White Room Quiz Wed 14 Oct 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎14-10-2020

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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 @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

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 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

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

MI5 · ‎16-10-2020

Well done all

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Martin-O2 · ‎16-10-2020

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gmarkj · ‎16-10-2020

Well done all.
The hibernation one had me. Wasn't sure if hibernation would be the answer or if it would be being awake...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎16-10-2020

@LukasB

A couple of less-than-easy questions this time, so well done on your stars.

@Cleoriff

Congrats on getting a Silver Thinker. I thought the rugby question was one of the trickier ones.

@MI5

Well done. You only narrowly missed out on the Silver Thinker.

@gmarkj

Congrats on getting a Silver Thinker. As I said the "hibernation" question was the one I got wrong when I had a go at it, so well done to all those, including you, who got it right.

@Martin-O2

I agree and am always impressed with the number of correct answers given to questions in the WRQ.

I`m pleased that everyone seemed to enjoy the quiz and the questions this time.

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

Cleoriff · ‎16-10-2020

Due to my love of nature I was ok with the aestivation question. The difference is hibernation means winter sleep and aestivation means summer sleep. (Just one of those strange bits of info which stuck in my old mind)

Short term memory is a problem though. Can't even remember what I had to eat last night

Veritas Numquam Perit

Anonymous · ‎16-10-2020

Pleased with my 3 stars
Thank you @Mi-Amigo for compiling the quiz
Well done all.

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-10-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

I`m pleased you are happy with your two stars.

Hope you like the questions in Monday`s WRQ.

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

Anonymous · ‎19-10-2020

Good Morning @Mi-Amigo

On first looking at today's quiz questions I think I know one answer

I shall give the little grey cells time to work.