White Room Quiz - Wed 10 June 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎10-06-2020

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

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

GEOGRAPHY NATURE WORDS MUSIC

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] What is the third largest US State?

Q2 [NATURE - 1] Which animals live in a formicary?

Q3 [WORDS - 1] Cynophobia is a fear of what?

Q4 [MUSIC - 1] In what part of an orchestra is a timpani?

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the capital of Tasmania?

Q6 [NATURE - 2] How many leaves does a twayblade orchid have?

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What type of word reads the same forwards and backwards?

Q8 [MUSIC - 2] Where, according to the song by The Who, did Happy Jack live?

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 10 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 11 June]

- 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 12 June.

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 10 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 11 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 11 June 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have 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.

gmarkj · ‎11-06-2020

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Mi-Amigo · ‎11-06-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Marjo

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 · ‎11-06-2020

Gentle reminder @Anonymous and @Martin-O2

and anyone else who wants to take part in this quiz

there is still plenty of time - until 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] - to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your eight answers

look forward to hearing from you

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 · ‎11-06-2020

Thanks for the reminder @Mi-Amigo! PM sent.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎11-06-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎12-06-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] What is the third largest US State?

A1: California

Q2 [NATURE - 1] Which animals live in a formicary?

A2: ants

Q3 [WORDS - 1] Cynophobia is a fear of what?

A3: dogs

Q4 [MUSIC - 1] In what part of an orchestra is a timpani?

A4: precussion - timpani is a drum, drums are precussion part of orchestra

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] What is the capital of Tasmania?

A5: Hobart

Q6 [NATURE - 2] How many leaves does a twayblade orchid have?

A6: two

Q7 [WORDS - 2] What type of word reads the same forwards and backwards?

A7: palindrome

Q8 [MUSIC - 2] Where, according to the song by The Who, did Happy Jack live?

A8 Isle of Man - in the sands

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 · ‎12-06-2020

THE RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@LukasB

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

Q4 pass Q5 Melbourne - incorrect Q6 4 - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 baement - incorrect plus, for 4 correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 birds - incorrect Q3 robots - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Victoria - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 onomatopea - incorrect Q8 Tardis - incorrect

Total: three for three 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

@Marjo

Q1 Wyoming - incorrect Q2 skunks - incorrect Q3 musical instruments - incorrect

Q4 string - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 24 - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Texas - incorrect

Total : one for one correct answer

@gmarkj

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 ambigra - incorrect Q8 pass plus, for more than 4 correct also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 6 - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 Texas - incorrect Q2 spiders - incorrect Q3 noses - incorrect

Q4 drums - incorrect [timpani is a drum, but drums are precussion part of orchestra]

Q5 pass Q6 3 - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 tree - incorrect

Total : one 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎12-06-2020

THE AWARDS:

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + - seven correct answers = @OldFart

Red Thinker + - five correct = @gmarkj

Red Thinker - four correct answers = @LukasB

- three correct answers = @Anonymous

- one correct answer = @Marjo and @Martin-O2

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

and Well Done, everyone - all those wo took part got an award this time

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

I will choose the questions over the weekend with two questions from each of these categories

HISTORY SCIENCE LITERATURE SPORT

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

Anonymous · ‎12-06-2020

Excuse me @Mi-Amigo I didn’t pass on the first question

LukasB · ‎12-06-2020

YESSSSSSSS thanks @Mi-Amigo to help me put @Martin-O2 and @Marjo in their places before the weekend

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