White Room Quiz Wed 09 Nov 2022 - Return of A to Z Quiz part 3

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is the third part of the three-part Return of the A to Z Quiz.

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories - there are 8 questions,

with one question on each of 8 subjects - each based on a letter of the alphabet

 R - Rhyming slang; S - Statues; T - Tube Stations; U - Uniforms; V - Vehicles; W - Weather

 Y - Yellow; Z - Zeros 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers from 12 noon today [Wed] to 03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5  @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @Comben  @J9el @adec @RafaC 

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 R - Rhyming slang - In Cockney rhyming slang, what is the Sweeney Todd ?

Q2 S - Statues - The statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square, London is holding what with his left hand ?

Q3 T - Tube stations - The new Elizabeth Line on London`s underground runs from Reading and Heathrow

                                     in the west to where in the east ?

Q4 U - Uniforms - In the Napoleonic era, which country`s cavalry wore a uniform of white or dark green

                              coats and grey overall trousers ?

Q5 V - Vehicles - What colour are the vans of the state-owned postal service in Republic of Ireland ?

Q6 W - Weather - What weather does Force 8 on the Beaufort Scale represent ?

Q7 Y - Yellow - Double-yellow dot balls were introduced in the year 2000 in which sport ?

Q8 Z - Zeros - How man zeros are there in a trillion ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 09 Nov] and up to 03.00am on morning of Fri 11 Nov 2022] .

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 11 Nov 2022

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

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo between 12 noon today [Wed 09 Nov] and before 03.00am Fri 11 Nov 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 11 Nov 2022 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

[J9el]

Answers PM’d @Mi-Amigo  Fingers crossed!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

love the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

love the gif

pm with your answers received - before the deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 R - Rhyming slang - In Cockney rhyming slang, what is the Sweeney Todd ?

A1  Flying Squad - the police

Q2 S - Statues - The statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square, London is holding what with his left hand ?

A2   sword

Q3 T - Tube stations - The new Elizabeth Line on London`s underground runs from Reading and Heathrow

                                     in the west to where in the east ?

A3   Abbey Wood and Brentwood/Shenfield - will accept either name as correct

Q4 U - Uniforms - In the Napoleonic era, which country`s cavalry wore a uniform of white or dark green

                              coats and grey overall trousers ?

A4   Austria

Q5 V - Vehicles - What colour are the vans of the state-owned postal service in Republic of Ireland ?

A5   green

Q6 W - Weather - What weather does Force 8 on the Beaufort Scale represent ?

A6    gale

Q7 Y - Yellow - Double-yellow dot balls were introduced in the year 2000 in which sport ?

A7   squash

Q8 Z - Zeros - How man zeros are there in a trillion ?

A8   12

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  . 

Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 knife - incorrect  Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 Poland - incorrect 

Q5 correct -    Q6 hurricane - incorrect   Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 France - incorrect

Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 pool - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  . 

Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 9 - incorrect

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 Romford - incorrect  Q4 France - incorrect 

Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -    Q2 eyeglass - incorrect  Q3 correct -    Q4 France - incorrect 

Q5 correct -    Q6 windspeed - incorrect   Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

 plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 correct -  . 

Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 correct -    Q4 France - incorrect

Q5 correct -    Q6 breeze - incorrect   Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5  @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @Cleoriff  

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @gmarkj  @BobM  @pgn 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @RafaC  @J9el 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @jonsie 

Well done

@Cleoriff    - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker 

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker 

@pgn           - Bronze Thinker

@RafaC       - Red Thinker + star

@J9el           - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least a Red Thinker + star - a great way to end the A to Z quizzes

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be

back to normal with the WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories - 

 PEOPLE   MUSIC   MOVIES   TV

I will search out the questions over the weekend and try and find a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for all your hard work as usual.

Good results all round, well done all  👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Thought 6 would have been my score today but got lucky.

Well done all

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo .

Pity I didn't check what I'd written in One Note before transferring everything to a PM 😂😂

Well done everyone. Thanks for another great game Mr Quiz master. x