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Mi-Amigo · ‎29-07-2020

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 is on holday] 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 EVENTS MUSIC

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] Which pirate, born in Pembrokeshire in 1682, is said to have been the first to fly the

"Skull and Crossbones" ["Jolly Roger"] ?

Q2 [GEOGRAPHY - 1] In which English county are whale-backed downs and hammer ponds ?

Q3 [EVENTS - 1] "Well-dressing" is an annual event in which English county ?

Q4 [MUSIC - 1] Who composed "The Marriage Of Figaro", written in 1786 ?

Q5 [PEOPLE - 2] What did Barnes Wallis invent during World War II ?

Q6 [GEOGRAPHY - 2] On which English river does Canterbury stand ?

Q7 [EVENTS - 2] What annual event, dating from 1445, is held in Olney, Buckinghamshire, which is

only open to women over 18 and who have lived in Olney for at least three months?

Q8 [MUSIC - 2] Who recorded "Excerpt From A Teenage Opera" which reached No2 in UK singles chart

in 1967 ?

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 29 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 30 July]

- 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 31 July.

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 29 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 30 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 30 July 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 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.

Cleoriff · ‎31-07-2020

I just knew Q1 wasn't Cap'n Jack Sparrow @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎31-07-2020

RESULTS:

@Cleoriff

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 eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

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 eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@O2Karl

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 pass Q3 Chesire - incorrect Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

Total - 3 for three correct answers

@gmarkj

Q1 Long John Silver - incorrect Q2 Hampshire - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus for more than four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 Blackbeard - incorrect Q2 Buckinghamshire - incorrect Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 David Bowie - incorrect

Total - two for two correct answers

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 Luxton Deeping - incorrect [in Midsomer Murders]

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Marjo

Q1 Jack - incorrect Q2 Warwickshire - incorrect Q3 Herefordshire - incorrect Q4 Brahms - incorrect

Q5 submarine - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 beauty pagent - incorrect Q8 David Bowie

sorry, 0 stars - no correct answers

@Martin-O2

Q1 Blackbeard - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 pass Q4 Bach - incorrect

Q5 radar - incorrect Q6 Trent - incorrect Q7 pass Q8 pass

sorry, 0 stars - no correct answers

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 wife swapping - incorrect [brilliant @jonsie ]

Q8 correct - awarded plus, for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

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 · ‎31-07-2020

AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5

Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @jonsie @pgn

Red Thinker + = for five correct answers - @gmarkj

= for three correct answers - @O2Karl

= for two correct answers - @WispaRed7

sorry, @Marjo and @Martin-O2 no award this time

CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done @jonsie - Bronze Thinker + @pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + @O2Karl ; @WispaRed7 -

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in the Anniversary Edition on Monday,

when there will be 12 questions - with one question in each of these categories

HISTORY PLACES NATURE SPACE ART LITERATURE MUSIC MOVIES TV SPORT GAMES FOOD & DRINK

and the chance to be awarded the Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Red Thinker, as well as the usual stars

Thank you everyone for taking part in the WRQ.

@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 · ‎31-07-2020

Well done everyone and thanks again for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Anonymous · ‎31-07-2020

Happy with my

Thank you again @Mi-Amigo for compiling another fun WRQ

Well done everyone.

Martin-O2 · ‎31-07-2020

Wow I think that was my first total wipe out. I'll try better next time!

Great work everyone else!

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MI5 · ‎31-07-2020

Glad I went for the obvious answers in the end

Well done everyone and thanks again.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎31-07-2020

Thank you guys for your comments.

Well done @Cleoriff and @MI5 on getting the Silver Thinker; and well done @Anonymous on your two

Sorry you missed out this time @Martin-O2 - but, as you`ll see, a few did find the "events" questions particularly difficult.

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

Martin-O2 · ‎31-07-2020

All good @Mi-Amigo! It inspires me to do better next time

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Marjo · ‎31-07-2020

Total wipeout for me too @Martin-O2 but I'm used to it by now

I did put "Jack" as my guess for the pirate one actually @Cleoriff

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White Room Quiz - Wed 29 July 2020