White Room Quiz - Wed 26 Aug 2020 - Page 5

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-08-2020

Welcome to

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

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 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.

pgn · ‎28-08-2020

@pgn wrote:

And for those who surmised this related to a certain theorem, the link was to Q2, as Pythagoras hailed from the Greek isle of Samos. Well done if you spotted the link, a quiz within a quiz, sorta... And if it passed you by, we'll done anyway 👍

Thanks for a great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, and my answer for Q7 should've ended in. ...dam, for his full name 😁

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Mi-Amigo · ‎28-08-2020

Thank you @pgn

I loved your quiz within the quiz... and yes I did get it right in pm to @pgn last night

Well done on the Bronze Thinker, especially with your naughty answer to one question

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

Marjo · ‎28-08-2020

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo , I'm pleased with my 2 stars! I'm pleased that I spent so much time watching Big Bang Theory to remember Sheldon's brother.

Lake Como is beautiful by the way, I've just googled some images.

Cleoriff · ‎28-08-2020

@pgn wrote:
@pgn wrote:
And for those who surmised this related to a certain theorem, the link was to Q2, as Pythagoras hailed from the Greek isle of Samos. Well done if you spotted the link, a quiz within a quiz, sorta... And if it passed you by, we'll done anyway 👍
Thanks for a great quiz, @Mi-Amigo, and my answer for Q7 should've ended in. ...dam, for his full name 😁

@pgn wrote:
@pgn wrote:
And for those who surmised this related to a certain theorem, the link was to Q2, as Pythagoras hailed from the Greek isle of Samos. Well done if you spotted the link, a quiz within a quiz, sorta... And if it passed you by, we'll done anyway 👍

Passed me by...however...always learning...

Veritas Numquam Perit

LukasB · ‎28-08-2020

@Cleoriff @Mi-Amigo haha 12 Oasis ones would be too much even for me. Can't wait for a nice King question haha

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Mi-Amigo · ‎28-08-2020

Thank you @Marjo

Glad you enjoyed the quiz and well done getting two stars and thanks for post with link to pix of Lake Como

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 · ‎28-08-2020

Love the additional animation @Cleoriff

Every day is a learning day on WRQ

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 · ‎28-08-2020

@LukasB

"King" question ??? Now, there`s a good idea

As for Oasis, maybe, some day, there will be another Oasis question in WRQ...

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

MI5 · ‎28-08-2020

The questions fell lucky for me @Mi-Amigo and thanks and well done to all

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Mi-Amigo · ‎28-08-2020

Thank you @MI5

Well done on the Silver Thinker, even if the questions did fall lucky for you this time.

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

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