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White Room Quiz Wed 17 June 2020

Mi-Amigo
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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  @OldFart  @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.

 

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

 

      PEOPLE   PLACES   MOVIES + two "odd" - one  NUMBERS, one SAYINGS  

    

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Which English monarch founded Eton College?

      

Q2 [PLACES - 1] Where is the Schwedagon Pagoda [ town/city and country]?

 

Q3 [MOVIES - 1] What was the first official Bond film in which Roger Moore played James Bond?

 

Q4 [ODD - 1: NUMBERS] How many sides does a dodecahedron have?

 

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was the outlaw shot by Robert Ford? 

 

Q6 [PLACES - 2] Worcestershire Beacon is the highest point in which range of hills?

 

Q7 [MOVIES - 2] Who played the character Elizabeth in the 2011 movie "Bad Teacher"?

 

Q8 [ODD - 2: SAYINGS] What are the two missing words from this saying

                          Absence makes the ----- grow ------?  

 

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 17 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 18 June]

- 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 19 June.

 

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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                  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 17 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 18 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 18 June 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 - with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions - and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Thanks @Mi-Amigo , very generous of you 😁 and well done everyone 👍

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Loadsa winners, yay!

 

Eton, pffft! Unless it's Eton Mess Happy Dance

 

Well done, all, and thanks for the challenge, @Mi-AmigoHandshake

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Thanks for allowing old names for Q2. Happy Dance

Well done everyone. Hero

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AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @MI5  @Cleoriff  @jonsie 

 

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Bronze Thinker + star + half star = for seven correct + one part correct - @pgn 

 

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Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj 

 

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Red Thinker + two half star= for four correct + two part correct - @LukasB 

 

star star = for two correct answers = @Marjo 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @MI5  @Cleoriff @jonsie 

 

and Well Done everyone - all those who entered got an award this time

 

I hope you will all take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.

I`ll be selecting the questions - which will be easier on Monday - with two questions from each of these categories

   ART;  TV;  FOOD & DRINK;  NATURE

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and I hope you enjoyed the quiz

 Bow

 

@Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @MI5  @Cleoriff @pgn for your comments

It was only fair to allow the old names for Q2 and part answer [Henry] for Q1

I`m pleased you all enjoyed the quiz

 

I hope everyone will find Monday`s questions a little easier...

 

and if anyone has any suggestions for questions/categories for future WRQ please post them or pm me and I`ll consider them for future quizzes...

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Well done one and all and thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo!

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Yay happy with my 2 stars thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone! I totally guessed the James Bond one as that was the only title that I could think of at the time so super happy I got it right. Cat Very Happy

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OHHHHHH I am back on the thinkers! Watch out @MI5  @Cleoriff  @jonsie @pgn @gmarkj  joy

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@LukasB wrote:

OHHHHHH I am back on the thinkers! Watch out @MI5  @Cleoriff  @jonsie @pgn @gmarkj  joy


Yes @LukasB  Just waiting for the Oasis questions....Dance

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Thank you @gmarkj @Marjo and @LukasB for your comments

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done with your results.

 

@Cleoriff 

As to the Oasis questions, as requested by @LukasB , yes there will be one or maybe two but not for a couple of weeks - so watch out for those in a future WRQ joy

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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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