White Room Quiz Wed 20 April 2022 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-04-2022

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of these categories

- LITERATURE WORDS TV GAMES

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 @Spenny @J9el @lewys-gp @RafaC - 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 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play is subtitled "Or What You Will" ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Phrenology is the study of what ?

Q3 TV 1 - Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin were characters in which 1960s TV series ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In poker, what is the term for five cards of the same suit ?

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the poem "Hiawatha" ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - Nychtophobia is the fear of what ?

Q7 TV 2 - Who was the male star of British TV comedy series "Man About The House" and "Robin`s Nest" in the late 1970s/early 1980s ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - How many triple word score squares are on a standard UK Scrabble board ?

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 20 April 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 April 2022] - 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 01 April 2022

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 20 Apr 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 Apr 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 21 Apr 2022 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

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 · ‎21-04-2022

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

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 · ‎22-04-2022

Thank you @Spenny

pm with your 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 · ‎22-04-2022

THE ANSWERS

Q1 LITERATURE 1 - Which Shakespeare play is subtitled "Or What You Will" ?

A1 Twelfth Night

Q2 WORDS 1 - Phrenology is the study of what ?

A2 The skull - more recently the brain

Q3 TV 1 - Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin were characters in which 1960s TV series ?

A3 The Man From UNCLE

Q4 GAMES 1 - In poker, what is the term for five cards of the same suit ?

A4 Flush

Q5 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the poem "Hiawatha" ?

A5 Longfellow

Q6 WORDS 2 - Nychtophobia is the fear of what ?

A6 Darkness

Q7 TV 2 - Who was the male star of British TV comedy series "Man About The House" and "Robin`s Nest" in the late 1970s/early 1980s ?

A7 Richard O`Sullivan

Q8 GAMES 2 - How many triple word score squares are on a standard UK Scrabble board ?

A8 8

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 · ‎22-04-2022

THE RESULTS

@RafaC

Q1 Hamlet - incorrect Q2 natural phenomena - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Ralf Waldo Emerson - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 6 - incorrect

Total - 2 for two correct

@gmarkj

Q1 Midsummer Nghts Dream - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 TheresaV - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 LukasB - incorrect

Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total - one for one correct answer

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7correct - 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 Q7correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@lewys-gp

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pheonetics - incorrect Q3 MASH - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 pass Q6 nature - incorrect Q7 Gene Wilder - incorrect Q8 5 - incorrect

Total - two for two correct

@J9el

Q1 As You Like It - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Star Trek - incorrect Q4 full house - incorrect

Q5 Siddhartha - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7correct - awarded Q8 10 - incorrect

Total - three for three correct

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Spenny

Q1 Othello - incorrect Q2 pheromones - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Wordsworth - incorrect Q6 death - incorrect Q7correct - awarded Q8 4 - incorrect

Total - three for three correct

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

Cleoriff · ‎22-04-2022

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-04-2022

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + = 5 correct - @gmarkj

= 3 correct - @J9el @Spenny

= 2 correct - @RafaC @lewys-gp

= 1 correct - @TallTrees

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @pgn @MI5

Well done -

@gmarkj = Red Thinker +

@J9el =

@Spenny =

@lewys-gp =

@RafaC =

@TallTrees =

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in with Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be 8 questions with one questions on each of these four categories

PEOPLE SPACE ART SPORT

I will search out the questions over the weekend and try and find a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

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

lewys-gp · ‎22-04-2022

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo. Enjoyed the questions.

Just looking at my M*A*S*H answer, I was a decade or two late. I was trying to think of any series I had seen on GOLD 😅.

Community Manager for the O2 Community 🙂

RafaC · ‎22-04-2022

Another great set of questions, thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone!

TallTrees · ‎22-04-2022

Brilliant!

I just love my star

Well done everyone ~

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

pgn · ‎22-04-2022

Shakespeare nearly got me... 🫣

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍

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