White Room Quiz Wed 11 Nov 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎11-11-2020

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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 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 questions are two questions from each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY SPACE LITERATURE FOOD & DRINK

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

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY - 1 The Kariba Dam is on which river ?

Q2 SPACE - 1 Apart from the sun, which star is nearest to Earth ?

Q3 LITERATURE - 1 Which Jane Austin novel was originally called "First Impressions" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINKS - 1 What are Pershore eggs and Marjorie`s seedlings ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY - 2 Which sea is north of Turkey?

Q6 SPACE - 2 In which constellation are the stars Bellatrix and Betelgeuse ?

Q7 LITERATURE - 2 Name either of the two novels written by Anne Bronte ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - 2 What is Cornish yarg cheese coated with ?

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 11 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 12 November]

- 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 13 November

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 11 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 12 November 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 · ‎13-11-2020

@pgn wrote:

Yes, y'see, @Mi-Amigo: if it's who wrote what about whom and when, that's out of my jurisdiction. However, how they chose to spell whatever they wrote, that's my arena 😁
A bit like Mercedes and F1 - the driver knows what pedals to press and when, but the guys in the back-room know how to make the pedal-press get it over the line...

Haha ...a long time since Merc or any F1 team pressed just pedals @pgn ...

Its all on the steering wheel now (except the brake and accelerator)

This is LH's...

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Cleoriff · ‎13-11-2020

PS each one costs about $90,000

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pgn · ‎13-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
PS each one costs about $90,000

Looks like a souped-up version of my sons' Xbox controllers - and I gave off at spending 60quid or so on flashy ones of those... 😜

"'scuse me, can you put a set of wheels on my steering-wheel?"

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Cleoriff · ‎13-11-2020

@pgn

Just imagine controlling one of those when you are hitting speeds of 200mph.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎13-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@pgn
Just imagine controlling one of those when you are hitting speeds of 200mph.

I`d be thinking "what`s the stopping distance?" [from previous quiz question]

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

Cleoriff · ‎13-11-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@pgn
Just imagine controlling one of those when you are hitting speeds of 200mph.
I`d be thinking "what`s the stopping distance?" [from previous quiz question]

They only go 30mph when in pitlane @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

jonsie · ‎13-11-2020

Looks simple to drive....

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pgn · ‎13-11-2020

I'd hate to be the examiner: "When I bat the sun visor with my clipboard, I'd like you to perform an emergency stop."

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Martin-O2 · ‎13-11-2020

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