White Room Quiz Wed 25 Nov 2020 - Page 3

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.

Mi-Amigo · ‎25-11-2020

Thanks for the hints about forum filter @Cleoriff

That`s clever adding an "s"...

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 · ‎25-11-2020

Back to today`s quiz...

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @pgn

liked 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.

Cleoriff · ‎25-11-2020

No thanks needed @Mi-Amigo ...just a bit of fun. Of course ****** will go through if you write Coaltit, or Greattit or Long tailedtit ...how tittish....

Veritas Numquam Perit

pgn · ‎25-11-2020

Yep, you can be a tricky dicky but not a clever *****.

So it goes.

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2020

Thanks everyone who has pm`d their answers to me and has joined in the banter and making this fun.

Gentle reminder

@jonsie @Anonymous @Marjo @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to take part with the quiz, there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] - to pm me Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

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

Anonymous · ‎26-11-2020

PM sent >>>> >>>> >>>> @Mi-Amigo

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2020

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.

Martin-O2 · ‎26-11-2020

Stop trying to break the swear filter you lot!

PM with my answers send @Mi-Amigo! Lets see if I can beat Mondays score.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2020

@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

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

Cleoriff · ‎26-11-2020

I disagree though. Hardly trying to break the forum filter when you are mentioning someone with a certain christian name, or a bird....so there

Veritas Numquam Perit