White Room Quiz - Wed 26 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

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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

PEOPLE GEOGRAPHY TV GAMES

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [PEOPLE - 1] Who was Queen of England for only nine days ?

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] In which sea is the island of Samos ?

Q3 [TV- 1] What is the character`s name of Sheldon`s older brother in US TV comedy "Young Sheldon" ?

Q4 [GAMES - 1] In snooker, how many points are awarded for potting the blue ball ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] Lesley Hornby was better known by what name in the 1960s ?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] In which country is Lake Como ?

Q7 [TV] In US TV series "Game of Thrones" [screened on Sky and Now TV], what is the name of the

character played by John Bradley ?

Q8 [GAMES - 2] How many dominoes are there in a standard double-six set ?

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 26 Aug] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 27 Aug]

- 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 28 August.

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

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 26 August 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 27 August 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 27 August 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 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.

Cleoriff · ‎26-08-2020

Mmmmm...Thinking cap on!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

Thanks for your post @Cleoriff

I hope you like the choice of categories and questions.

No QI-style question this time but a couple of questions might need a bit of thought...

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

MI5 · ‎26-08-2020

Yeah a couple of tough ones in there.
Should Q8 be How "many" dominoes ?

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

@MI5 wrote:
Yeah a couple of tough ones in there.
Should Q8 be How "many" dominoes ?

Thanks @MI5

I`ve corrected Q8 in the original post/questions.

Good luck with the "tough ones".

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

gmarkj · ‎26-08-2020

some tricky ones there i think!!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

@gmarkj wrote:
some tricky ones there i think!!

true @gmarkj

I`m glad I just search out the questions and don`t have to answer the geography ones

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

Cleoriff · ‎26-08-2020

@gmarkj @Mi-Amigo I have never made a secret of the fact I have NEVER watched GOT...so that's me done for

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gmarkj · ‎26-08-2020

I have only watched a couple of the first series, but I have read the books but will have to think about the name...

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Cleoriff · ‎26-08-2020

@Mi-Amigo PM sent xx

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