White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020 - Page 5

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.

gmarkj · ‎27-11-2020

Well done to all and another great quiz @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎27-11-2020

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj for your kind comments.

Pleased you all enjoyed this quiz, which I had fun compiling.

Hope you like the subjects for Monday`s WRQ with a new subject [measures] along with a few "old favourites" [flags and codes]

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

@Mi-Amigo Measures, Flags and Codes???? Get out of here

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
@Mi-Amigo Measures, Flags and Codes???? Get out of here

and there was me thinking they were three of your favourites @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 · ‎27-11-2020

You don't know me that well then @Mi-Amigo

1) it depends on what measures,

2) it depends on what flags

3 As for codes to can stick them where the sun don't shine...

Veritas Numquam Perit

gmarkj · ‎27-11-2020

Hang on with 3 @Cleoriff - what if they are F1 related?
I would have no idea there!

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Cleoriff · ‎27-11-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
Hang on with 3 @Cleoriff - what if they are F1 related?
I would have no idea there!

Doubt they will be related to F1 @gmarkj .... as @Mi-Amigo freely admits he has no clue about that topic either.

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎27-11-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:

3 As for codes to can stick them where the sun don't shine...

So that'd be over here then, in this far-flung, cloud-enrobed north-western extremity of the Kingdom, @Cleoriff...? 😉

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pgn · ‎27-11-2020

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - two good ones this week, any one where at least 3 answers trip immediately off the tongue is a good one!

One answer required reference to the handy ClassicFM Guide to Classical Music, dusty and all as it was, well worth the money paid for it a decade ago!

Well done to all the participants, some good wrong answers too - and great to see a few extra Thinkers handed out!

Has @LukasB gone into hiding?

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Mi-Amigo · ‎27-11-2020

Thank you @gmarkj for you comment.

As @Cleoriff said, I know nothing about F1 If there is going to be a question about that it`ll be in the Sports category in the usual WRQ. You never know that might just happen in a future quiz.

Thanks @pgn for your comments.

I tried to give a good balance of subjects and difficulty this time and liked the various answers and was pleased to see the extra Thinkers this time.

Maybe @LukasB is swotting up for Monday`s WRQ having been beaten by @Martin-O2

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