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White Room Quiz Wed 14 Oct 2020

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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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 @LukasB  @Martin-O2 and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

 

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.

 

Over the weekend, I have selected eight questions - with questions from each of these cateories

 

    GEOGRAPHY   WORDS   MOVIES   SPORT 

 

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] What is the name of the strait [stretch of water] separating the Orkney Islands

                                      from the Scottish mainland ?

      

Q2 [WORDS - 1]  What word is the opposite of aestivation ?

 

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] Who played the title character Harry in the movie "When Harry Met Sally" ?

 

Q4 [SPORT - 1] In which city was the first International rugby match played in 1871 ?

 

Q5 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] Symonds Yat is on the banks of which British river ?

 

Q6 [WORDS - 2] What is heliology the study of ?

 

Q7 [MOVIES - 2] Who won an Oscar for his role as the Colonel in the movie

                             "The Bridge Over The River Kwai" ? 

 

Q8 [SPORT - 2] Which England football manager was sacked in 1974 ?

 

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 October] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 15 October]

- 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 October

 

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

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 14 October 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 15 October 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 15 October 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  

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PM incoming @Mi-Amigo 

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your eight answers received

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Methinks half of this quiz is who can land the wackiest gif, y'know! 🤣👌

Anyway, off to have a few Zzzs in Heliopolis to stimulate the little grey cells....
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@pgn wrote:
Methinks half of this quiz is who can land the wackiest gif, y'know! 🤣👌



I just don't bother to compete @pgn ...there is no point. rofl

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No star nor Thinker for wackiest gif @pgn but I love `em.

Hope the zzzs charge your grey cells and look forward to pm with your eight answers later.

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo.
No gif though...

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Thank you @gmarkj 

no gif - no problem

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @pgn

Love the animation - I can think of a few teams who would sign that bird up joy

pm with your eight answers received

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PM sent >>>> >>>> >>>> @Mi-Amigo 

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