White Room Quiz Wed 09 Dec 2020 - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-12-2020

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 from each of four categories

PLACES NATURE LITERATURE TV

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

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.

Please note: there is one QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 PLACES 1 What was the name of the Russian city Stalingrad changed to in 1961?

Q2 NATURE 1 What type of bird is a teal?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 In which book by Mark Twain did the character Huckleberry Finn first appear?

Q4 TV 1 What is the address of Wallace and Gromit in the TV animations?

Q5 PLACES 2 Komodo National Park, famous for Komodo Dragons, is in which country?

Q6 NATURE 2 What is the gestation period [in days] of a tigress?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 Who wrote the science fiction novel "The Midwich Cuckoo"?

Q8 TV 2 What was the original title which Tony Warren gave to his ITV soap drama, which was changed

to Coronation Street before it was first broadcast?

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 09 December] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 10 December]

- 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 11 December

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 09 December 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 10 December 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 10 December 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 · ‎11-12-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PLACES 1 What was the name of the Russian city Stalingrad changed to in 1961?

A1 Volgograd - formerly Stalingrad 1925-1961; and before that Tsaritsyn 1589-1925.

Q2 NATURE 1 What type of bird is a teal?

A2 duck

Q3 LITERATURE 1 In which book by Mark Twain did the character Huckleberry Finn first appear?

A3 QI-style question - not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", pub in 1884, which was sequal to

correct answer "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, pub in 1876

Q4 TV 1 What is the address of Wallace and Gromit in the TV animations?

A4 62 West Wallaby Street

Q5 PLACES 2 Komodo National Park, famous for Komodo Dragons, is in which country?

A5 Indonesia

Q6 NATURE 2 What is the gestation period [in days] of a tigress?

A6 92-112 days. I will accept any number of days in that period as a correct answer.

Q7 LITERATURE 2 Who wrote the science fiction novel "The Midwich Cuckoo"?

A7 John Wyndham

Q8 TV 2 What was the original title which Tony Warren gave to his ITV soap drama, which was changed

to Coronation Street before it was first broadcast?

A8 Florizel Street

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 · ‎11-12-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 92-112 days - correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 St Petersburg - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 95 days - correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 pass plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@jonsie

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 100 days - 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 105 - 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 106 days - correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Fazackerley Street - incorrect

plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 "excuse me?" - incorrect

Q7 Mark Twain - incorrect Q8 Hollyoaks - incorrect

Total: for three correct answers

@Marjo

Q1 Leningrad - incorrect Q2 parrot - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass

Q5 South Africa - incorrect Q6 120 days - sorry, just outside timeframe so have to mark this - incorrect

Q7 Isaac Asimov - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: for one correct answer

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

LukasB · ‎11-12-2020

see? so many stars doesnt fit in a thinker category @Mi-Amigo @Cleoriff @Marjo

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Cleoriff · ‎11-12-2020

I'm sure @Mi-Amigo meant 13 correct @LukasB

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-12-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @jonsie @MI5

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @pgn

Red Thinker + = for five correct + one part-correct - @gmarkj

= for three correct - @LukasB

= for one correct - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @jonsie @MI5

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker +

@LukasB -

@Marjo -

Well done everyone. All those taking part got at least one star and everyone correctly answered the QI-style question.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.

Over the weekend I will select eight questions with two questions from each of these categories

PEOPLE SCIENCE [one biology; one chemistry] MUSIC [inc one "lyrics" question] SPORT

I will try and find a balance in the level of the questions, with some easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-12-2020

ADVANCED NOTICE

As part of 🎅🏻 🎄Christmas on the O2 Community 🎄 🎅🏻 WEDNESDAY`s White Room Quiz will be the

WHITE ROOM SEASONAL QUIZ with 12 question with additional Thinkers awarded

Diamond Thinker - for 12 correct; Gold Thinker - for 10 correct; Silver Thinker - for 8 correct;

Bronze Thinker - for 6 correct; Red Thinker - for 4 correct; - for each correct answer.

I hope as many as possible will come and have a go at the Seasonal WRQ on Wednesday.

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

MI5 · ‎11-12-2020

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done to everyone

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Mi-Amigo · ‎11-12-2020

Thank you @MI5 .

Well done on gettin a Silver Thinker.

I hope you enjoyed this quiz and will take part in Monday`s WRQ and Wednesday`s Seasonal Edition.

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

pgn · ‎11-12-2020

Bronze+✴️, woohoo.

Dunno where I got Fazackerley Str from...

Great work all who sent in answers - and next Monday's selection looks to be pretty good, although Sports can be a bit hit-or-miss in my book

And Wednesday sees a mega one, 12Qs, smashing! 12 questions of Christmas 🎄🎅

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo, your fingers will be worn to the bone come Christmas!

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MI5 · ‎11-12-2020

@pgn wrote:

Dunno where I got Fazackerley Str from...

Preston bus station

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