White Room Quiz "Numbers" edition - Mon 10 Jan 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is an "Numbers" edition with eight questions - one question on each of these categories

- HISTORY    PEOPLE    SCIENCE    SPACE    LITERATURE    MUSIC    TV    GAMES

The answer to each question is a number.

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @adelphiaUK @MAKAZAGA @lewys-gp 

@RafaC @Martin-O2 

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 HISTORY - In which year was the Battle of Prestonpans fought by Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

                        against the English ?

Q2 PEOPLE - How many children does rock singer Rod Stewart have ?

Q3 SCIENCE - How many pairs of ribs does a normal human have ?

Q4 SPACE - How many Russian Vostok space missions were there between April 1961 and June 1963 ?

Q5 LITERATURE - How many Famous Five books did Enid Blyton write between 1942 and 1963 ?

Q6 MUSIC - In the title of The Rolling Stones` song on their 1967 album "Their Satanic Majesty`s Request",

                    how many "----- Light Years From Home" ? 

Q7 TV - In The Simpson`s cartoon TV series, at what number Evergreen Terrace do The Simpsons live ?

Q8 GAMES - How many number are there on a UK/European roulette wheel ? 

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 [Mon 10 Jan 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 Jan 2022]

- 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 Wed 12 Jan 2022

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 [Mon 10 Jan 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 11 Jan 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 11 Jan 2022 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  

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @adelphiaUK 

pm with your 8 answers received

[adelphiaUK]

Well 7 and a no clue.

[Cleoriff]

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@adelphiaUK wrote:

Well 7 and a no clue.

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😂or a couple of inspired guesses for me, although I did read all of the Enid Blyton books (sad really)

[pgn]

Pushing all the buttons! 😵

PS - Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to 

@TallTrees @jonsie @BobM @lewys-gp @Martin-O2 @MAKAZAGA 

and anyone else who would like to have a go at the quiz.

There`s plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo  >>>>

[pgn]

Very true, @jonsie - and if you divide that total by the number of pockets on the wheel, you get 18 - a semiperfect number where the sum of its written digits is equal to half of itself, and coincidentally, or not, equal to the number of levels of Hell in Chinese mythology 😱😉

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received - well before deadline

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Very true, @jonsie - and if you divide that total by the number of pockets on the wheel, you get 18 - a semiperfect number where the sum of its written digits is equal to half of itself, and coincidentally, or not, equal to the number of levels of Hell in Chinese mythology 😱😉

 

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You don't make things easy 'first' thing in the morning @pgn 😂

I read the above and thought 'what the hell?'😣