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]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 HISTORY - In which year was the Battle of Prestonpans fought by Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

                        against the English ?

A1   1745

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

A2    8

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

A3    12

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

A4    6

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

A5    21

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" ? 

A6   2000

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

A7    742

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

A8    37

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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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?'😣

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Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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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?'😣

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Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆

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Do another capture (just to watch it fade away) 😉

At least it showed I read it @pgn  😂

Oh image has been deleted, I've just noticed! What a spoilsport! 🤔

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@RafaC 

Q1 1230 - incorrect   Q2 4 - incorrect  Q3 5 - incorrect  Q4 37 - incorrect  Q5 3 - incorrect

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 5 - incorrect   Q8 54 - incorrect

Total: one  for one correct answer

@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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass   Q2 6 - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 5 - incorrect   

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 47 - incorrect   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 22 - incorrect

Total - 3  for three correct answers

@adelphiaUK 

Q1 pass  Q2 6 - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 3 - incorrect

Q5 11 - incorrect   Q6 27 - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

Total - 3  for three correct answers

@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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn 

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

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 342 - incorrect   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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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?'😣

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Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆

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Do another capture (just to watch it fade away) 😉

At least it showed I read it @pgn  😂

Oh image has been deleted, I've just noticed! What a spoilsport! 🤔

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Better to burn out than to fade away (as Kurgan said, I think) 😁

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker            = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +  = 7 correct - @jonsie 

                        = 3 correct - @gmarkj @adelphiaUK 

                               = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

Well done

@jonsie           -  Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj         -      

@adelphiaUK -      

@RafaC           -  

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

                                                                  the 200th WHITE ROOM QUIZ

with 8 questions - one question on each of these categries

- GEOGRAPHY    PLACES    NATURE    WORDS    MUSIC    MOVIES    SPORT   GAMES

Each question will be based around "200" 

The 200th WRQ Quiz will be posted on a separate thread shortly

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[RafaC]

A single, lonely star which is 2000 light years away from Earth shines in my sky 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo  and well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great game @Mi-Amigo although I found the numbers one not as straightforward as it looks 🙈

I'll look at the 200th edition a bit later. (200! You deserve a medal 😂)

So there you go. xx

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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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?'😣

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Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆

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Do another capture (just to watch it fade away) 😉

At least it showed I read it @pgn  😂

Oh image has been deleted, I've just noticed! What a spoilsport! 🤔

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Better to burn out than to fade away (as Kurgan said, I think) 😁

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I only know 'Not fade away' by the Stones @pgn 😯

[Cleoriff]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

😱😉

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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?'😣

---

Just keeping everyone on their toes, @Cleoriff 😇 😆

---

Do another capture (just to watch it fade away) 😉

At least it showed I read it @pgn  😂

Oh image has been deleted, I've just noticed! What a spoilsport! 🤔

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Better to burn out than to fade away (as Kurgan said, I think) 😁

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I only know 'Not fade away' by the Stones @pgn 😯

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PS nearly gone now 😎