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White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:22:20 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

- PEOPLE SCIENCE MOVIES FOOD & DRINK

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 @BobM @Spenny @J9el @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 PEOPLE 1 - Who sailed round the world in the yacht Gipsy Moth IV in 1966/67 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Who was the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In which 1971 movie did Gene Hackman play "Popeye" Doyle ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - The name of which herb comes from the Latin for "dew of the sea" ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Which British Prime Minister was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1916 ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Otoscope is an instrument used for examining which part of the human body ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In which animated movie did Edna E Mode appear ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In which month of the year is Beaujolais Nouveau released for sale ?

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 11 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 May 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 13 May 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 11 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 12 May 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 11 May 2022

pgn — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:39:55 GMT

Interesting spread of questions today, @Mi-Amigo 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:48:50 GMT

Thank you @pgn

Pleased you think today`s WRQ is an interesting set of questions and like the gif.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

lewys-gp — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:11:18 GMT

Like the questions, @Mi-Amigo. Weirdly, the last question is a big thing in Swansea, so I know it well. Don't think many other UK towns/cities do anything for it though.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

gmarkj — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:12:15 GMT

Some interesting questions here.

Clearly "no capes" in this quiz...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:07:02 GMT

Thank you @lewys-gp and @gmarkj

Look forward to pm with your answers later.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:07:41 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

gmarkj — Wed, 11 May 2022 13:51:41 GMT

Made sure I got some answers in today!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

pgn — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:53:04 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:37:28 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Spenny — Wed, 11 May 2022 20:31:13 GMT

@Mi-Amigo pm sent over

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 11 May 2022 20:41:51 GMT

Thank you @Spenny

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Cleoriff — Thu, 12 May 2022 06:36:51 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 May 2022 07:23:51 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

BobM — Thu, 12 May 2022 10:54:06 GMT

PM on its way @Mi-Amigo --->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 May 2022 12:08:48 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Thank you @lewys-gp

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 May 2022 12:12:23 GMT

Thank you everyone who sent me pm with their answers

Gentle reminder to

@RafaC @J9el @TallTrees @jonsie

and anyone else who would like to have a go at this WRQ.

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 11 May 2022

RafaC — Thu, 12 May 2022 15:23:38 GMT

Think I will have to skip this one @Mi-Amigo, couldn't even come up with reasonable guesses. Thanks for the gentle reminder though

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:48:10 GMT

Sorry you won`t be taking part @RafaC

Hopefully you`ll like Monday`s WRQ questions - I`ve still got to sort out categories...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 2022

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:58:29 GMT

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