Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 15 July 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-07-2020

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 @Martin-O2 @LukasB

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

MUSIC GEOGRAPHY MOVIES

and two "odd" questions - one on MONEY and one on SAYINGS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [MUSIC - 1] Who composed Symphony No 40 in G minor [K550] ?

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] On which island in Britain is Fingal`s Cave ?

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] Who voiced the character Zazu in the 2019 movie "The Lion King" ?

Q4 [ODD - 1: MONEY] What is the main colour of the current 100 Euro banknote ?

Q5 [MUSIC - 2] What item appears on the cover of the Oasis album "Be Here Now" and also appears

on the cover of The Beatles album "Abbey Road" ?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] Where in Britain is Ronaldsway Airport ?

Q7 [MOVIES - 2] What make of car is Christine in the Stephen King movie "Christine" ?

Q8 [ODD - 2: SAYINGS] What is the missing word from this well-known saying

"-------------- is the mother of invention" ?

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 15 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 16 July]

- 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 17 July.

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 15 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 16 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 16 July 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it 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.

pgn · ‎16-07-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
PM sent @Mi-Amigo

Good call, @Anonymous 👍

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Mi-Amigo · ‎16-07-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

@jonsie

yep - you`ve definitely entered this quiz; pm with your eight answers received yesterday...

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 · ‎17-07-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [MUSIC - 1] Who composed Symphony No 40 in G minor [K550] ?

A1: Mozart

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] On which island in Britain is Fingal`s Cave ?

A2: Staffa, Hebrides

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] Who voiced the character Zazu in the 2019 movie "The Lion King" ?

A3: John Oliver

Q4 [ODD - 1: MONEY] What is the main colour of the current 100 Euro banknote ?

A4: green

Q5 [MUSIC - 2] What item appears on the cover of the Oasis album "Be Here Now" and also appears

on the cover of The Beatles album "Abbey Road" ?

A5: licence plate - SYD 724 - on white Rolls Royce on Oasis "Be Here Now" and on police van on

Beatles` "Abbey Road"

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] Where in Britain is Ronaldsway Airport ?

A6: Isle of Man

Q7 [MOVIES - 2] What make of car is Christine in the Stephen King movie "Christine" ?

A7: "tricky" question. Correct answer is Plymouth Fury. Although Plymouth Belvedere was considered

Stephen King thought a Plymouth Fury fitted the theme of the film.

Q8 [ODD - 2: SAYINGS] What is the missing word from this well-known saying

"-------------- is the mother of invention" ?

A8: Necessity

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 · ‎17-07-2020

THE RESULTS:

@O2Karl

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Rowan Atkinson - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 zebra crossing - incorrect [on Abbey Road not on Be Here Now] Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Haunted - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded plus, for four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 Beethoven - incorrect Q2 Isle of Wight - incorrect Q3 Morgan Freeman - incorrect

Q4 blue - incorrect Q5 street lamp - incorrect [on Abbey Rod, not on Be Here Now]

Q6 Scottish highlands - incorrect Q7 Ford - incorrect Q8 Preparation - incorrect

sorry, no award this time

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 car - incorrect [none of cars on Abbey Road on Be Here Now, white Rolls Royce on Be Here Now

not on Abbey Road] Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 Rowan Atkinson - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 Fiat 500 - incorrect

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for four correct answers also awarded

Red 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

@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

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Rolls Royce - incorrect [on Be Here Now, not on Abbey Road]

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 Plymouth Belvedere - sorry, can`t accept

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 Beethoven - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 pass Q4 black - incorrect

Q5 cigarette - incorrect [in Paul`s hand on Abbey Road, not on Be Here Now]

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total: three 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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-07-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @MI5 @gmarkj @pgn

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @O2Karl @LukasB

= for three correct answers - @Anonymous

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff and @jonsie

Well done to the other Thinkers and awarded s

and, sorry @Marjo who just missed out this time.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in the next one - on Monday

Over the weekend I`ll choose the eight questions for Monday`s WRQ

with two questions from each of these categories

PEOPLE NATURE FOOD & DRINK SPORT

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

@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 · ‎17-07-2020

Well done everyone

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-07-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

Pleased you liked this WRQ

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

LukasB · ‎17-07-2020

@O2Karl did you see? We are red thinkers

Thanks @Mi-Amigo !!!!!

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Cleoriff · ‎17-07-2020

Good job you got that blumming Oasis question correct @LukasB

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎17-07-2020

The Silver Thinkers this week deserve a pat on the back - Fury abounds 😖😁
Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, thank you.

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