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White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:46:49 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 from each of these categories

- GEOGRAPHY NATURE LITERATURE GAMES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @Spenny @BobM @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @RafaC

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 - Vinnufussen, one of highest waterfalls in Europe, is in which country ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is a Pacific geoduck ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote the novel "Agnes Grey", first published in 1847 ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In the 2002 Xbox video game "The Time Sweeper", what is the name of the cat ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Cleeve Hill is the highest point in which English county ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - How many hearts does an octopus have ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In H G Well`s science-fiction novel "The Time Machine", what is the name of the creatures

which live underground in the future ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the original UK edition of the board game Cluedo, there were three male suspects.

Two were Prof Plum and Col Mustard. Who was the third male suspect ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 23 Feb 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 24 Feb 2022]

- 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 Feb 2022

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 23 Feb 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 24 Feb 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 24 Feb 2022 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 Wed 23 Feb 2022

pgn — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:59:27 GMT

Well, perhaps not ... 😖🤣

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:40:17 GMT

Thank you @pgn 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:37:22 GMT

Will you please stop using MY Sherlock you pair! I'm off to My Mind Palace. 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:43:56 GMT

Apologies @Cleoriff

Thank you @RafaC

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

TallTrees — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:09:21 GMT

WHAT!

it's that new book I'll bet 😫

@Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:17:18 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
WHAT!
it's that new book I'll bet 😫
@Mi-Amigo

Just what I thought @TallTrees 😂

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:34:46 GMT

@TallTrees and @Cleoriff

You know me too well 😂

I`ll admt that the two Nature questions are from my new quizbook - but not rated in it as "difficult"

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Cleoriff — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:37:55 GMT

On it's way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 19:28:57 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

love the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

pgn — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:05:31 GMT

(Had to switch Sherlocks...😉)

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Spenny — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:15:18 GMT

really not difficult.....is that a university challenge book? 😭

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Spenny — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:19:04 GMT

@Mi-Amigo my nonsense answers have been sent over.

Really? Who goes around naming waterfalls. Have any of you visited this waterfall?
Really? No really?? That is surely a name you made up just now 😊
Ho hum
This WRQ is hard
Getting harder
Attempting a guess
This is not going well at all
Well at last. Playing cluedo with the kids has paid off, maybe.....

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:08:20 GMT

Thank you @pgn

Like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Spenny and for your comments

I haven`t visited the waterfall in question 1 and I didn`t make up the name in Q2 😂 ...

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

gmarkj — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:16:19 GMT

Before I miss out, I'd better send in my answers!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:34:46 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm wth your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:30:23 GMT

Thank you everyone who has sent me a pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @jonsie @TallTrees @BobM @lewys-gp @adelphiaUK and anyone else who would like to have a go at this quiz.

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Thurs] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with their answers.

Look forward to hearing from you

Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

BobM — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:38:58 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:23:24 GMT

Thank you @BobM

Like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @adelphiaUK

Good to have you back with us with the quiz

pm with your answers received

Thank you @lewys-gp

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 23 Feb 2022

Cleoriff — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:33:24 GMT

I love reading @Spenny's thought processes as he reads the questions 😂

Keep them coming @Spenny 😉😎