White Room Quiz Wed 16 Sept 2020

[pgn Level 48: Jubilant]

Ooh, on a run here, there's loadsa my type of Qs today @Mi-Amigo 👍😅

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

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@pgn wrote:
Ooh, on a run here, there's loadsa my type of Qs today @Mi-Amigo 👍😅

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Pleased you like the questions @pgn 

look forward to pm with your eight answers 

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

Thank yyou @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

[pgn Level 48: Jubilant]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank yyou @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

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Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

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@pgn wrote:

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Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣

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

[Cleoriff Level 94: Supreme]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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Yarr, Jim, lad, shiver me timbers 👍🤣

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

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[O2Karl]

Answers Sent, tought one

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

Thank you @O2Karl 

pm with your eight answers received

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

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

[Mi-Amigo Level 39: Midshipman]

THE RESULTS:

@MI5 

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

@LukasB 

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

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

plus, for more than four correct 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

@Marjo 

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

Q5 Defence Enforcement For Ripe Apples -  - incorrect

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

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

@WispaRed7 

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

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

Total: three  = for three correct answers

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded    

Q2 Name either of the two female pirates = @Cleoriff and @WispaRed7  - incorrect

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

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded  

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

     

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded    Q2 Maggie Lafayette - incorrect

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

@O2Karl 

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

Q5 pass  Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 pass  Q8 pass

Total: three  for three correct answers