White Room Quiz - Wed 27 May 2020 - Page 4

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-05-2020

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 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2John

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.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which King of England was Eleanor of Aquitaine married to?

Q2 [MUSIC - 1] Which was the first British group to have a US Number 1 single in the Billboard charts?

Q3 [GAMES - 1] How many points is the letter X worth in Scrabble?

Q4 [LITERATURE] Who wrote the novel "Moll Flanders"?

Q5 [HISTORY - 2] In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Q6 [MUSIC - 2] Which musical instrument has 47 strings?

Q7 [GAMES - 2] How many finger holes are there in a ten-pin bowling ball?

Q8 [LITERATURE] - 2] Who, in a Charles Dicken`s novel, has a friend called Smike?

Note: One of the questions is a QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people think

plus, there is a surprise regarding one of the questions - all will be revealed on Friday

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 [Wednesday 27 May] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 28 May]

- 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 Friday morning 29 May.

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 27 May 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 May 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 28 May 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.

Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.

I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

@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 · ‎29-05-2020

THE SURPRISE:

When I posted the questions, I did say there would be a surprise with this quiz.

Here it is

Q1 [HISTORY - 1] Which King of England was Eleanor of Aquitaine married to?

A1 Henry II

This was the £1 million question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, which Judith Keppell correctly answered and became the first person to win £1 million on the show.

But Judith had four answers to choose from - inc Henry I and Henry II

I am pleased to announce that, without a multichoice -

@Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @pgn @gmarkj

all answered the question correctly

The White Room Quizzers have, between them, now

got a question right which Paul Sinha got wrong on The Chase

got a question right which some of the UK best quizzers got wrong on Ch 4`s The Hardest Question

and have now got a question right which won £1 million on WWTBAM

No longer can Jeremy Vine claim that the Eggheads are "possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain",

they are here - in the White Room

Thank you

@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 · ‎29-05-2020

And NO coughing @Mi-Amigo

PS, I really can't stand those Eggheads. Such a smarmy, patronising bunch of knowalls!!

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-05-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
And NO coughing @Mi-Amigo

PS, I really can't stand those Eggheads. Such a smarmy, patronising bunch of knowalls!!

Totally agree about Eggheads @Cleoriff

There was BBC4 prog about quiz shows shown last weekend. Kevin from Eggheads was on, boasting about having the record number of points on Mastermind. He didn`t mention he has lost his title of Britain`s Quiz Champion.

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

pgn · ‎29-05-2020

Glad I plumped for Telstar and neither of Acker Bilk or One Direction for Q2! 😎

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - take the weekend off 😁

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Cleoriff · ‎29-05-2020

It was Daphne who riled me. A woman who I would have no problem giving her a 'smack upside her head'

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-05-2020

Thanks @pgn

Glad you enjoyed this quiz.

Not too much off a weekend off, as I`ll be sorting out the questions for Monday and Wednesday`s quizzes.

Just to give everyone a bit of a heads up

Monday`s quiz will be eight questions - with two from each of these four categories

PLACES ART WORDS TV

and will be drawn from my quiz books and classed as "easier" or "medium" so everyone has a chance.

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

Cleoriff · ‎29-05-2020

@pgn wrote:
Glad I plumped for Telstar and neither of Acker Bilk or One Direction for Q2! 😎

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - take the weekend off 😁

@pgn Wasn't Acker Bilk the first person? Just not the first group.....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-05-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn Wasn't Acker Bilk the first person? Just not the first group.....

You`re right @Cleoriff - according to the Guiness Book Of Hit Records

Although known as Acker Bilk and his jazzband, the record label read just Acker Bilk.

Luckily no-one gave it as an answer in the quiz so avoided a discussion

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

pgn · ‎29-05-2020

Although known as Acker Bilk and his jazzband, the record label read just Acker Bilk.

Luckily no-one gave it as an answer in the quiz so avoided a discussion

I came 🤏 this close to giving you Acker Bilk, @Mi-Amigo - hence my earlier response about "direction" 🤣

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

LukasB · ‎29-05-2020

@Martin-O2 put us to shame @Marjo

Thanks @Mi-Amigo can't wait for Monday so we will never speak of this round again haha

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