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White Room Quiz Wed 16 Sept 2020

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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.

Instead of the usual eight questions with two questions on each of four categories, today`s Quiz is an ever-popular ODD questions White Room Quiz with one question on each of the following subjects:

 

  CURRENCY  PIRATES  NUMBERS  SIGNS  ACRONYMS  FLAGS  LOGOS  SAYINGS.

 

There is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] but some questions are easier and a couple are "head-scratchers"

 

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 is on hols] and O2 Guru @O2Karl 

 

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.

 

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [CURRENCY] What was the currency of The Netherlands before the Euro ?

      

Q2 [PIRATES] Name either of the two female pirates who were members of pirate Callico Jack`s crew in 1720 ?

 

Q3 [NUMBERS]  What is the square root of 169 ? 

 

Q4 [SIGNS] What is the symbol on a UK motorway sign denoting a restaurant at a motorway service ?

 

Q5 [ACRONYM] What does the acronym DEFRA stand for ? 

 

Q6 [FLAGS] How many red stripes are on the flag of the United States of America ? 

 

Q7 [LOGOS] What is the logo on the PaperMate pen ?

 

Q8 [SAYINGS] What was the missing words from this well-known saying

                         "Procrastination is the ------- of ----- " ?   

 

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 16 Sept] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 17 Sep]

- 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 18 September.

 

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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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 16 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 17 September 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 enjoys today`s White Room Quiz, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Ooh, on a run here, there's loadsa my type of Qs today @Mi-Amigo 👍😅
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@pgn wrote:
Ooh, on a run here, there's loadsa my type of Qs today @Mi-Amigo 👍😅

Pleased you like the questions @pgn 

look forward to pm with your eight answers 

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Thank yyou @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank yyou @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received


Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣

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@pgn wrote:


Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣


Me name ain`t Jim @pgn and it`s been a long time since me timbers were shivered LOL

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@pgn wrote:


Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣


Me name ain`t Jim @pgn and it`s been a long time since me timbers were shivered LOL


rofl

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Answers Sent, tought one slight_smile

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Thank you @O2Karl 

pm with your eight answers received

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 [CURRENCY] What was the currency of The Netherlands before the Euro ?

A1   guilder

      

Q2 [PIRATES] Name either of the two female pirates who were members of pirate Callico Jack`s crew in 1720 ?

A2   Mary Read and Anne Bonny

 

Q3 [NUMBERS]  What is the square root of 169 ? 

A3    13

 

Q4 [SIGNS] What is the symbol on a UK motorway sign denoting a restaurant at a motorway service ?

A4    crossed fork and spoon [previously crossed knife and fork; so either accepted as answer]

 

Q5 [ACRONYM] What does the acronym DEFRA stand for ? 

A5    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 

Q6 [FLAGS] How many red stripes are on the flag of the United States of America ? 

A6     7 red stripes [6 white stripes = total of 13 stripes]

 

Q7 [LOGOS] What is the logo on the PaperMate pen ?

A7    two small hearts

 

Q8 [SAYINGS] What was the missing words from this well-known saying

                         "Procrastination is the ------- of ----- " ?   

A8    thief of time

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THE RESULTS:

 

@MI5 

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@LukasB 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q3 pass  Q3 correct - awarded star  Q4 correct - awarded star  

Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 dragonfly - incorrect   Q8 correct - awarded star

plus, for more than four correct also awarded

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Red Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Marjo 

Q1 mark - incorrect   Q2 Mary - part correct - awarded half star   Q3 pass  Q4 correct - awarded star

Q5 Defence Enforcement For Ripe Apples - LOL - incorrect

Q6 28 - incorrect   Q7 pen & paper - incorrect  Q8 mother of invention - incorrect

Total: one star + one half star = for one correct + one part correct answer

 

@Anonymous 

Q1 krona - incorrect  Q2 pass  Q3 pass  Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 correct - awarded star   

Q6 11 - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 work for idle hands - incorrect

Total: three star = for three correct answers

 

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded star   

Q2 Name either of the two female pirates = @Cleoriff and @Anonymous LOL - incorrect

Q3 correct - awarded star   Q4 correct - awarded star   Q5 correct - awarded star   

Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 correct - awarded star 

Q8 mother of invention - incorrect  plus, for six correct also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star   Q2 Maggie Lafayette - incorrect

Q3 correct - awarded star   Q4 correct - awarded star   Q5 correct - awarded star   

Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 correct - awarded star 

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

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Bronze Thinker

 

@O2Karl 

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

Q5 pass  Q6 correct - awarded star  Q7 pass  Q8 pass

Total: three star for three correct answers

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

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