White Room Quiz Wed 07 Oct 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎07-10-2020

Welcome to

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

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 @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @LukasB @Martin-O2 and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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.

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

PEOPLE SPACE LITERATURE GAMES

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] What was the name of the prisoner known as "The Birdman of Alcatraz" ?

Q2 [SPACE - 1] Which planet in our solar system was discovered by Johann Galle in 1846 ?

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] Who wrote "East is east and West is west; and never the twain shall meet" ?

Q4 [GAMES - 1] Which number on a standard dartboard is between 2 and 3 ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] What was the first name of the English landscape gardener known as "Capability" Brown ?

Q6 [SPACE - 2] What is the name of Jupiter`s second largest moon ?

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who created the character Dr Doolittle ?

Q8 [GAMES - 2] Which game is played on a playing surface measuring 9ft by 5ft ?

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 October] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 08 October]

- 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 October

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 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 08 October 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 some of 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.

Cleoriff · ‎09-10-2020

I think @Marjo was thinking of Twister?

Well done to the winners. Great game @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-10-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5 @pgn

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @Cleoriff @jonsie

= for two correct answers - @Anonymous

= for one correct answer - @LukasB

half = for one part correct answer - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinker - @MI5 @pgn

Well done

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker +

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker +

@Anonymous -

@LukasB -

@Marjo - half

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz.

As the "All Odd Questions" White Room Quiz was popular last time, there will be another on Monday

Over the weekend I will select eight questions with one question on each of these eight subjects

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES NICKNAMES FLAGS SAYINGS

- and for the first time in a White Room Quiz - DANCES

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

I hope everyone will join in with Monday`s White Room "All Odd Questions" Quiz

Thak 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-10-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
I think @Marjo was thinking of Twister?
Well done to the winners. Great game @Mi-Amigo

Thank you @Cleoriff

Well done on getting the Bronze Thinker.

From her comments, I wonder if that`s what @Marjo gets up to when not on the Community

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

MI5 · ‎09-10-2020

Naked Twister is much more fun

Well done everyone and thanks

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Cleoriff · ‎09-10-2020

Looking forward to the next one @Mi-Amigo PIRATES and DANCES. Woo Hoo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-10-2020

Thank you @MI5

Well done on getting a 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 · ‎09-10-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Looking forward to the next one @Mi-Amigo PIRATES and DANCES. Woo Hoo

Yep - PIRATES and DANCES - should be fun

I`m gonna enjoy sorting out the questions over the weekend... [already got the dance one in mind]

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

MI5 · ‎09-10-2020

Pirates:
Apple pie in Jamaica £2.50
Apple pie in Barbados £3.00
That's the pirates of the Caribbean

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pgn · ‎09-10-2020

@MI5 wrote:
Pirates:
Apple pie in Jamaica £2.50
Apple pie in Barbados £3.00
That's the pirates of the Caribbean

Took a second for that one to drop...

Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo - I nearly had Shaeshank in Q1 before I realised... 😂

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LukasB · ‎09-10-2020

Almost a thinker this time hahahah

Loved the questions though @Mi-Amigo

Congrats to all the actual thinkers

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