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White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 04:56:05 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 2 questions on each of these categories:

SCIENCE WORDS ART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @Oxonian @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 SCIENCE 1 - What is the melting point of silver - in degrees C or degrees F ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Grig, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was slang for which British coin [in use at that time] ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which German artist painted "The Yellow Cow" [aka "Gelbe Kuh"] in 1911 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Before the Euro, what was the currency of Croatia ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Nd is the chemical symbol of which element in Periodic Table ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - Astacology is the study of what ?

Q7 ART 2 - Rachel Whiteread`s "Embankment", installed at Tate Modern in 2005, consisted of what ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - The flag of The Seychelles features five bands - one band of blue,

one of red, one of white, one of green, and one of which other colour ?

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 30 June 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 02 July 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 02 July 2025.

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 30 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 02 July 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 02 July 2025 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 30 June 2025

jonsie — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:07:22 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

pgn — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:35:41 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Cleoriff — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:45:13 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:06:42 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Oxonian — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:06:54 GMT

My entry should be waiting for you @Mi-Amigo ! 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:54:40 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:48:06 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - What is the melting point of silver - in degrees C or degrees F ?

A1 961.8 degrees C - so I`ll accept 961 or 962 degrees C as correct answer

Q2 WORDS 1 - Grig, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was slang for which British coin [in use at that time] ?

A2 farthing

Q3 ART 1 - Which German artist painted "The Yellow Cow" [aka "Gelbe Kuh"] in 1911 ?

A3 Franz Marc

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Before the Euro, what was the currency of Croatia ?

A4 kuna

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Nd is the chemical symbol of which element in Periodic Table ?

A5 Neodymium

Q6 WORDS 2 - Astacology is the study of what ?

A6 crayfish

Q7 ART 2 - Rachel Whiteread`s "Embankment", installed at Tate Modern in 2005, consisted of what ?

A7 14000 translucent white boxes - so I`ll accept boxes as correct answer

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - The flag of The Seychelles features five bands - one band of blue,

one of red, one of white, one of green, and one of which other colour ?

A8 yellow

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:57:34 GMT

THE RESULTS

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 groat - incorrect Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct 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

@MI5

Q1 correct Q2 groat - incorrect Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 crustaceans - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 groat - incorrect Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 pass Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 fish - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 05:02:59 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @pgn

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @jonsie @Cleoriff

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @MI5 @Oxonian

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER this time - @pgn

Well done

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker + star

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - Bronze Thinker

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 tday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

NATURE LITERATURE SPORT FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

pgn — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:42:32 GMT

Thinkers all-round, despite the heat! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

MI5 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:43:17 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:58:29 GMT

Very peculiar that three of us put groat and it was wrong! 😂😂

Every day's a school day on here...(good to know)

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all. 😎

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

jonsie — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:46:47 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo

I just tried to think of the oldest coin I knew, not that I remember groats.

I obviously remember farthings but never heard it referred to as a Grig?

Never mind, well done peeps 😎

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:48:47 GMT

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done on your awards - as the dictionary coin question was tough.

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Oxonian — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:50:35 GMT

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very happy with that outcome.

Well done all. 😀

Re: White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:39:23 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

Pleased you`re happy with your outcome. Well done on your award.