White Room Quiz Wed 14 Oct 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎14-10-2020

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 @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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-10-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

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 · ‎15-10-2020

Gentle reminder to our usual quizzers - @Martin-O2 and @O2Karl [ @Marjo who normally joins in is away]

and any member who`d like to have a go at the White Room Quiz

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

Good luck.

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 · ‎15-10-2020

PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎15-10-2020

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 · ‎16-10-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] What is the name of the strait [stretch of water] separating the Orkney Islands

from the Scottish mainland ?

A1 Pentland Firth - from Norse Pettlandskier.

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

A2 hibernation.

As mentioned in the thread, this was the question I found in a quiz book and got wrong -

I thought aestivation was something to do with fire [from aestas - Greek/Latin]

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

A3 Billy Crystal

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

A4 Edinburgh - Scotland v England

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

A5 Rive Wye

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

A6 the sun

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

"The Bridge Over The River Kwai" ?

A7 Alec Guinness

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

A8 Sir Alf Ramsey

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 · ‎16-10-2020

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Tom Hanks - incorrect Q4 London - incorrect

Q5 R Avon - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: 2 for two correct answers

@jonsie

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

@MI5

Q1 Orcadian. On receiving this as an answer, I checked a number of sources and websites. None give the name of the strait as Orcadian, all given the strait as Pentland Firth, and mention Orcadian was the name by which residents of Orkney referred to themselves. However, the less-than-reliable Wikipedia entry for Pentland Firth reads "Pentland Firth (Scottish Gaelic: An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait)" but with no source nor reference; and the only other mention I could find was on the website whisky-distillery.net which shows an image with caption which reads "Pentland Firth. Orcadian Strait separates Caithness from Orkney. In the circumstances, I`ll be generous and award a half

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 also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@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 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 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

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 Rugby, Warwickshire - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: two for two correct answers

@Anonymous

Q1 Rattray Head - incorrect Q2 Ostivation - incorrect [same as, not opposite of, aestivation]

Q3 Tom Hanks - incorrect Q4 Bradford - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Don Revie - incorrect

Total: 3 for three correct answers

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

LukasB · ‎16-10-2020

@Mi-Amigo more than I expected haha - congrats to all the thinkers

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Mi-Amigo · ‎16-10-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @jonsie @Cleoriff @gmarkj @pgn

Bronze Thinker + + half = for seven correct answers + one part-correct - @MI5

= for three correct answers - @Anonymous

= for two correct answers - @LukasB @Martin-O2

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @jonsie @Cleoriff @gmarkj @pgn

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + + half

@Anonymous -

@LukasB -

@Martin-O2 -

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

Over the weekend, I will search out eight questions with two questions from each of these categories -

HISTORY LITERATURE MUSIC EVENTS

with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for 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.

Cleoriff · ‎16-10-2020

Must admit the Rugby question was an inspired guess.

I knew it was in Scotland so just picked Edinburgh

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎16-10-2020

Lots of thinkers this week. Well done everyone.

Off to brave the cold weather now and have my hair done.

Veritas Numquam Perit