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White Room Quiz Wed 16 Sept 2020

Mi-Amigo
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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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@Mi-Amigo I am all up for @Cleoriff as the main pirat joy

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@LukasB wrote:

@Mi-Amigo I am all up for @Cleoriff as the main pirat joy


Not sure I could swing from the main topsail holding a cutlass between my teeth nowadays. @Mi-Amigo  and @LukasB  LOL

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Not sure I could swing from the main topsail holding a cutlass between my teeth nowadays. @Mi-Amigo  and @LukasB  LOL

You could hold onto JD @Cleoriff Horrified LOL

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Good idea @Mi-Amigo  *Drools* lol

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I will drop you a PM shortly @Mi-Amigo ! slight_smile Happy I was able to participate today!

 

Ooh I might know one of these at least (I'm 25% sure haha)

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Thank you @Marjo 

Good were able to take part this time

pm with your eight answers received

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pm  >>>> >>>> >>>> @Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @Anonymous 

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Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received

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