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White Room Quiz - Wed 26 Aug 2020

Mi-Amigo
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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  

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @Marjo 

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @MI5 

I like the animation

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you @jonsie 

- dunno about "Mayday" but love the animation

pm with your eight answers received

 

@pgn 

Science question ???  mmm, coming soon....

look forward to pm with your eight answers, inc People, in this quiz...

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Thanks to everone who has pm`d me their answers so far.

Gentle reminder to @pgn @Anonymous  @Martin-O2  @LukasB  @O2Karl 

and anyone else who wants to join in and have ago at this quiz, 

there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm toniht [Thurs] - to pm me Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Hope to hear from you.

Good luck.

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