White Room Quiz Wed 14 Apr 2021 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎14-04-2021

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is an "Odd Questions" edition. Instead of the questions being from the usual categories, there is one question on each of these subjects -

CURRENCY INITIALS SIGNS FLAGS JOBS CARS NIRSERY RHYMES ADVERTS

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Cairdeas @TheresaV @LukasB @Martin-O2

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 CURRENCY What is the main colour of the Australian NGB [New Generation Banknote - 2016 to

the present day] Australian $10 banknote ?

Q2 INITIALS In aviation, what did the initials BOAC stand for in the 1960s ?

Q3 SIGNS What does the UK road sign of white numbers on a blue background in a circular sign

indicate ?

Q4 FLAGS How many red stripes are there on the flag of Liberia ?

Q5 JOBS In the 17th century, what job did a lignicide do ?

Q6 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Espace in 1984, and the Duster in 2011 ?

Q7 NURSERY RHYMES In the nursery rhyme, Polly put the kettle on. Who took it off again ?

Q8 ADVERTS What was the name of the bear wearing a yellow jacket and porkpie hat in the 1980s

TV advert for Hofmeister ?

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 14 April 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 15 April 2021]

- 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 16 April 2021

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 14 April 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 15 April 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 15 April 2021 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.

Cleoriff · ‎14-04-2021

Dunno @Mi-Amigo ...although she looks the type.

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pgn · ‎14-04-2021

Well, there's a throwback question or three this time, @Mi-Amigo!

Burning a few grey-cells here, certainly!

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gmarkj · ‎14-04-2021

PM sent @Mi-Amigo

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MI5 · ‎14-04-2021

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pgn · ‎14-04-2021

Nah, Bruce, s'no good, mate, it's gone!

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo ...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎15-04-2021

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gifs - inc one slightly related to one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @MI5

like gif - related to one of the questions

pm with your 8 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 · ‎16-04-2021

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 CURRENCY What is the main colour of the Australian NGB [New Generation Banknote - 2016 to

the present day] Australian $10 banknote ?

A1 blue.

mauve [or purple or lilac] in the main colour of the Australian $5 banknote

Q2 INITIALS In aviation, what did the initials BOAC stand for in the 1960s ?

A2 British Overseas Airways Corporation

Q3 SIGNS What does the UK road sign of white numbers on a blue background in a circular sign

indicate ?

A3 minimum speed

Q4 FLAGS How many red stripes are there on the flag of Liberia ?

A4 six

Q5 JOBS In the 17th century, what job did a lignicide do ?

A5 wood cutter

Q6 CARS Which car manufacturer produced the Espace in 1984, and the Duster in 2011 ?

A6 Renault

Q7 NURSERY RHYMES In the nursery rhyme, Polly put the kettle on. Who took it off again ?

A7 Suki

Q8 ADVERTS What was the name of the bear wearing a yellow jacket and porkpie hat in the 1980s

TV advert for Hofmeister ?

A8 George

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 · ‎16-04-2021

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 red - incorrect Q2 Beast On A Cargo - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 2 - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 child services - incorrect

Q8 Bert - incorrect

Total: two for two correct answers

@TallTrees

Q1 lilac - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 information - incorrect Q4 5 - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@TheresaV

Q1 purple - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 one - incorrect Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 Theresa - incorrect

Total: two for two correct answers

@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

@gmarkj

Q1 purple - incorrect Q2 British ----- Aviation Co - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 food tester for poison - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Fred - incorrect

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red 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

@pgn

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than six correct answers, also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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 · ‎16-04-2021

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @Cleoriff @MI5

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers @pgn

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @gmarkj @TallTrees

= 2 correct answers @TheresaV @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker

@TheresaV -

@LukasB -

Everyone taking part was awarded at least two

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz when there will be 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

PLACES SCIENCE [one question on Biology; one on Chemistry] WORDS ART

Thank you everyone for taking part and 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.

TallTrees · ‎16-04-2021

Not bad a Red Thinker @Mi-Amigo
Thanks for the quiz.. well done everybody.

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