificate of Secondary Education

Q2 MAPS        On an Ordnance Survey map, what do crossed swords indicate ?

A2    site of battle

Q3 FLAGS        What are the three colours on the flag of Italy ?

A3    red, white, green

Q4 CARS          Which car manufacturer produced the Elan from 1962 and the Eclat in 1975 ?

A4    Lotus

Q5 NURSERY RHYMES  In nursery rhyme "Goosey Goosey Gander", Goosey Goosey Gander wandered

                         upstairs; downstairs... and where else ?

A5   "in my lady`s chamber"

Q6 CODES       0131 is the telephone dialling code for which UK city ?

A6    Edinburgh

Q7 MOTORWAYS  Which motorway connects London and Southampton ?

A7    M3

Q8 CLOTHES   Where on the body would an espadrille be worn ? 

A8   foot

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB 

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

Q5 pass  Q6 pass   Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

    

Red 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

@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

@BobM 

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

@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

@gmarkj 

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

Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 Theresa`s flat - incorrect    Q6 Lukas town - incorrect 

Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded  

plus for six correct answers also awarded

       

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2 

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

Q4 Skoda - incorrect   Q5 pass  Q6 pass   Q7 correct - awarded  Q8 head - incorrect

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

    

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

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

Q7 M25 - incorrect              Q8 correct - awarded  

plus for more than six correct answers also awarded

       

Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV 

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

Q4 correct - awarded  Q5 oven - incorrect             Q6 Leicester - incorrect

Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

    

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

THE AWARDS:

     

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

     

Bronze Thinker +      = 7 correct answers @TallTrees 

     

Bronze Thinker                 = 6 correct answers @gmarkj 

    

Red Thinker +             = 5 correct answers  @TheresaV  

    

Red Thinker                     = 4 correct answers  @LukasB  @Martin-O2 

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

Well done

@TallTrees      - Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj         - Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV      - Red Thinker + 

@LukasB         - Red Thinker 

@Martin-O2    - Red Thinker

Everyone who took part was awarded a Thinker 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz. As everyone did so well with "odd questions", I promise there will be another "Odd Questions" edition of WRQ soon. In the meantime, I hope that our regular quizzers and anyone else who enjoys a quiz will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, when the WRQ will be 8 questions with two question from each of these categories

   GEOGRAPHY   WORDS   MUSIC   SPORT

I will search out the questions over the weekend, with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

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

@Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Good set of results.
Well done all and thanks

[Cleoriff]

Well done one and all.

Had to laugh at @Martin-O2 thinking espadrilles were worn on your head! (new fashion statement maybe?)

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo . Really enjoyed it

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 and @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Well done both of you on getting a Silver Thinker.

I did like @LukasB `s answer to the CLOTHES question and @gmarkj `s answers to the NURSERY RHYMES and CODES questions 

[TallTrees]

Noooooooo I knew it was M3 lost confidence 😫
Thanks @Mi-Amigo
Well done everyone 👏

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo once more for a good quiz.

Well done everyone, good results all round 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and hope you are not to disappointed at just missing out on a Silver Thinker, but well done on your Bronze Thinker + 

Thank you @BobM 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Silver Thinker