White Room Quiz - Wed 22 July 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-07-2020

Welcome to

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

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

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

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 · ‎23-07-2020

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight 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.

pgn · ‎23-07-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@MI5 wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@pgn wrote:
Certainly has me running round in rings today... 🪐🌀
Still counting them @pgn?
The use of a mirror may help
Please send photos of your attempt to count the rings @pgn

Thermal imaging does the trick 😁

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-07-2020

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

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 · ‎24-07-2020

THE RESULTS:

@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 plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

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

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

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

Silver Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 none - incorrect

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

Q4 Crossroads - incorrect Q5 pass Q6 John Glenn - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Commonwealth Games - incorrect

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

@gmarkj

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 pass Q6 correct - awarded

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

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

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

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

Q7 Dan Brown - incorrect Q8 Hollyoaks - incorrect

Total: two for two correct answers

@Martin-O2

Q1 Yorkshire Dales - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded

Q3 David Henry - awarded half 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 for one correct and one part correct answer

@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 plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

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

MI5 · ‎24-07-2020

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

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Mi-Amigo · ‎24-07-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

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

= for two correct answers - @LukasB

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

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

Well done @gmarkj - Bronze Thinker;

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

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

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 · ‎24-07-2020

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

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

MI5 · ‎24-07-2020

I'm good with movies

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Cleoriff · ‎24-07-2020

Wow.

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

Well done everyone. Good quiz @Mi-Amigo

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Cleoriff · ‎24-07-2020

Ooohhhh Two ODD questions for Monday?! Lol

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