White Room Quiz Mon 08 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is another "Odd Questions" edition, with eight "odd questions" with one question on each of these subjects

MONEY INITIALS CODES NURSERY RHYMES MATHS JOBS POLITICS SAYINGS

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @Anonymous @Martin-O2 @LukasB

@TheresaV @Marjo

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

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 MONEY. Which item of English currency ceased to be legal tender in March 1988 ?

Q2 INITIALS. What do the initials UHF stand for in radio broadcasting?

Q3 CODES. In morse code, what three-letter word is represented by

- . - . .- -

Q4 NURSERY RHYMES. In the nursery rhyme, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier" what occupation follows "soldier"?

Q5 MATHS. What is 80% of 400?

Q6 JOBS. What did a cordwainer make?

Q7 POLITICS. What was the name of the British political party which changed its name in 1985 to

the Green Party?

Q8 SAYINGS. What are the two missing words in this well-known saying

"Early to bed, early to rise; makes a man healthy, ------- , and ---- " ?

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 [Mon 08 Feb 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 10 Feb 2021

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 [Mon 08 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Feb 2021].

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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.

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If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@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.

TallTrees · ‎08-02-2021

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Thank you for the notification ~ whilst working will ponder these ~ pop answers in later

Bye for now TallTrees

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

Ha! Good job I looked up morse code after I got caught out before!! Now if only I can remember them @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Thank you @TallTrees .

Good to know the notification works.

Good luck with your "ponder" over the questions.

Thank you @Cleoriff

Hope checking up on morse code pays off and good luck the maths question [no square roots]

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

pgn · ‎08-02-2021

One of the questions puts me in mind of this ditty by the late, great funny man, Kenneth Williams:

I won't tell you which question triggered the memory, you can probably work it out 🤣

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Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Thank you @pgn

Funny enough, that is what triggered the question in the quiz

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

Cleoriff · ‎08-02-2021

God I remember that....

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎08-02-2021

Damn morse code.
But I have an idea about this one....

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Mi-Amigo · ‎08-02-2021

Thanks for your post @MI5

Morse code has caught a few folks out in the past. Good luck with that question this time.

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

gmarkj · ‎08-02-2021

No idea on the morse code, but think there are others that I know or can guess at...

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