topic Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024 in Off-Topic

White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 06:04:56 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

GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE LITERATURE 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 [ @Dave-O2 is on leave ]

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 - What is the name of the longest river in Northern Ireland ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Hypermetropia is the medical term for what condition ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of the short story by JRR Tolkien, published in 1949, which tells of the

title character`s encounters with a giant and Chrysophylax Divers, a dragon ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the first single by Pink Floyd, which reached No 20 in UK singles chart

in 1967 ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Fingal`s Cave is on which island in The Hebrides ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What number on the pH scale indicates a solution is neutral - neither acid nor alkaline ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", first published

in 6 volumes between 1776 and 1788 ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - Which band released the album "OK Computer", which reached No 1 in UK album chart

in June 1997 ?

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 16 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 18 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 18 Dec 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 16 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 18 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 18 Dec 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 16 Dec 2024

jonsie — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:46:21 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo ---->>

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

pgn — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:49:24 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:06:07 GMT

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Oxonian — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:35:03 GMT

My entry should be awaiting your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; thank you for organising. 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Cleoriff — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:58:57 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:15:47 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

gmarkj — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:13:26 GMT

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:25:55 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

BobM — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:55:48 GMT

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:04:45 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:26:54 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the longest river in Northern Ireland ?

A1 River Bann

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Hypermetropia is the medical term for what condition ?

A2 long sightedness

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of the short story by JRR Tolkien, published in 1949, which tells of the

title character`s encounters with a giant and Chrysophylax Divers, a dragon ?

A3 Farmer Giles of Ham

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the first single by Pink Floyd, which reached No 20 in UK singles chart

in 1967 ?

A4 Arnold Layne

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Fingal`s Cave is on which island in The Hebrides ?

A5 Staffa

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What number on the pH scale indicates a solution is neutral - neither acid nor alkaline ?

A6 7 - seven

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", first published

in 6 volumes between 1776 and 1788 ?

A7 Edward Gibbon

Q8 MUSIC 2 - Which band released the album "OK Computer", which reached No 1 in UK album chart

in June 1997 ?

A8 Radiohead

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:37:41 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

@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

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 Thomas Paine - incorrect Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 blindness - incorrect Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 zero - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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 pass Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 pass .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 Erne - incorrect Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:42:25 GMT

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @pgn

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @Oxonian @BobM

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj

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

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

PEOPLE PLACES TV ART

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

pgn — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:28:12 GMT

A good turnout of Thinkers this time, well done! Thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

MI5 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:06:12 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:27:01 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo Great quiz.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

BobM — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:48:35 GMT

Another good one - thank you @Mi-Amigo

Well done everyone 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:15:25 GMT

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @BobM

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 16 Dec 2024

Oxonian — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:20:38 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo ; normal scoring resumed after last Wednesday's debacle ! 👍

Well done everyone, Thinkers across the board.