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White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:39:53 GMT

Welcome to

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

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions - with two questions on each of four of categories -

GEOGRAPHY; WORDS; SPORT; 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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Comben @J9el @RafaC @Spenny

@Breanna @adec

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 - Goat Fell, 2866ft/874m, is the highest point on which Scottish island ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word aberuncate mean ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - What is the nickname of the men`s Sheffield Wednesday football team ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Boddington`s Beer was originally produced in which English city ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which river flows through Wincester, Hampshire ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the 17th century word abditory mean ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - Which country`s national football team was nicknamed Atlas Lions at World Cup in 2022 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Indian cuisine, what is kulfi ?

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

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 20 Feb 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 22 Feb 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 22 Feb 2023

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 [Mon 20 Feb,

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 22 Feb 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 20 Feb 2023 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

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:33:30 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

gmarkj — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:59:29 GMT

Not too confident with these, but PM on the way @Mi-Amigo !

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

TallTrees — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:00:06 GMT

Just back and coffee finished to read your quiz questions @Mi-Amigo

All I have to say is O HECK

😫😫😫😫

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:22:13 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Good luck @TallTrees

look forward to pm with your answers

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:44:49 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:58:24 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Spenny — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:33:12 GMT

All I can say is 🙄

PM with my answers should be with you. A fair few difficult ones in there for me, hopefully will have picked up some correct ones.

Scottish Islands, think I only know the name of one. Will have to pay more attention to the weather reports when they show Scotland.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 21:44:58 GMT

Thank you @Spenny

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Comben

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

jonsie — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:31:37 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

J9el — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:33:10 GMT

PM incoming @Mi-Amigo! Good luck all!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

pgn — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:30:32 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Comben — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 01:37:22 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo, I forgot to write in here that I had sent you a PM.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:00:30 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @J9el

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Like the gif @Comben

All pms with answers received before deadline

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:04:49 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Goat Fell, 2866ft/874m, is the highest point on which Scottish island ?

A1 Isle of Arron

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word aberuncate mean ?

A2 pull up by roots; eradicate; remove

Q3 SPORT 1 - What is the nickname of the men`s Sheffield Wednesday football team ?

A3 The Owls.

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Boddington`s Beer was originally produced in which English city ?

A4 Manchester

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which river flows through Wincester, Hampshire ?

A5 River Itchen

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did the 17th century word abditory mean ?

A6 hiding place

Q7 SPORT 2 - Which country`s national football team was nicknamed Atlas Lions at World Cup in 2022 ?

A7 Morocco

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Indian cuisine, what is kulfi ?

A8 ice cream

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:23:11 GMT

THE RESULTS

@MI5

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 Skye - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 Blades - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 Avon - incorrect Q6 leave - incorrect Q7 Egypt - incorrect Q8 correct - .

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Comben

Q1 Skye - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 Sheffield - incorrect.

Q5 Tibb - incorrect Q6 kill king - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Spenny

Q1 Isle of Mull - incorrect Q2 count on abacus - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 R Winchester - incorrect Q6 deaf - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@J9el

Q1 Skye - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 pass Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:32:05 GMT

AWARDS

[Can`t show Thinkers - I`ve reached upload limit of 5000 images!!!!]

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie @pgn

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @J9el

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @Comben @Spenny

3 stars = 3 correct - @gmarkj

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie @pgn

Well done

@J9el - Red Thinker + star

@Comben - Red Thinker

@Spenny - Red Thinker

@gmarkj - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be

8 questions - with two questions on each of these categories

PLACES; LITERATURE; MUSIC; MOVIES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

Cleoriff — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:23:50 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo andwell done everyone 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

MI5 — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:30:03 GMT

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 20 Feb 2023

gmarkj — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:09:08 GMT

Ah, undone by the Wednesday/United mix up!

Oh well, move on to the next one.

Well done everyone!