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White Room Quiz Wed 20 July 2022 Odd Questions A-Z part 2

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Welcome to

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

 

Today`s White Room Quiz is the second of a three-part Odd Questions A-Z quiz

Instead of 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of the usual categories, there will be 8 questions

but one question on each of 8 subjects - with each subject based on a letter of the alphabet

   I INITIALS; J JACK; K KIDS; L LANGUAGES; M MOTORWAYS; N NUMBERS; O ORANGE; P POSTCODES

 

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  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees  @BobM  @J9el  @Spenny  @adec  @Comben

@RafaC  @lewys-gp 

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 I - INITIALS  In the UK government, what does COBRA stand for ?

 

Q2 J - JACK  According to traditional accounts, the serial killer Jack the Ripper murdered five women.

                     What was the name of Jack`s fifth and final canonical victim ?

 

Q3 K - KIDS The Bash Street Kids first appeared in which British comic from 1954 ?

 

Q4 L - LANGUAGES What is the official language of Angola ?

 

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS  Killington Lake Services is on which British motorway ?

 

Q6 N - NUMBERS What is the nineth prime number ?

            note = 1 is not recognised as a prime number 😁

 

Q7 O - ORANGE The logo of ING banking corporation is an orange what ?

 

Q8 P - POSTCODES  What is the postcode for Bournemouth ?

                                                                                 

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 July 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 July 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 Friday 22 July 2022

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

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 20 July 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 July 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

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

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THE ANSWERS

 

Q1 I - INITIALS  In the UK government, what does COBRA stand for ?

A1  Cabinet Office Briefing Room A

 

Q2 J - JACK  According to traditional accounts, the serial killer Jack the Ripper murdered five women.

                     What was the name of Jack`s fifth and final canonical victim ?

A2   Mary Jane Kelly. 

 

Q3 K - KIDS The Bash Street Kids first appeared in which British comic from 1954 ?

A3   The Beano

 

Q4 L - LANGUAGES What is the official language of Angola ?

A4    Portugese

 

Q5 M - MOTORWAYS  Killington Lake Services is on which British motorway ?

A5   M6

 

Q6 N - NUMBERS What is the nineth prime number ?

            note = 1 is not recognised as a prime number 

A6   23

 

Q7 O - ORANGE The logo of ING banking corporation is an orange what ?

A7   Lion

 

Q8 P - POSTCODES  What is the postcode for Bournemouth ?

A8   BH                                                          

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THE RESULTS

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 correct - award star.png Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@adec 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 pass    Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 pass    Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 pass    Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 7 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 pass   Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 7 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 correct - award star.png Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@RafaC 

Q1 pass   Q2 correct - award star.png Q3 pass   Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 M5 - incorrect   Q6 11 - incorrect   Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 4 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@lewys-gp 

Q1 cobras only bite red apples - 😂 - incorrect   Q2 pass   Q3 Dennis the Menace - incorrect

Q4 French - incorrect  Q5 M25 - incorrect   Q6 19 - incorrect  

Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 BA - incorrect

Total = one star for one correct 

 

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 correct - award star.png Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 French - incorrect

Q5 M4 - incorrect     Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 TheresaV - 😂 - incorrect  Q3 correct - award star.png 

Q4 Angolese - incorrect      Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png 

Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 correct - awarded star.png 

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Spenny 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 Ruth - incorrect   Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png Q8 BM - incorrect

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@J9el 

Q1 correct - awarded star.png Q2 pass    Q3 correct - award star.png Q4 correct - awarded star.png 

Q5 correct - awarded star.png Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 eagle - incorrect    Q8 BN - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@Comben 

Q1 Consulate of British Royal Navy - incorrect  Q2 Tracey-Lee - incorrect  Q3 correct - award star.png 

Q4 French - incorrect   Q5 M1 - incorrect  Q6 correct - award star.png Q7 correct - award star.png 

Q8 BN - incorrect 

Total = 3 stars for three correct

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AWARDS

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Silver Thinker                     = 8 correct - @Cleoriff   @MI5  

Bronze Thinker + star.png     = 7 correct - @pgn @TallTrees 

Bronze Thinker                   = 6 correct - @adec @BobM @Spenny 

Red Thinker +  star.png          = 5 correct - @J9el  

Red Thinker                         = 4 correct - @RafaC 

star.png star.png  star.png              = 3 correct - @Comben 

star.png                                    = 1 correct - @lewys-gp 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff  @MI5 

Well done

@TallTrees         = Bronze Thinker + star.png

@pgn                 = Bronze Thinker + star.png

@adec                = Bronze Thinker

@BobM              = Bronze Thinker 

@gmarkj            = Bronze Thinker

@Spenny            = Bronze Thinker

@J9el                  = Red Thinker + star.png 

@RafaC              = Red Thinker

@Comben          = star.png star.png star.png

@lewys-gp         = star.png

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one star.

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be the White Room Quiz Odd Questions A-Z pt 3 of 8 questions with one question on each of these subject

-  R Rhyming slang; S Signs; T Tube Stations; U Uniforms; V Vehicles; W Wheels; Y Yellow; Z Zero

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

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Brain in gear ⚙ at last @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

Thank you for the quiz 🙂 



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Thanks @Mi-Amigo - great quiz.

Good turnout of folks taking part with a lot of good results.

Well done all 👍

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Well done all and thank you for another stonking quiz, @Mi-Amigo - looking forward to the 'nul points' noughtical Z question next Monday 🧐😆

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Great quiz @Mi-Amigo. The motorway was a real guess, I didn't know it, so just put the Motorway closest to me. 😂😂 Well done everyone x

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Happy with the red thinker! Q2 was a shot in the dark for me. Glad to see that a lot of the participants got good results, well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo.

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Thank you @TallTrees @BobM @pgn @Cleoriff @RafaC 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

 

It`s great we now have so many regular quizzers.

Without checking, I think this quiz must be the one with the greatest number of Bronze Thinkers 😁

I hope everyone likes the subjects for the third and final part of the WRQ Odd Questions A-Z on Monday. 

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Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well played all.

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