White Room Quiz Wed 23 Sept 2020

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-09-2020

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

Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7

O2 Community managers @Marjo @LukasB [ @Martin-O2 is on holiday] and O2 Guru @O2Karl

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

will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

I hope everyone likes some, if not all, the questions in this quiz

Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories

NATURE TV SPORT EVENTS

Please note: there is no QI-style question [where the answer is not what most people think] this time.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NATURE - 1] Cete is the collective name for which group of animals ?

Q2 [TV - 1] What was the name of the uncle in TV comedy "The Addams Family" ?

Q3 [SPORT - 1] In which city is Landsdowne Road rugby ground ?

Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Where in the UK, and on what date, has Gowk`s Day been celebrated since 1700 ?

Q5 [NATURE - 2] What is the collective name for a group of pheasants ?

Q6 [TV - 2] The British TV series "Brighton Belles" was based on which US sitcom ?

Q7 [SPORT - 2] Hungary beat which country`s football team 10-1 in the 1982 World Cup ?

Q8 [EVENTS - 2] In which year was the Notting Hill Carnival first held ?

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 [Wed 23 Sept] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 24 Sep]

- 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 Fri 25 September.

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 23 September 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 24 September 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 24 September 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.

I hope everyone likes today`s White Room Quiz, and finds it 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.

Cleoriff · ‎23-09-2020

One of those questions has a rather clever answer.....

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-09-2020

@Cleoriff wrote:
One of those questions has a rather clever answer.....

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

MI5 · ‎23-09-2020

6 I know straight away, but the other 2 I'm going to have to think about. 1 of those will be a guess so fingers crossed

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Mi-Amigo · ‎23-09-2020

Thank you @MI5

Be interesting to see which you are going to have a guess at. Good luck.

Look forward to pm with your answers any time after 12 noon today.

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Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎23-09-2020

I think it will be obvious when you get my answers @Mi-Amigo

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gmarkj · ‎23-09-2020

I like some of those - others, not so much.
Will need to dig about in the "library" later...

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Mi-Amigo · ‎23-09-2020

Thanks @gmarkj

Pleased you like some of the questions this time

Good luck with coming up with the answers.

Look forward to pm later.

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

Cleoriff · ‎23-09-2020

PM incoming @Mi-Amigo

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-09-2020

Thank you @Cleoriff

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.