White Room Quiz Wed 17 Nov 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is one of the popular "Odd Questions" editions.

Instead of eight questions with two questions from each of four categories, there are 8 questions with one question on each of these subject

- MONEY   NUMBERS   SAYINGS   INITIALS   MAPS   MOTORWAYS   COLOURS   FASHION

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

 @Cleoriff   @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @gmarkj   @TallTrees   @BobM  @lewys-gp   @RafaC  @Martin-O2 

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 MONEY     What colour was the last English 10 shilling bank note, issued in 1969 ?

Q2 NUMBERS  What number is 5 gross divided by 3 score times 2 dozen ?

Q3 SAYINGS    In the tongue-twister who "picked a peck of pickled pepper" ?

Q4 INITIALS     In the name of the US law enforcement unit, what do the initials S.W.A.T. stand for ?

Q5 MAPS         On Ordnance Survey map what does a tent symbol indicate ?

Q6 MOTORWAYS  What is the maximum speed for a car towing a trailor on a UK motorway ?

Q7 COLOURS  The name of which colour is derived from the French for mole ?

Q8 FASHION   A green crocodile is the logo for which fashion company ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 17 Nov 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 18 Nov 2021]

- 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 Nov 2021

Each member will be awarded  for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 17 Nov 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 18 Nov 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 18 Nov 2021 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 likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo  

[lewys-gp]

Sent. A hard pass on that numbers question 🤣! Looking forward to seeing the answers and workings out.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 MONEY     What colour was the last English 10 shilling bank note, issued in 1969 ?

A1   reddish brown

Q2 NUMBERS  What number is 5 gross divided by 3 score times 2 dozen ?

A2    288. 5 gross [5 x 144 = 720] divided by 3 score [3 x 20 = 60] times 2 dozen [2 x 12]   

Q3 SAYINGS    In the tongue-twister who "picked a peck of pickled pepper" ?

Q3    Peter Piper

Q4 INITIALS     In the name of the US law enforcement unit, what do the initials S.W.A.T. stand for ?

A4    Special Weapons And Tactics

Q5 MAPS         On Ordnance Survey map what does a tent symbol indicate ?

A5    campsite

Q6 MOTORWAYS  What is the maximum speed for a car towing a trailor on a UK motorway ?

A6    60 mph

Q7 COLOURS  The name of which colour is derived from the French for mole ?

A7    Taupe

Q8 FASHION   A green crocodile is the logo for which fashion company ?

A8   Lacoste

[Cleoriff]

Ha! Good job I double checked the Maths question. I divided by 24 instead of multiplying.

(I got 288 at my 2nd attempt which was a damn good job) 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@RafaC 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded  

Q3 The - incorrect; Piper - correct; awarded half  for part correct 

Q4 Special - correct; Weapons - correct; Advanced - incorrect; Team - incorrect; awarded half  for part correct

Q5 Bothy - incorrect   Q6 correct - awarded    Q7 brown - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2 

Q1 white - incorrect  Q2 pass  Q3 Peter - correct; awarded half  for part correct 

Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 50 mph - incorrect  Q7 pass

Q8 correct - awarded 

Total = 3 for three correct + half for one part correct 

@TallTrees 

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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver 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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 0.5 - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded    Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 green - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 grey - incorrect   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@lewys-gp 

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

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 brown - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                = 8 correct - @Cleoriff  @MI5 @TallTrees   @pgn  @BobM  

Bronze Thinker +       = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker              = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker +             = 5 correct - @lewys-gp 

Red Thinker + 2 half   = 4 correct + 2 part correct - @RafaC 

     + 1 half         = 3 correct + 1 part correct - @Martin-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 @TallTrees @pgn @BobM 

Well done

@jonsie         = Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj       = Bronze Thinker

@lewys-gp    = Red Thinker + 

@RafaC         = Red Thinker + 2 half 

@Martin-O2  =      + 1 half 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz which will be

8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY    LITERATURE    MUSIC

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend to find a nice mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for joinin in and making WRQ fun.

[Cleoriff]

Lots of Thinkers which is brilliant.

Well done everyone, particularly @TallTrees on her first silver thinker?

Great game yet again @Mi-Amigo. Really enjoyed it.

[TallTrees]

That quiz was up my street, so to speak @Mi-Amigo 

I like nursery rhymes for their under-lying message content!

I knew the logo for Lacoste as I like animals ~ yes ~ of all kinds😁🤔🙄

Well done everyone some very good results.

Next quiz ~ well some are good and in some I am definitely weak really depends on question.

Thank you the quiz and marking my answers.

Bye for now TT

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff  @MI5  @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Well done on each of you getting a Silver Thinker - especially @TallTrees on her second Silver Thinker 😀