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White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 May 2024 04:23:32 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 these categories

HISTORY SCIENCE WORDS MUSIC

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2

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 HISTORY 1 - What was the last battle of the Hundred Years War, which ended in 1453 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "whemmle", dating from 1500s, mean ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of The Kinks` first UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart

in August 1964 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in April 1955 when Churchill

retired ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the device which used steam to steralize equipment, invented by

Charles Chamberland in 1879 ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the word "dacoitage", dating from 1880s in India, mean ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - How many Hungarian Dances did Brahms compose ?

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 06 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 08 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 08 May 2024.

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 06 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 08 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 08 May 2024 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 06 May 2024

jonsie — Mon, 06 May 2024 09:18:59 GMT

Sorry @Mi-Amigo but I'll be absent for a couple of months

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Oxonian — Mon, 06 May 2024 11:28:00 GMT

My entry is in your inbox @Mi-Amigo ; much earlier than usual due to the Bank Holiday. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Oxonian — Mon, 06 May 2024 11:28:41 GMT

I hope that you are having a good holiday @jonsie. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

pgn — Mon, 06 May 2024 11:51:34 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Cleoriff — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:37:47 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 06 May 2024 17:34:32 GMT

Thank you for your message @jonsie

I hope all goes well during your break from here.

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 07 May 2024 05:08:20 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

gmarkj — Tue, 07 May 2024 07:57:09 GMT

Bit of a mixed bag with these @Mi-Amigo

PM on the way

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 07 May 2024 08:26:51 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 May 2024 04:40:13 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - What was the last battle of the Hundred Years War, which ended in 1453 ?

A1 Battle of Castillion

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale ?

A2 373

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "whemmle", dating from 1500s, mean ?

A3 overturn, confuse

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of The Kinks` first UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart

in August 1964 ?

A4 You Really Got Me

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in April 1955 when Churchill

retired ?

A5 Anthony Eden

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the device which used steam to steralize equipment, invented by

Charles Chamberland in 1879 ?

A6 autoclave

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the word "dacoitage", dating from 1880s in India, mean ?

A7 robbery by gang/thugs

Q8 MUSIC 2 - How many Hungarian Dances did Brahms compose ?

A8 21

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 May 2024 04:53:56 GMT

THE RESULTS

@MI5

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

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 pre-op treatment - incorrect Q8 20 - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 trip/fall - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 digester - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 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

@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

@TallTrees

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

Q5 pass Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 4 - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 being hit - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 Chamberland filter - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 5 - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 May 2024 04:59:14 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @pgn @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @MI5 @Oxonian

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @TallTrees

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @Cleoriff

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY MOVIES ART FOOD & DRINK

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 06 May 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 08 May 2024 06:38:05 GMT

Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo. All those Thinkers too. Well done everyone x

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

TallTrees — Wed, 08 May 2024 06:47:58 GMT

Red Thinker is good @Mi-Amigo

Well done all as not that easy.

Thank you for the quiz ☺️

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

MI5 — Wed, 08 May 2024 07:06:52 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

pgn — Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:36 GMT

That was a tricky one - thankfully autoclaves and Kelvin go together. The Hungarian variations, well, that was helped by ClassicFM, I must admit - the stuff that sticks in your brain when the radio is playing on a long drive 🤣

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 May 2024 15:18:31 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff @TallTrees @pgn @MI5

pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Oxonian — Wed, 08 May 2024 17:21:26 GMT

Thank you for organising that @Mi-Amigo, another eclectic sets of questions.

Well done all, another very high-scoring round. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 08 May 2024 18:21:00 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

Well done on your award, as you said another quiz with high scores.

I wish everyone good luck with getting equally - or better - scores with today`s WRQ