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White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:05:37 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 the usual categories

PLACES; WORDS; TV; 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 [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 @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna

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 PLACES 1 - The term "Pearls of Antilles" applies to which island ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word labiomancy mean ?

Q3 TV 1 - What is the title of the ITV quiz show hosted by Gary Lineakar in which contestants try to get into

the "hot seat" to answer questions to win cash prize ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What was the name of the ice lolly, introduced by Lyons Maid in 1963, shaped like

a rocket with three sections of different flavours - lime, lemon, strawberry ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Which city in US State of Alaska has the largest population according to 2020 census ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word talliate mean ?

Q7 TV 2 - What was the name given to the US version of British TV comedy "Till Death Us Do Part" ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is Japanese Beni Shoga ?

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 05 July 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 07 July 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 07 July 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 05 July

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 07 July 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 07 July 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 05 July 2023

Cleoriff — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:28:25 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:43:29 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:44:36 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

Interesting gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

gmarkj — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:29:31 GMT

Holding a little more hope for this one...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo !

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:51:45 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

TallTrees — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:18:26 GMT

Hi there ~ this is not "up my street" @Mi-Amigo

have to pass on this one 🙄

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:23:46 GMT

Sorry this quiz is not up your street @TallTrees and you`re passing on this one.

Hope you will like next Monday`s more.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

TallTrees — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:24:33 GMT

Yes I will try Monday's quiz

Thank you @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

jonsie — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:35:52 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:56:38 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

BobM — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:53:35 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo 👍 ---->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:40:56 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

pgn — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 21:16:11 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ...

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:45:52 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the emoji

pm with your answers received - before deadline

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 04:50:58 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - The term "Pearls of Antilles" applies to which island ?

A1 Cuba. Most quizzers gave Haiti, which was known as Pearls of Antilles in Colonial times from

1492 to 1791

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word labiomancy mean ?

A2 lipreading

Q3 TV 1 - What is the title of the ITV quiz show hosted by Gary Lineakar in which contestants try to get into

the "hot seat" to answer questions to win cash prize ?

A3 Sitting On A Fortune

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What was the name of the ice lolly, introduced by Lyons Maid in 1963, shaped like

a rocket with three sections of different flavours - lime, lemon, strawberry ?

A4 Zoom

Q5 PLACES 2 - Which city in US State of Alaska has the largest population according to 2020 census ?

A5 Anchorage

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word talliate mean ?

A6 to tax

Q7 TV 2 - What was the name given to the US version of British TV comedy "Till Death Us Do Part" ?

A7 All In The Family

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is Japanese Beni Shoga ?

A8 ginger

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:01:29 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

@gmarkj

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

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

plus for 5 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

@BobM

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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 Wed 05 July 2023

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:07:56 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj

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

Well done

@BobM - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj - 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 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- GEOGRAPHY; SCIENCE; MOVIES; SPORT

I will search out a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions over the weekend.

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

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

Cleoriff — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:48:45 GMT

Well done everyone. Q8 was a bit of a guess for me having watched a cookery programme some months back

Good game @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

pgn — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:51:13 GMT

Nice quiz, @Mi-Amigo - and well done all! The Antilles question was a bit of a swag, though.