White Room Quiz Wed 19 Aug 2020 inc 500th Question - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎19-08-2020

Welcome to

INCLUDING THE 500th WHITE ROOM QUIZ QUESTION

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 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB 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.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

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

PEOPLE WORDS EVENTS

and two ODD QUESTIONS - one SAYINGS; one MEASUREMENTS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] What did Octavia Hill co-found in Britain in the 1890s ?

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What did "desoculation", defined in Samuel Johnson`s Dictionary in 1755 [but no

longer in use], mean ?

Q3 [EVENTS - 1] What event is held annually on the last Monday in August in Waen Rydd, near

Llanwrtyd Wells, mid Wales ?

Q4 [ODD - 1 - SAYINGS] What are the two missing words from this well-known saying

make --- while the sun ------ ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was British Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970 ?

Q6 [WORDS - 2] What is hericide ?

Q7 [EVENTS - 2] Where in England [town, county] is the World Custard Pie Championship held ?

Q8 [ODD- 2 MEASUREMENTS = White Room Quiz 500th Question]

In pre-metric measurements, how many stones [st], pounds [lbs], ounces [oz] is

500 oz [ounces] ? Answer = x st, x lbs, x ozs

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 19 Aug] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 20 Aug]

- 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 21 August.

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

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

PLUS - to celebrate the 500th WRQ QUESTION

each person who correctly answers Q8 - the 500th Question - will also be awarded

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 19 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 20 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 20 August 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, and find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

Thank you @jonsie

pm with your eight answers received - before deadline

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

THE ANSWERS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] What did Octavia Hill co-found in Britain in the 1890s ?

A1 National Trust

Q2 [WORDS - 1] What did "desoculation", defined in Samuel Johnson`s Dictionary in 1755 [but no

longer in use], mean ?

A2 act of kissing

Q3 [EVENTS - 1] What event is held annually on the last Monday in August in Waen Rydd, near

Llanwrtyd Wells, mid Wales ?

A3 Bog Snorkling Championship

Q4 [ODD - 1 - SAYINGS] What are the two missing words from this well-known saying

make --- while the sun ------ ?

A4 hay shines

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Who was British Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970 ?

A5 Harold Wilson

Q6 [WORDS - 2] What is hericide ?

A6 murder of lord or master

Q7 [EVENTS - 2] Where in England [town, county] is the World Custard Pie Championship held ?

A7 Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent

Q8 [ODD- 2 MEASUREMENTS = White Room Quiz 500th Question]

In pre-metric measurements, how many stones [st], pounds [lbs], ounces [oz] is

500 oz [ounces] ?

A8 2st 3lbs 4ozs

2st x 14 = 28lbs x 16 = 448 oz

3lbs x 16 = 48 oz

4 oz

totals = 500 oz

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

THE RESULTS:

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 naked cliff diving - incorrect

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded and

plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze 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 and

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 removing eye - incorrect Q3 pass

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded and

plus, for six correct also awarded

Bronze 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 and

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 Scotland Yard - incorrect Q2 loneliness - incorrect Q3 cheese race - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 London - incorrect Q8 pass

Total: one star for one correct answer

@Marjo

Q1 Co-op - incorrect Q2 going blind - incorrect Q3 end of summer - incorrect

Q4 make love while the sun`s out - incorrect [but could become new saying]

Q5 Margaret Thatcher - incorrect Q6 relative kills relative - incorrect

Q7 Slough, Berkshire - incorrect Q8 5st 9lb 12oz - incorrect

sorry, no stars this time

@Anonymous

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: two stars for two correct answers

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 shovelling - incorrect

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded and

plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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

pgn · ‎21-08-2020

I think @MI5 and @Marjo have the right idea, with their Q3 and Q4 answers, distancing rules permitting 🤣 - a little bit of osculation can be risky...

Well done everyone.

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, and why were imperial weights and measures so awkward - multiplication, addition and "remainders"

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @pgn

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @MI5 @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

= for two correct plus one part correct - @WispaRed7

= for one correct answer - @LukasB

plus

for correct answer to Q8 [500th WRQ Question] = @Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 @gmarkj @jonsie

CONGRATULATIONS

@Cleoriff = Silver Thinker +

@pgn = Silver Thinker +

Well done

@MI5 = Bronze Thinker + +

@jonsie = Bronze Thinker + +

@gmarkj - Bronze Thinker +

@WispaRed7 -

@LukasB -

sorry, @Marjo = no award this time

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz including the 500th White Room Quiz Question

Thank you everyone for taking part in this WRQ.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s.

Over the weekend, I will choose eight questions for Monday`s White Room Quiz with two questions from each of these categories

NATURE MUSIC SPORT FOOD & DRINK

@Mi-Amigo

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

Cleoriff · ‎21-08-2020

I can see why desoculation was dropped! Somehow it doesn't have the same ring does it?

"I am going to desoculate you" OR "Desoculate my ass"

Re Q8, interesting to see how @Mi-Amigo worked it out. I did it completely different. Kept repeating 16ozs =1lb 14lb 1 Stone...So I worked it out starting with the 500 ounces. (which was probably why I got 3 different answers and chose the last one.... lol

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

Thank you @pgn

If @MI5 and @Marjo have the right idea, with their Q3 and Q4 answers, where would this annual event be held ? and who would take part ?

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

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

@Cleoriff wrote:
I can see why desoculation was dropped! Somehow it doesn't have the same ring does it?
"I am going to desoculate you" OR "Desoculate my ass"

I somehow think that certain "regulars" [not mentioning any names ] might well be bringing "desoculate" back in their posts on Off Topic

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

pgn · ‎21-08-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Re Q8, interesting to see how @Mi-Amigo worked it out. I did it completely different. Kept repeating 16ozs =1lb 14lb 1 Stone...So I worked it out starting with the 500 ounces. (which was probably why I got 3 different answers and chose the last one.... lol

Osculatory references aside, @Cleoriff ...

Quotients and Remainders - old hat, I suspect, but so tedious, wasn't it?

An exercise in frustration...

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Cleoriff · ‎21-08-2020

@pgn wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Re Q8, interesting to see how @Mi-Amigo worked it out. I did it completely different. Kept repeating 16ozs =1lb 14lb 1 Stone...So I worked it out starting with the 500 ounces. (which was probably why I got 3 different answers and chose the last one.... lol
Osculatory references aside, @Cleoriff ...

Quotients and Remainders - old hat, I suspect, but so tedious, wasn't it?
An exercise in frustration...

Even more frustrating when you end up with this 2.232142857

That's when I used the other side of my brain...

Veritas Numquam Perit