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White Room Quiz - "oddest questions" 3

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As mentioned in the Advanced Notice on Monday, this week`s White Room Quiz is eight questions

which don`t fit into the normal categories from which the questions are usually selected.

 

There is no QI-style question, where the answer is not what everyone thinks it is.

Good luck, everyone 

 

PLEASE NOTE AMENDED TIMES BELOW FOR SENDING YOUR PM'S WITH ANSWERS

 

The White Room Quiz is open to all members

I hope our regular quizzers

    @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @OldFart  @gmarkj  @WispaRed7 @Marjo  @Martin-O2

 

and @O2Faisal  @O2Jim  @O2John  who took part in lst week`s quiz

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members

will join in with this week`s White Room Quiz.

 

THIS WEEK`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

 

Q1 [MATHS] What is the total sum of half dozen + three score + one gross?

      

Q2 [O2 COMMUNITY] What was the subject of the very first quiz set by @Mi-Amigo on Off Topic in early 2019?

 

Q3 [COLOUR] What colour is "drunk-tank" a shade of?

 

Q4 [SAYING] What are the two missing words from the saying "Mighty ---- from little ------ grow"?

 

Q5 [ALPHABET] What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet?

 

Q6 [MYTHOLOGY] Who was the Roman god of sleep?

 

Q7 [CODE] BNE is the International Air Transport Association code for which airport?

 

Q8 [GRAFITTI] What is the name of this grafitti character?

       Kilroy Was Here | Kilroy Wiki | Fandom

 

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 13 May] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 14 May]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

The answers - and the results for each player taking part - will be posted on Friday morning 15 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

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 13 May 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 14 May 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 14 May will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

- and no using the O2 Community search box for the answer to Question 2 

 

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 this week`s White Room Thursday Quiz and finds the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Looks good @Mi-Amigo . A few I need to think hard about a couple....

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Thank you @Cleoriff for your kind comment.

There are a couple of "head scratchers" Thinking this week.

Good luck. Look forward to pm with your answers.

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Looking good there @Mi-Amigo. Some I think I know, some I think I don't.
One that will require delving into your past...
Oddly I didn't get notification of your tag this morning, either on the forum or by email...

Please note, this is not customer services and we cannot access your account. Do not publish personal details (email, phone number, bank account).


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Thank you for your comments @gmarkj 

Good luck with the answers.

 

Thanks for info on not receiving nomination this morning, I`ll point this out in the Discussions thread. 

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@Mi-Amigo 

I got the email but not the mention. I can't remember if I ever had a mention when you announced it before if honest?

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This week`s White Room Quiz is now open

You can now send a pm with your eight answers to me [ @Mi-Amigo ] and have until 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday] to get your answers in - so plenty of time to have a think before sending.

Good luck, everyone.

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Thank you @Cleoriff 

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @KingAmo - great to have you join in with the quiz

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your eight answers received 

 

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your eight answers received

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Can someone link to the quiz

Had to mark all as read earlier today multiple times!!

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