White Room Quiz Wed 19 Aug 2020 inc 500th Question - Page 6

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.

Cleoriff · ‎21-08-2020

Having just checked You Tube (in the interests of research of course ) Hawaii seems to be the place to go.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎21-08-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
Imagine "desoculating" after bog snorkling

Think I'll give both a miss.

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Having just checked You Tube (in the interests of research of course ) Hawaii seems to be the place to go.

Every day is a schoolday with the White Room Quiz

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

This one is Malta, closer and still in Europe (oh, yeah, get your skates on, those immigration queues are only going to get slower after Dec-2020...!)

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Cleoriff · ‎21-08-2020

@pgn wrote:
This one is Malta, closer and still in Europe (oh, yeah, get your skates on, those immigration queues are only going to get slower after Dec-2020...!)

Not sure of your idea of naked @pgn ? That lady certainly aint!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎21-08-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
Not sure of your idea of naked @pgn ? That lady certainly aint!!

Well, don't want to give Mod a stroke, do we?

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

Ad for naked cliff diving in Mexico got banned

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Naked-cliff-jump-advert-banned-for-encouraging-tombstoning/

edited to delete image so as not to offend and upset mods

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

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
Ad for naked cliff diving in Mexico got banned
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Naked-cliff-jump-advert-banned-for-encouraging-tombstoning/

edited to delete image so as not to offend and upset mods

I found it quite tasteful, @Mi-Amigo- but I did have to look up "tombstoning"...

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Marjo · ‎21-08-2020

The things I learn on here... And almost see 👀

This was a fun one even though all my guesses were incorrect. Next time I will get that Red Thinker!

Desoculation was tricky and the answer surprising - I guessed it would mean going blind, as oculus (or something like that) means 'eye' in Latin.

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-08-2020

Thank you @Marjo

sorry you missed out but I`m pleased you found the quiz fun - because that`s what it was is intended.

As was once said, the questions are only easy if you know the answer.

Great to know you are going for the Red Thinker on Monday...

The questions for Monday`s WRQ will be from these categories - Nature, Music, Sport, and Food & Drink

so you, and everyone else, knows what to swot up on over the weekend

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