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White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 03 May 2023 08:10:10 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 categories

GEOGRAPHY; SCIENCE; ART; 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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @J9el @Patricia1066 @Spenny @Breanna

@BobM

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 - Comoros Islands are located in which sea/ocean ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical formula/symbols for cesium bromide ?

Q3 ART 1 - Donatello is credited with producing the first free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance,

which depicted which Biblical figure ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In game of Scrabble, how many points does the word "right" score [not counting double or

triple letter/word score] ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Devil`s Bridge spans which river near Aberystwyth, Wales ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Cerumen is the medical term for what in the human body ?

Q7 ART 2 - Which Dutch artist painted "Woman With A Pearl Necklace" in 1664 ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - Which playing card is nicknamed "Curse of Scotland" ?

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 [Wed 03 May 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 05 May 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 05 May 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 [Wed 03 May

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 05 May 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 05 May 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 Wed 03 May 2023

gmarkj — Wed, 03 May 2023 08:53:31 GMT

Those will require some thought @Mi-Amigo ...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:05:13 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

Couple of not-so-easy questions this time.

Look forward to pm with your answers. Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:06:16 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Cleoriff — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:46:12 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

pgn — Thu, 04 May 2023 05:15:21 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:25:48 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the pic

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Comben — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:23:30 GMT

Answers have been PM'd @Mi-Amigo (Running late today but appreciate the later deadline time.)

Great array of questions and guesses a plenty from me, but look forward to the answers in a few hours. Thanks Mi-Amigo 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 05 May 2023 05:09:34 GMT

Thank you @Comben

like the gif

pm with your answers received - before deadline

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 05 May 2023 05:14:10 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Comoros Islands are located in which sea/ocean ?

A1 Indian Ocean

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the chemical formula/symbols for cesium bromide ?

A2 CsBr

Q3 ART 1 - Donatello is credited with producing the first free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance,

which depicted which Biblical figure ?

A3 David

Q4 GAMES 1 - In game of Scrabble, how many points does the word "right" score [not counting double or

triple letter/word score] ?

A4 9 - R=1; I = 1; G = 2; H = 4; T = 1

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Devil`s Bridge spans which river near Aberystwyth, Wales ?

A5 Mynach

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Cerumen is the medical term for what in the human body ?

A6 earwax

Q7 ART 2 - Which Dutch artist painted "Woman With A Pearl Necklace" in 1664 ?

A7 Vermeer

Q8 GAMES 2 - Which playing card is nicknamed "Curse of Scotland" ?

A8 9 of Diamonds

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 05 May 2023 05:23:08 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

@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

@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

@Comben

Q1 correct - Q2 CeB - incorrect Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 Severn - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 Van Gogh - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 05 May 2023 05:29:40 GMT

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @Comben

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

Well done

@Comben - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be a WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- PEOPLE; NATURE; WORDS; MUSIC

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

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

pgn — Fri, 05 May 2023 05:47:16 GMT

All thinkers today, well done! That was a good quiz, thanks @Mi-Amigo!

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Cleoriff — Fri, 05 May 2023 06:34:07 GMT

Really enjoyable quiz @Mi-Amigo Well done one and all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

MI5 — Fri, 05 May 2023 07:04:34 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

gmarkj — Fri, 05 May 2023 07:28:35 GMT

Well done everyone. The day got away from me so apologies for missing out.

Not that I think I would have done very well - I might have got 4 with guesses, but doubt it would have been much more...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

pgn — Fri, 05 May 2023 07:42:02 GMT

This was preoccupying you I suspect, @gmarkj 😉

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 03 May 2023

Comben — Sun, 07 May 2023 17:01:36 GMT

I am surprised I did that well, thanks @Mi-Amigo. 😃

I agree with @pgn it's great to see everyone with Thinkers this time, enjoyable quiz and very good results, well done all. 🎉