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Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Today`s White Room Quiz is one of the popular "Odd Questions" editions.
Instead of eight questions with two questions from each of four categories, there are 8 questions with one question on each of these subject
- INITIALS MAPS DIALCODES FLAGS CARS POSTCODES MOTORWAYS CLOTHES
The White Room Quiz is open to all members.
Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @MI5 @gmarkj @BobM @TallTrees @RafaC @lewys-gp @Martin-O2 @jonsie
and our new quizzer @AK04 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 INITIALS On book covers, what do the initials ISBN stand for ?
Q2 MAPS On Ordnance Survey map, what is the symbol for a Youth Hostel ?
Q3 DIALCODES 01202 is the telephone dialcode for which English town ?
Q4 FLAGS The flag of which country has a red and blue "ying-yang" on a white background ?
Q5 CARS What did DB on an Aston Martin car stand for ?
Q6 POSTCODE SE10 ODX is the postcode for what place in London ?
Q7 MOTORWAYS Which motorway crosses the River Trent near Scunthorpe ?
Q8 CLOTHES What was a tanksuit, introduced in the early 1900s by Annette Kellerman ?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 27 Oct 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 Oct 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 29 Oct 2021
Each member will be awarded 
for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 27 Oct 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 Oct 2021].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 28 Oct 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
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THE ANSWERS:
Q1 INITIALS On book covers, what do the initials ISBN stand for ?
A1. International Standard Book Number
Q2 MAPS On Ordnance Survey map, what is the symbol for a Youth Hostel ?
A2. triangle
Q3 DIALCODES 01202 is the telephone dialcode for which English town ?
A3. Bournemouth
Q4 FLAGS The flag of which country has a red and blue "ying-yang" on a white background ?
A4. South Korea
Q5 CARS What did DB on an Aston Martin car stand for ?
A5. David Brown who bought Aston Martin in 1947
Q6 POSTCODE SE10 ODX is the postcode for what place in London ?
A6 02 Arena, Peninsula Square
Q7 MOTORWAYS Which motorway crosses the River Trent near Scunthorpe ?
A7. M180
Q8 CLOTHES What was a tanksuit, introduced in the early 1900s by Annette Kellerman ?
A8. one-piece swimming costume
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Thank you for the answers to the Quiz @Mi-Amigo
Interesting the Q8 Never imagined it was a one piece swimming cozzy
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THE RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Stoke - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 pass Q6 Greenwich Observatory - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 4 correct answers also awarded
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 Y - incorrect Q3 Birmingham - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 Drive Boost - incorrect Q6 Greenwich - incorrect Q7 M5 - incorrect Q8 stripped jacket - incorrect
Total: 2 for 2 correct answers
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 8 correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 8 correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 YH - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 7 correct answers also awarded
Bronze Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 YH - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 M1 - incorrect Q8 pass
plus for 4 correct answers also awarded
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 pass
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 overall - incorrect
plus for 4 correct answers also awarded
Red Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 M1 - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 7 correct answers also awarded
Bronze Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded
plus for 8 correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
