Re: White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-11-2020

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz has eight questions - with two questions from each of four categories

PEOPLE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC [inc one "lyrics" question]

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 @Anonymous

and O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.

Some of the questions are rated as "easier", others as "not-so-easy".

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 PEOPLE -1 Who preceeded Margaret Thatcher as British Prime Minister ?

Q2 NATURE - 1 What colour are the flowers of a jacaranda tree ?

Q3 LITERATURE - 1 In which Roald Dohl book do the characters Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker appear ?

Q4 MUSIC - 1 Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos ?

Q5 PEOPLE - 2 Who was the US First Lady when Jimmy Carter was US President ?

Q6 NATURE - 2 What type of bird is a lorikeet?

Q7 LITERATURE - 2 What was the name of Captn Ahab`s whaling ship in the novel "Moby D-i-c-k" ?

Q8 MUSIC - 2 [as a recent "lyrics" question was popular, here`s another]

Which well-known UK No 1 single begins with the lyrics

"We skipped the light fandango; turned cartwheels `cross the floor"?

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 25 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 26 November]

- 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 27 November

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 25 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 26 November 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 26 November 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

@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.

pgn · ‎26-11-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
@Martin-O2 wrote:
Stop trying to break the swear filter you lot!
Ooops... looks like some of us [ @Mi-Amigo @Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 ] might be sent off to TNS by Mr Martin.
Thank you @Martin-O2
pm with your eight answers received

Take the Hoover with you on your way there, peeps!

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2020

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

jonsie · ‎26-11-2020

On it's way >>>>>>>>>

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2020

Thank you @jonsie

love the gif

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 · ‎27-11-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PEOPLE -1 Who preceeded Margaret Thatcher as British Prime Minister ?

A1 James Callaghan - PM 1976-1979; Margaret Thatcher PM 1979-1990.

Q2 NATURE - 1 What colour are the flowers of a jacaranda tree ?

A2 purple [indigo is also an acceptable answer]

Q3 LITERATURE - 1 In which Roald Dohl book do the characters Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker appear ?

A3 James and the Giant Peach

Q4 MUSIC - 1 Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos ?

A4 Johann Sebastian Bach

Q5 PEOPLE - 2 Who was the US First Lady when Jimmy Carter was US President ?

A5 Eleanor Rosalyn Carter - as she was known as Rosalyn, I`ll award half star for that as an answer.

Q6 NATURE - 2 What type of bird is a lorikeet?

A6 a parrot

Q7 LITERATURE - 2 What was the name of Captn Ahab`s whaling ship in the novel "Moby D-i-c-k" ?

A7 Pequod

Q8 MUSIC - 2 [as a recent "lyrics" question was popular, here`s another]

Which well-known UK No 1 single begins with the lyrics

"We skipped the light fandango; turned cartwheels `cross the floor"?

A8 A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procul Harem

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 · ‎27-11-2020

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 Edward Heath - incorrect Q2 pink - incorrect Q3 Spongebob Squarepants - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Mrs Carter - for cheeky [technically correct] answer, I`ll award half

Q6 pass July - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total: + half for two correct answers + one part-correct

@MI5

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

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

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

Bronze Thinker

@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

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 yellow - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Rosalyn - awarded half Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red 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

@Anonymous

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 yellow - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Rosalyn - awarded half Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@Martin-O2

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

Q5 Rosalyn - awarded half Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total: + half for three correct answers + one part-correct answer

@jonsie

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

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 Mrs Carter - for cheeky [technically correct] answer, I`ll award half

Q6 correct - awarded Q7 Dickwit - incorrect

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

Bronze Thinker

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

Cleoriff · ‎27-11-2020

A Whiter Shade Of Pale was number 1 in the charts on the day I got married...

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-11-2020

AWARDS:

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

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @MI5

Bronze Thinker + half = for six correct answers + one part-correct - @jonsie

Red Thinker + + half = for five correct + one part-correct - @gmarkj @Anonymous

+ half = for three correct + one part-correct - @Martin-O2

+ half = for two correct + one part-correct - @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker +

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + half

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + + half

@Anonymous - Red Thinker + + half

@Martin-O2 - + half

@LukasB - + half

Well done everyone. All those taking part got at least two + half stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be another ODD QUESTIONS edition, where the questions don`t fall into the usual categories.

Over the weekend I will select eight questions with one question on each of these subjects

CURRENCY PIRATES INITIALS CODES FLAGS SAYINGS SIGNS MEASURES

I will try and find a balance in the level of the questions, with some easier questions.

Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room 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.

MI5 · ‎27-11-2020

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

I see where I went wrong with the Moby D question.....

Well done all

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Cleoriff · ‎27-11-2020

Well done one and all. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo . Really enjoyed it

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