Re: White Room Quiz - Wed 24 June 2020 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-06-2020

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY SPACE GAMES

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which English King was nicknamed "Rufus"?

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] In which continent is the Gobi Desert?

Q3 [SPACE - 1] Ganymede is a moon of which planet in our solar system?

Q4 [GAMES - 1] Which indoor game was invented by British Army officers in India in 1875?

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] In which war was the Battle of Jutland?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] Which strait links San Francisco Bay and the Pacific?

Q7 [SPACE - 2] The main asteroid belt in our solar system is between which two planets?

[correctly name both for a star; half star awarded for one correct]

Q8 [GAMES - 2] How many "tricks" make up a Grand Slam in the card game Bridge?

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 24 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 25 June]

- 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 26 June.

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 24 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 June 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 25 June 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, and any, or all, of the O2 Gurus - @O2Karl @O2Jenny @O2Abigail ? - 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.

I have tried to make this quiz a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions - and hope that all of you find the quiz fun.

@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 · ‎25-06-2020

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-06-2020

thanks to all those who have, so far, pm`d me their answers

gentle reminder - @jonsie @Anonymous @Anonymous @Marjo @Martin-O2 @O2Karl

and anyone else who`d like to take part in this quiz

there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] to take part and pm me your eight answers

good luck and hope you like the quiz

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

Martin-O2 · ‎25-06-2020

Answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

Good luck everyone!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎25-06-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Marjo

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.

Anonymous · ‎25-06-2020

pm sent @Mi-Amigo

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-06-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-06-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which English King was nicknamed "Rufus"?

A1: William II

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] In which continent is the Gobi Desert?

A2: Asia

Q3 [SPACE - 1] Ganymede is a moon of which planet in our solar system?

A3: Jupiter

Q4 [GAMES - 1] Which indoor game was invented by British Army officers in India in 1875?

A4: snooker. But two quizzers both pm`d "badmington". On checking, poona was invented by British

Army officers in India around that time and introduced to Britain by Duke of Bedford at his home

in Badmington, hense the name. So I will also allow Badmington as a correct answer

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] In which war was the Battle of Jutland?

A5: World War I

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] Which strait links San Francisco Bay and the Pacific?

A6: Golden Gate

Q7 [SPACE - 2] The main asteroid belt in our solar system is between which two planets?

[correctly name both for a star; half star awarded for one correct]

A7: Mars and Jupiter.

OK this was naughty of me - for the first time, two questions [Q3 and Q7] had the same answer,

which caught some of you out

Q8 [GAMES - 2] How many "tricks" make up a Grand Slam in the card game Bridge?

A8: 13

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 · ‎26-06-2020

THE RESULTS:

@MI5

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

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 12 - incorrect plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@LukasB

Q1 Henry - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 backgammon - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 12 - incorrect plus for more than four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

Q7 Mars - correct, awarded half star; Saturn - incorrect

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 Edward II - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

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

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 6 - incorrect plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@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

@Marjo

Q1 George - incorrect Q2 S America - incorrect Q3 Mars - incorrect Q4 tennis - incorrect

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 Mars - correct awarded half star; Neptune - incorrect Q8 6 - incorrect

Total: awarded half star for part correct answer

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 dodgeball - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 correct - awarded Q8 3 - incorrect

plus for four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 S America - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass

Q7 Sun - incorrect Q8 5 - incorrect

plus for four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

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 · ‎26-06-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @pgn

Bronze Thinker + + half = for seven correct + one part correct - @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @MI5

Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @gmarkj

Red Thinker + = for five correct answers - @LukasB

Red Thinker = for four correct answers - @Anonymous and @Martin-O2

half = for one part correct answer - @Marjo

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @pgn

and Well Done everyone. All those taking part were awarded either a Thinker or a half star.

I hope everyone, including the regulars who missed out on this quiz, will take part in Monday`s quiz.

Over the weekend, I will select eight questions - with two from each of these categories

PLACES SCIENCE WORDS EVENTS

Thank you everyone for taking part and I hope you enjoyed the quiz.

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

LukasB · ‎26-06-2020

Yesssssss!!! Back on the thinker board Thanks @Mi-Amigo

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