White Room Quiz - "oddest questions" 4

[Mi-Amigo]

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  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  

[Mi-Amigo]

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  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  

[Mi-Amigo]

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  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  

[Cleoriff]

@pgn 

According to weather folklore...

"Mackerel scales and mare’s tails make lofty ships carry low sails."

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn 

According to weather folklore...

"Mackerel scales and mare’s tails make lofty ships carry low sails."

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And this:

Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry! 

[Marjo]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

   @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. 

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@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...

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Ah daaaamn, thanks for doing the calculation for me @Mi-Amigo   

[Martin-O2]

Great job everyone! The quiz was super fun so thanks for managing it @Mi-Amigo!

[Anonymous]

I spent forever trying to work that out but I had to break it down into manageable figures 60minutes x 6 hours = 360 x 2= 720 x2 =1440 etc..
I find these kind of questions far better than the ones where you either know or don’t .. at least with these kind you stand a tiny chance!

[Marjo]

Even though I got my calculation wrong @Anonymous , I did like this type of question too!

[pgn]

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@Marjo wrote:

Even though I got my calculation wrong @Anonymous , I did like this type of question too!

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Don't ask me how I failed to read "minutes" and answered (correctly) in seconds... 

Head in the clouds, I think... Yes, that was it, mackerel skies threw me

[jonsie]

Well done guys and a special thank you to @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you for your kind comments @Martin-O2   @Anonymous  and @jonsie 

I`m pleased you liked the questions and I do try and give a mix so everyone has a chance. 

[Anonymous]

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@pgn 

According to weather folklore...

"Mackerel scales and mare’s tails make lofty ships carry low sails."

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And this:

Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry! 

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Love these sayings @Cleoriff  and @pgn 

Happy with my score

Thank you once again @Mi-Amigo for compiling the quiz

Well done everyone