White Room Quiz - "oddest questions" 4 - Page 5

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

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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 · ‎22-05-2020

being stuck in Air Traffic for years really does deserve a bonus! Requesting 2 points for knowing the exact clouds 😉

LukasB · ‎22-05-2020

well @Marjo looks like I won hahahahah - I can't belive it either

thanks @Mi-Amigo for doing this

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-05-2020

@gmarkj wrote:

Can I ask why I only got a half for Q7 @Mi-Amigo ?

Sorry @gmarkj

my mistake in the Results.

You got Q7 correct and Results should have read - awarded

Your total was five and half stars [half star was for Q6].

The awards show you have received a Red Thinker [for four correct] + star [for one correct] + half star for one part correct - Q6]

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

Cleoriff · ‎22-05-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@gmarkj wrote:
Can I ask why I only got a half for Q7 @Mi-Amigo ?
Sorry @gmarkj
my mistake in the Results.
You got Q7 correct and Results should have read - awarded
Your total was five and half stars [half star was for Q6].
The awards show you have received a Red Thinker [for four correct] + star [for one correct] + half star for one part correct - Q6]

Ah good, I wondered about that....Well done @gmarkj

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-05-2020

Thank you everyone for your kind comments

As for @pgn `s posting the vid of Kate Bush...

special thank you - brought back a very happy memory of being kissed by her

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

gmarkj · ‎22-05-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:

@gmarkj wrote:

Can I ask why I only got a half for Q7 @Mi-Amigo ?

Sorry @gmarkj

my mistake in the Results.

You got Q7 correct and Results should have read - awarded

Your total was five and half stars [half star was for Q6].

The awards show you have received a Red Thinker [for four correct] + star [for one correct] + half star for one part correct - Q6]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo , and well done for some challenging questions - had to break out the calculator and engage some rarely used grey matter for these!!

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Marjo · ‎22-05-2020

Well done guys how do you always know all of this?! Very impressive. And thanks @Mi-Amigo !

Super happy with my 1,5 stars. I'll aim for even more next time although the Red Thinker @LukasB that feels like it's so far away from my grasp.

Although @Mi-Amigo , how was my math incorrect? I don't get it. I literally spent like 15 minutes on that calculation for the minutes question.

pgn · ‎22-05-2020

@Mi-Amigo wrote:
As for @pgn `s posting the vid of Kate Bush...
special thank you - brought back a very happy memory of being kissed by her

Cool! And worth every millisecond, that smooch, @Mi-Amigo 👌😘

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pgn · ‎22-05-2020

@Anonymous wrote:
being stuck in Air Traffic for years really does deserve a bonus! Requesting 2 points for knowing the exact clouds 😉

OK, which ones are Mare's Tails, @Anonymous? 🤔😉

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Mi-Amigo · ‎22-05-2020

@Marjo wrote:

Although @Mi-Amigo , how was my math incorrect? I don't get it. I literally spent like 15 minutes on that calculation for the minutes question.

@Marjo

slight mis-calculation... you sent me pm with

60 minutes in an hour....

12 hours in a day....

520 min in 12 hours...

1040 minutes in 24 hours...

should be 720 mins in 12 hours; 1440 mins in 24 hours

so 2880 mins in 48 hours - not 2080

sorry...

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