White Room Quiz - Wed 22 July 2020 - Page 5

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.

gmarkj · ‎24-07-2020

Thanks @Mi-Amigo, and well done all.
Enjoyed those, and looking forward to Monday!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎24-07-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

Well done, even if your answers to the "Space" questions were "lucky guesses".

Thank you @gmarkj

Well done getting the Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff and @gmarkj

I`m pleased you enjoyed the quiz and hope you like the choice of 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.

LukasB · ‎24-07-2020

Thank god not a complete disaster hahaha

Thanks @Mi-Amigo I live for these

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Cleoriff · ‎24-07-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
Thank you @Cleoriff
Well done, even if your answers to the "Space" questions were "lucky guesses".
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and hope you like the choice of categories for Monday`s WRQ

Mmmmm...Not sure about the 'code' question @Mi-Amigo

Not sure whether to swot up on Morse, Enigma, Hieroglyphs, etc etc etc....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-07-2020

Thank you @LukasB

Well done. Two is not too bad, seeing as you thought some questions were getting harder this time.

Hopefully the categories for Monday will appeal to you and everyone else.

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

@Cleoriff wrote:
Mmmmm...Not sure about the 'code' question @Mi-Amigo
Not sure whether to swot up on Morse, Enigma, Hieroglyphs, etc etc etc....

I`ve not decided yet... but thanks for the suggestions for a "code" question @Cleoriff

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

Cleoriff · ‎24-07-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Mmmmm...Not sure about the 'code' question @Mi-Amigo
Not sure whether to swot up on Morse, Enigma, Hieroglyphs, etc etc etc....
I`ve not decided yet... but thanks for the suggestions for a "code" question @Cleoriff

FGS.. I should learn to keep it zipped @Mi-Amigo Lol

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎24-07-2020

As long as it's binary or hexadecimal code I can have a nibble at it

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Anonymous · ‎24-07-2020

The quiz was fun @Mi-Amigo thank you for compiling it

Well done all.

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-07-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

Glad you enjoyed the quiz and hope you like the choice for Monday.

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