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White Room Quiz - Wed 22 July 2020

Mi-Amigo
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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.

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

 

    PLACES  SPACE  LITERATURE  TV

 

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

    

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which was Britain`s first National Park - opened in 1951 ?   

      

Q2 [SPACE - 1] How many rings does the planet Uranus have ?

 

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] What do the initials D H of D H Lawrence, the author of "Lady Chatterley`s Lover"

                                   stand for ?

 

Q4 [TV - 1] Which TV "soap" was set in Chester ?

 

Q5 [PLACES - 2] What is the name of the open air theatre near Land`s End, Cornwall, built by Rowena

                             Cade in the 1930s ? 

 

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Who was the second American astronaut launched into space in July 1961  ?

 

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote "The Pilgrim`s Progress", first published in 1678? 

 

Q8 [TV - 2 ] What event was the first broacast in colour on BBC2 on 1 July 1967 ?  

 

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 22 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thusday 23 July]

- 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 24 July.

 

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

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 22 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 23 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 23 July 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  

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Thank you @pgn 

pm with your eight answers received

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@MI5 wrote:

@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn wrote:
Certainly has me running round in rings today... 🪐🌀

Still counting them @pgn? rofl


The use of a mirror may help tongue


Please send photos of your attempt to count the rings @pgn LOL


Thermal imaging does the trick 😁

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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which was Britain`s first National Park - opened in 1951 ?

A1:   Peak District   

      

Q2 [SPACE - 1] How many rings does the planet Uranus have ?

A2:   13

 

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] What do the initials D H of D H Lawrence, the author of "Lady Chatterley`s Lover"

                                   stand for ?

A3:   David Herbert. I will award a half star for part - one name - correct answer 

 

Q4 [TV - 1] Which TV "soap" was set in Chester ?

A4:   Hollyoaks

 

Q5 [PLACES - 2] What is the name of the open air theatre near Land`s End, Cornwall, built by Rowena

                             Cade in the 1930s ? 

A5:   Minack 

 

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Who was the second American astronaut launched into space in July 1961  ?

A6:   Gus Grissom

 

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] Who wrote "The Pilgrim`s Progress", first published in 1678? 

A7:    John Bunyan

 

Q8 [TV - 2 ] What event was the first broacast in colour on BBC2 on 1 July 1967 ?  

A8:    Wimbledon - Men`s single match

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THE RESULTS:

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Anonymous 

Q1 correct - awarded star  Q2 none - incorrect 

Q3 David Harold - awarded half star for David [part correct answer]; Harold - incorrect

Q4 Crossroads - incorrect  Q5 pass  Q6 John Glenn - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded star  Q8 Commonwealth Games - incorrect

Total: two and a half star for two correct and one part correct answers  

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 11 - incorrect    Q3 correct - awarded star 

Q4 correct - awarded star Q5 pass                   Q6 correct - awarded star 

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus for six correct answers also awarded

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Bronze Thinker

 

@LukasB 

Q1 Thorpe Park - incorrect  Q2 2 - incorrect  Q3 ***** Harrison - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded star  Q5 the Globe - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded star

Q7 Dan Brown - incorrect    Q8 Hollyoaks - incorrect

Total:  two star for two correct answers

 

@Martin-O2 

Q1 Yorkshire Dales - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded star 

Q3 David Henry - awarded half star for David [part correct answer]; Henry - incorrect

Q4 pass   Q5 pass   Q6 John Glenn - incorrect   Q7 pass   Q8 Top of the Pops - incorrect

Total: one and a half star for one correct and one part correct answer

 

@pgn  

Q1 correct - awarded star Q2 correct - awarded star Q3 correct - awarded star

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

Q7 correct - awarded star Q8 correct - awarded star plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

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Good grief. Hollyoaks was a total guess !!
Well done all and thanks again slight_smile
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AWARDS:

 

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Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff  @MI5  @pgn  

 

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Bronze Thinker  = for six correct answers - @gmarkj 

 

star starand half star = for two correct and one part correct answers - @Anonymous  

 

star star                       = for two correct answers - @LukasB 

 

star and half star     = for one correct and one part correct answer - @Martin-O2 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers -  @Cleoriff @MI5  @pgn 

 

Well done @gmarkj - Bronze Thinker;

@WispaRed7 - starstar and half star; @LukasB - starstar @Martin-O2 - star  and half star  

 

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in the next one - on Monday

Over the weekend I`ll choose the eight questions for Monday`s WRQ 

with two questions from each of these categories

 

   WORDS   MOVIES  GAMES

 

and two ODD questions - one FLAGS; one CODE

 

As some found some of the recent WRQ questions difficult, I will try and find some questions for Monday`s quiz which might be easier

 

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

 

@Mi-Amigo 

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Thank you @MI5 and well done.

The "Hollyoaks" question caught a few out, although the two "Space" questions weren`t easy.

Hope you like the categories for Monday`s WRQ

 

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I'm good with movies slight_smile
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Wow.

The Space ones were hard for me...luck and guesswork. yahoo

Well done everyone. Good quiz @Mi-Amigo thumbsup

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Ooohhhh Two ODD questions for Monday?! Lol

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