White Room Quiz - "oddest questions" 4 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-05-2020

Welcome to this week`s

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

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 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

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

Anonymous · ‎20-05-2020

pm sent

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-05-2020

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎21-05-2020

Gentle reminder

@Anonymous @pgn @Martin-O2 @O2John

there is still plenty of time for you to join in with this week`s White Room Quiz

You, and any other members who would like to join in, have until 11.59pm this evening [Thursday] to pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with your eight answers.

I hope you will be able to join in and look forward to pm with your answers.

Thank you

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

pgn · ‎21-05-2020

Oh, missed the notification for this up until now. Weirdness, or just Khoros "normal" 🔔🤔

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎21-05-2020

@pgn wrote:
Oh, missed the notification for this up until now. Weirdness, or just Khoros "normal" 🔔🤔

Not sure @pgn as I haven`t had any problems with notifications for a while...

Hope you`ll be joining in with the quiz.

Look forward to pm with yor eight answers

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 · ‎21-05-2020

Answers sent @Mi-Amigo! Thanks for the reminder.

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pgn · ‎21-05-2020

Bombs-away, @Mi-Amigo, thank you for the gentle prod 👍

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Mi-Amigo · ‎21-05-2020

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

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 · ‎22-05-2020

Thank you @O2John

pm with your eight answers received before deadline of 11.59pm yesterday - Thursday

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received before deadline of 11.59pm yesterday - Thursday

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 · ‎22-05-2020

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [MONEY] Which US President is on the US $5 dollar bill?

A1 Abraham Lincoln

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

A2 Rover

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

A3 Switzerland

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

A4 ambigram

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

A5 The Dandy

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

A6 Cirrocumulus or altocumulus

members [see below] who gave the part answer - cumulus - awarded half star

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

A7 hand; bush

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

A8 2880 - 60 mins in one hour x 48 hours in two days

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