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White Room Quiz - "oddest questions" 4

Mi-Amigo
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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 

 

 O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2  @LukasB and O2 Guru @O2John 

 

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 [MONEY] Which US President is on the US $5 dollar bill?

      

Q2 [BADGE] Which car company`s badge featured the prow and sail of a Viking longship? 

 

Q3 [CODE] Which country has the International Vehicle Registration code CH for motor vehicles?

 

Q4 [LETTERS] What is the term for the letters of a word which reads the same upside down as the right way up? 

 

Q5 [CARTOON] Which UK comic featured the character Korky the Cat?

 

Q6 [THE SKY] What is the name for the type of clouds which form a "mackeral sky"?  

 

Q7 [SAYING] What are the two missing words from "A bird in the ---- is worth two in the ----"?

 

Q8 [TIME] How many minutes are there is two days ?

 

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 20 May] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 21 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 22 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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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 20 May 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 21 May 2020.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 21 May 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 this week`s White Room Quiz and the quiz gives a little light relief.

Have fun.

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Cleoriff
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Lovely @Mi-Amigo 

I like it. yahoo

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Happy with most of those Q's slight_smile
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Right @Marjo the game is on hahaha

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Thank you so much for early comments @Cleoriff  @MI5  @LukasB 

I`m glad you like the questions...

 

btw you had better watch out @LukasB as @Marjo might surprise you when she reads your post joy

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@Mi-Amigo I am actually way more confident with this weeks questions! AND I had 3 coffees. So @Marjo come at me joy

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@LukasB wrote:

@Mi-Amigo I am actually way more confident with this weeks questions! AND I had 3 coffees. So @Marjo come at me joy


THREE coffees @LukasB ?? You must be climbing the walls rofl

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I'm really looking forward to this one! Thanks for posting @Mi-Amigo

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Thank you @Martin-O2 

I hope you enjoy the quiz and the little bit of "rivalry" among the managers joy

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Looking forward to this one too @Mi-Amigo ! smiling

 

@LukasB I will have 4 cups of coffee prior to participating so watch out grin

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