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White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:15:23 GMT

Welcome to

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

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

O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB

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.

After some tough questions in recent WRQs, I hope you all find the questions in this quiz a little easier

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

NATURE SPACE LITERATURE FOOD & DRINK

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 [NATURE - 1] What is the young of a beaver called?

Q2 [SPACE - 1] What is the official name of the constellation commonly known as the "Little Bear"?

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] Who wrote the novel Jane Eyre ?

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What is the name of the cocktail, in which the main ingredients include

white rum, lime juice, mint, sugar, soda water ?

Q5 [NATURE - 2] A knot is the collective noun for which group of animals?

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Which "sea" on our Moon has the largest diameter?

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] What is the name of the elf, one of nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring,

in J R R Tolkien`s Lord Of The Rings ?

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What is the name of the biscuit named after a 19th century Italian patriot ?

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 06 July] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 07 July]

- 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 08 July.

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 [Mon 06 July 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 07 July 2020].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 07 July 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 likes the choice of questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and you find it fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

MI5 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:46:12 GMT

Good ones

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:49:57 GMT

Pleased you like the questions @MI5

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

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Cleoriff — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:48:06 GMT

Looking good @Mi-Amigo

Not sure my answers will be in as early as possible but they will be there!

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:03:19 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Looking forward to pm with your answers, but no rush, send them when you can

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

LukasB — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:40:28 GMT

I feel slightly more confident about this week @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

pgn — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:44:08 GMT

Oh, that's more like it - biscuits, bears, booze and beavers... 😁

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

MI5 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:16:08 GMT

En route @Mi-Amigo

Love the biscuit question

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:57:56 GMT

@pgn wrote:
Oh, that's more like it - biscuits, bears, booze and beavers... 😁

and not necessarily in that order @pgn

pleased you like the subjects

look forward to pm with your answers

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:57:28 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:28:32 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

gmarkj — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:55:08 GMT

PM sent. Couple of good ones there and a not so good one...

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:33:19 GMT

Thank you @Anonymous

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

pgn — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:42:25 GMT

Diving in feet-first, as usual here 🤐
>> Incoming, @Mi-Amigo.

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Martin-O2 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:14:29 GMT

Answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:19:05 GMT

Thank you @pgn

pm with your eight answers received

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Cleoriff — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:38:46 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:06:14 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your eight answers received

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:00:12 GMT

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 [NATURE - 1] What is the young of a beaver called?

A1: a kit

Q2 [SPACE - 1] What is the official name of the constellation commonly known as the "Little Bear"?

A2: Ursa Minor

Q3 [LITERATURE - 1] Who wrote the novel Jane Eyre ?

A3: Charlotte Bronte

Q4 [FOOD & DRINK - 1] What is the name of the cocktail, in which the main ingredients include

white rum, lime juice, mint, sugar, soda water ?

A4: majito

Q5 [NATURE - 2] A knot is the collective noun for which group of animals?

A5: toads

Q6 [SPACE - 2] Which "sea" on our Moon has the largest diameter?

A6: Ocean of Storms

Q7 [LITERATURE - 2] What is the name of the elf, one of nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring,

in J R R Tolkien`s Lord Of The Rings ?

A7: Legolas

Q8 [FOOD & DRINK - 2] What is the name of the biscuit named after a 19th century Italian patriot ?

A8: Garibaldi

Re: White Room Quiz - Mon 06 July 2020

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:21:58 GMT

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 J R R Tolkien - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 mice - incorrect Q6 the Big One - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q6 Jaffa - incorrect plus, for four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 monkeys - incorrect Q6 Tranquility - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded

Q8 correct - awarded half plus, for more than four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 seals - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Viscount - incorrect plus, for six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 cubs - incorrect Q2 Aries - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 snakes - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

Total: three for three correct answers

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker