White Room Quiz Wed 09 Sept 2020 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎09-09-2020

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 @Martin-O2 @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2Karl

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

GEOGRAPHY SPACE WORDS ART [one on paintings; one on sculptures]

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] What is the name of the isolated rock, which is the most westerly point of the British Isles ?

Q2 [SPACE - 1] What is the name of the smaller of the two moons of Mars ?

Q3 [WORDS - 1] What is the plural of moose ?

Q4 [ART - 1 PAINTING] Which Dutch painter painted "View of Delft" in 1660 ?

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the longest river in Scotland ?

Q6 [SPACE - 2] What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft in which Russian cosmonaut

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space ?

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What did the word "hornswoggle", popular in the 19th century, mean ?

Q8 [ART - 2 SCULPTURE] What was the original name of Rodin`s sculpture "The Thinker" ?

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 Sept] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 10 Sep]

- 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 September.

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 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 10 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 10 September 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 enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it 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 · ‎09-09-2020

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎10-09-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

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

pgn · ‎10-09-2020

Busy, but been mimicking Rodin's Thinker earlier, and worth a punt to get these in, @Mi-Amigo - --> incoming.

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-09-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

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

Martin-O2 · ‎10-09-2020

PM sent @Mi-Amigo !

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Mi-Amigo · ‎10-09-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎11-09-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] What is the name of the isolated rock, which is the most westerly point of the British Isles ?

A1 Rockall

Q2 [SPACE - 1] What is the name of the smaller of the two moons of Mars ?

A2 Deimos

Q3 [WORDS - 1] What is the plural of moose ?

A3 moose

Q4 [ART - 1 PAINTING] Which Dutch painter painted "View of Delft" in 1660 ?

A4 Vermeer

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the longest river in Scotland ?

A5 River Tay

Q6 [SPACE - 2] What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft in which Russian cosmonaut

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space ?

A6 Vostok 6

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What did the word "hornswoggle", popular in the 19th century, mean ?

A7 cheat, hoax, deceive

Q8 [ART - 2 SCULPTURE] What was the original name of Rodin`s sculpture "The Thinker" ?

A8 The Poet - I know this question was recently asked on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

but thought it would be fun to include it as the awards inc our own Thinkers

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

Cleoriff · ‎11-09-2020

@Mi-Amigo

It's a good job Q8 WAS asked on WWTBAM...as I actually didn't know that one.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-09-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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

@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

@gmarkj

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

Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

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

Q5 Clyde - incorrect Q6 Cosmos - incorrect Q7 village idiot - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: two for two correct answers

@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

@Martin-O2

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

Q5 Tweed - incorrect Q6 Vostok - part correct - awarded half

Q7 talk nonsense - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: two-and-a-half for two correct and one part 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-09-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @gmarkj

+ half = for two correct + one part correct answers - @Martin-O2

= for two correct answers - @Anonymous

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@Martin-O2 - + half

@Anonymous -

Everyone who took part in this quiz was awarded at least

Over the weekend I will be choosing the eight questions for Monday`s White Room Quiz, with

two questions from each of these categories

HISTORY NATURE MOVIES GAMES

and will try and find a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

I hope everyone enjoyed this quiz and will join in with Monday`s White Room Quiz.

Thanks for your support and making the 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.