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White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 08:18:18 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; SPACE; MUSIC; SPORT

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 @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 - The Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands are in which Bay ?

Q2 SPACE 1 - How long did it take the Cassini-Huygen spacecraft to reach Saturn`s rings ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which rock band launched the music careers of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page ?

Q4 SPORT1 - Vax Verstappen won the Formula 1 World Championship in 2022. Who came second ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The area known as Polynesia [not Disney park] is in which ocean ?

Q6 SPACE 2 - Halley`s Comet is visible from Earth every ---- how many years ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which singer released the album "Scary Monsters (& Creepy Creatures) in 1980 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Skateboarding made its debut as an Olympic sport at which Olympics - need both place + year ?

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 22 May 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 24 May 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 24 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 [Mon 22 May

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 24 May 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 24 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 Mon 22 May 2023

gmarkj — Mon, 22 May 2023 08:29:34 GMT

Feeling brave with Q4 this morning @Mi-Amigo ?! Not sure if someone has calmed down from that yet...

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:24:06 GMT

Thanks @gmarkj

Not sure I was feeling brave but came across the question over the weekend and thought "why not? the regular quizzers like a challenge" 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:26:59 GMT

@Mi-Amigo it's MAX, not VAX for q4.

@gmarkjNote the date. This was the year AFTER that damn fiasco. 🙄

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

gmarkj — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:43:08 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:

@Mi-Amigo it's MAX, not VAX for q4.

@gmarkjNote the date. This was the year AFTER that damn fiasco. 🙄

Ah. My apologies!

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:54:03 GMT

Apologies @Cleoriff and our quizzers.

Q4 should have read Max NOT Vax - but the date IS 2022.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:54:33 GMT

@gmarkj wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
@Mi-Amigo it's MAX, not VAX for q4.
@gmarkjNote the date. This was the year AFTER that damn fiasco. 🙄
Ah. My apologies!

@gmarkj

No matter, I still haven't got over that particular final race result. Someone definitely didn't want the guy who led the race all the way to beat Schumachers record Pffft!!! 😖

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Cleoriff — Mon, 22 May 2023 11:33:19 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

jonsie — Mon, 22 May 2023 13:58:36 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Comben — Mon, 22 May 2023 14:45:22 GMT

My answers have been sent to your inbox @Mi-Amigo
I too almost went for the 2021 runner up in the F1 question, so I'm glad I read the question again before sending off my answers.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:13:15 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Appreciate the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:14:04 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:14:40 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:15:15 GMT

Thank you @Comben

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

pgn — Mon, 22 May 2023 16:28:03 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 May 2023 16:47:32 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the image

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

gmarkj — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:53:12 GMT

Not sure how many of these are correct, but taking part anyway!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:40:32 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:32:33 GMT

Thank you @J9el

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 22 May 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:16:09 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands are in which Bay ?

A1 Bay of Bengal

Q2 SPACE 1 - How long did it take the Cassini-Huygen spacecraft to reach Saturn`s rings ?

A2 6.7 years. I`ll accept 6 or 7 years as a correct answer

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which rock band launched the music careers of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page ?

A3 The Yardbirds

Q4 SPORT1 - Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 World Championship in 2022. Who came second ?

A4 Charles Leclerc

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The area known as Polynesia [not Disney park] is in which ocean ?

A5 Pacific

Q6 SPACE 2 - Halley`s Comet is visible from Earth every ---- how many years ?

A6 75 to 76 years

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Which singer released the album "Scary Monsters (& Creepy Creatures)" in 1980 ?

A7 David Bowie

Q8 SPORT 2 - Skateboarding made its debut as an Olympic sport at which Olympics - need both place + year ?

A8 Tokyo Olympics 2020 - held in 2021.