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White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 07:24:02 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE [one question on BIOLOGY; one on PHYSICS] ART FOOD & DRINK

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].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @O2EmmaLouise @BobM @TheresaV

@LukasB @Martin-O2

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 What is the largest lake in Japan ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 BIOLOGY The tympanic membrane in the human body is better known by what name ?

Q3 ART 1 Which English painter painted "The Old Shepherd`s Chief Mourner" in 1837 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 What type of foodstuff is a blintz ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 In which country is the extinct Badacsony volcano ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 PHYSICS The first Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded in 1901 to Wilhelm Roentgen for

his discovery of what ?

Q7 ART 2 Which Dutch painter painted "Woman With A Water Jug" [also known as "Woman With A

Water Pitcher"] in the 1660s ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 Which vegetable is the main ingrediant of latkes ?

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 24 May 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 25 May 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 26 May 2021

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 24 May 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 25 May 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 25 May 2021 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 the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

pgn — Mon, 24 May 2021 07:28:07 GMT

Good questions, @Mi-Amigo - plenty of scope for people to make a hash of that, I think 😉😆

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 07:53:36 GMT

Thank you @pgn

A wide range of questions - so hopefully everyone will find this WRQ fun

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 24 May 2021 07:55:12 GMT

I like the quiz...and what's more I know the answer to the physics question..... THANK GOD!!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:01:52 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

The fact that you know the answer to the Physics questions just shows that sometimes, when there is one of the least favourite categories in a WRQ, the question might not be quite so bad...

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

O2EmmaLouise — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:23:24 GMT

Great questions @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:25:20 GMT

Thank you @O2EmmaLouise

Pleased you think these are "great questions" in today`s WRQ.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

LukasB — Mon, 24 May 2021 10:41:39 GMT

ohhhhh guys - Roentgen is from my hometown

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 24 May 2021 10:57:12 GMT

@LukasB wrote:
ohhhhh guys - Roentgen is from my hometown

Expect you to get that one right then @LukasB

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:01:14 GMT

On it's way @Mi-Amigo >>>>>>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

MI5 — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:02:49 GMT

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:34:02 GMT

Thank you @LukasB

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif - connection with one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @MI5

like the gif - connection with one of the questions

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

BobM — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:53:07 GMT

On their way @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 11:55:06 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Martin-O2 — Mon, 24 May 2021 12:48:14 GMT

PM with my answers sent @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 24 May 2021 13:09:13 GMT

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

jonsie — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:46:38 GMT

Erupting ------------->>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

Cleoriff — Mon, 24 May 2021 17:58:38 GMT

Blimey, there's been a lot of eruptions on this thread today

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

MI5 — Mon, 24 May 2021 18:02:39 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Blimey, there's been a lot of eruptions on this thread today

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 24 May 2021

jonsie — Mon, 24 May 2021 18:20:34 GMT

I daren't post the one I had in mind.....