Re: White Room Quiz Wed 26 May 2021 - Page 6

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-05-2021

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

NATURE WORDS TV GAMES

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise @TheresaV @LukasB

@BobM @Martin-O2 @Cairdeas

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.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 NATURE 1 Alevin, brit, sparling are terms for the young of which fish ?

Q2 WORDS 1 What did the 17th century word "decutient" mean ?

Q3 TV 1 Who is the host of BBC TV quiz show "Impossible" ?

Q4 GAMES 1 How many hoops are used in a game of croquet ?

Q5 NATURE 2 Obstinacy is the collective term for a group of which mammals ?

Q6 WORDS 2 What weather condition did the 17th century word "gelicide" refer to ?

Q7 TV 2 Name either of Pvt Godfrey`s two sisters in BBC TV sit com "Dad`s Army"

[no bonus for naming both]

Q8 GAMES 2 Squails, also known as shayles or keels, were predecessors of which pub game ?

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 May 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 27 May 2021]

- 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 May 2021

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 May 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 27 May 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 27 May 2021 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 · ‎28-05-2021

ADVANCED NOTICE - NEXT WEEK`S WHITE ROOM QUIZZES

Mon 31 May 2021 - SPRING BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL

8 questions - one on each of these categories

HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES SPORT EVENTS

Wed 02 June 2021 - MULTI-CHOICE ANSWERS

10 questions - one on each of these categories

HISTORY GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES TV SPORT GAMES

As Wed 26 May`s WRQ was probably one of the hardest WRQ, next Wed`s WRQ will be - for the first time ever, and as a "one off" [and will NOT to be a regular feature in future White Room Quizzes], like "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" with four answers to each question - only one is correct.

So you don`t have to "pass" on any question and a chance of getting it right if you have to guess.

Sorry, no "ask the audience or host"; "phone a friend"; "50-50"; or a £1 million but there wil be a

Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers; Silver Thinker for 8 correct answers; Bronze Thinker for 6 correct answers; Red Thinker for 4 correct answers; for every correct answers.

I hope all the regular quizzers, and new members or those who have not taken part in a WRQ, will take part in these White Room Quizzes.

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

Cleoriff · ‎28-05-2021

@pgn wrote:
Now I've got that out of my system
Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo!
At least three of my answers were guesses: 1, 5 and 8. I thought mules for obstinacy, hence my wrong gif showing a Moscow Mule. Then I remembered a tee-shirt that showed bison...
And the beating and shaking for 'decutient', from 'decutere', to make fall, or knock down, by shaking - how olives are harvested (not leaves, @TallTrees,but the fruit).
Particularly devious this time, @Mi-Amigo - I'll bet that old book is on your list of five things to take to the Desert Island with you 👍🤣

And how many times have I seen olive trees being shaken down in Spain @pgn? Many times...thats probably why it was stuck in the recesses of my brain and I had to 'decutient' it out...

Veritas Numquam Perit

Cleoriff · ‎28-05-2021

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
ADVANCED NOTICE - NEXT WEEK`S WHITE ROOM QUIZZES

Mon 31 May 2021 - SPRING BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL
8 questions - one on each of these categories
HISTORY PEOPLE PLACES LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES SPORT EVENTS

Wed 02 June 2021 - MULTI-CHOICE ANSWERS
10 questions - one on each of these categories
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE NATURE LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES TV SPORT GAMES
As Wed 26 May`s WRQ was probably one of the hardest WRQ, next Wed`s WRQ will be - for the first time ever, and as a "one off" [and will NOT to be a regular feature in future White Room Quizzes], like "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" with four answers to each question - only one is correct.
So you don`t have to "pass" on any question and a chance of getting it right if you have to guess.
Sorry, no "ask the audience or host"; "phone a friend"; "50-50"; or a £1 million but there wil be a
Gold Thinker for 10 correct answers; Silver Thinker for 8 correct answers; Bronze Thinker for 6 correct answers; Red Thinker for 4 correct answers; for every correct answers.

I hope all the regular quizzers, and new members or those who have not taken part in a WRQ, will take part in these White Room Quizzes.

Sounds great @Mi-Amigo . A multiple choice quiz. Most excellent

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎28-05-2021

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @BobM @pgn for your comments.

I`m pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Thank you @pgn for giving the definition of "decutient", which I thought might catch some out.

I think that "pub game question" must rank alongside that infamous "oldest tree" question as one of the hardest WRQ questions.

I hope everyone likes the slightly different versions of WRQ for Monday and Wednesday.

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

pgn · ‎28-05-2021

Yes, @Cleoriff - Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia - all use the nets and a vigorous shake. That machine would make short work of crickets, cicadas, geckos and anything else lurking in the tree canopy!

Here, the wind does it for free: windfalls during apple scrumping season...😖

Looking forward to the multiple choice quiz next week, @Mi-Amigo 👍

And @BobM - Shove Ha'penny was an inspired guess here too, bar skittles didn't quite seem right. Nor did Beer-Mat Pyramid... (Or Coaster Pyramid).

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TheresaV · ‎28-05-2021

This was one definitely one to make me shine @Mi-Amigo but I certainly always learn something on these so that's highly appreciated. And very much looking forward to next week's special

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jonsie · ‎28-05-2021

Sorry @Mi-Amigo

My brain was hurting too much

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Cleoriff · ‎28-05-2021

@jonsie wrote:
Sorry @Mi-Amigo
My brain was hurting too much

@jonsie xx

Veritas Numquam Perit

TallTrees · ‎28-05-2021

Thank you for my STAR @Mi-Amigo

Love stars they are on fire, except I wasn't this time

Well done all those with Stars and Thinkers

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TallTrees · ‎28-05-2021

Thanks for the answers reading through these @Mi-Amigo

Actually remember the obstinacy (Bison) question ~ I have heard that, I used to know quite a few but brain is getting to capacity

Even though @pgn says there is lots of capacity unused

The Herring now I remember (too late)

Shove ha'penny ~ it was that or skittles (wrong one chosen)

Dolly and Cissy ~ on the odd occasion I have watched Dad's Army, in my distant memory I do now recall these names.

The frost/freezing ~ knew it would be something of that order chose hail ~ truly never heard the word though.

@pgn good thinking! decutient ~ I don't think I'll commit it to memory not enough space.

I have not come across that word really ~ even though I quite like the thought of the Olives dropping from the trees ~ delicious thought

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