White Rom Quiz Xmas Xtra Wed 22 Dec 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is a Xmas Xtra with another 8 Christmas-related questions.

Each question is from one of these categories  

- GEOGRAPHY  PLACES   SCIENCE   WORDS   MUSIC   GAMES   LITERATURE    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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff  @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @BobM @TallTrees @gmarkj @lewys-gp @RafaC  @MAKAZAGA 

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 - What is the capital of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean ? 

Q2 PLACES - Name ONE of the three US States which has a town called Santa Claus 

Q3 SCIENCE - What is the chemical formula for snow ?

Q4 WORDS - "Felitz Navidad" is "Merry Xmas" in which language ? 

Q5 MUSIC -  Which Christmas song begins "Oh the weather outside is frightful; but the fire is delightful" ?  

Q6 GAMES - Which Xmas 1971 toy was said to "wobble but don`t fall down" ?

Q7 LITERATURE - Shakespeare is said to have written which play as a Xmas present for Queen Elizabeth I ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - Traditionally consumed at Christmas in Victorian times, what was Smoking Bishop ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 22 Dec 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 23 Dec 2021]

- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Fri 24 Dec 2021

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 22 Dec 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 23 Dec 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 23 Dec 2021 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

@Mi-Amigo  

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

[gmarkj]

Well there are plenty of guesses in this one!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your 8 answers received

[BobM]

Answers on their way @Mi-Amigo  --->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

love the gif

pm with your 8 answers received 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 GEOGRAPHY - What is the capital of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean ?

A1   Flying Fish Cove 

Q2 PLACES - Name ONE of the three US States which has a town called Santa Claus

A2   Arizona; Indiana; Georgia 

Q3 SCIENCE - What is the chemical formula for snow ?

A3    H2O [frozen water]

Q4 WORDS - "Felitz Navidad" is "Merry Xmas" in which language ?

A4    Spanish 

Q5 MUSIC -  Which Christmas song begins "Oh the weather outside is frightful; but the fire is delightful" ? 

A5   Let It Snow, Let It Snow 

Q6 GAMES - Which Xmas 1971 toy was said to "wobble but don`t fall down" ?

A6   Weebles

Q7 LITERATURE - Shakespeare is said to have written which play as a Xmas present for Queen Elizabeth I ?

A7    Merry Wives Of Windsor

Q8 FOOD & DRINK - Traditionally consumed at Christmas in Victorian times, what was Smoking Bishop ?

A8   Mulled wine

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

For all 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 pass  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 pass  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

For six correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded    Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

For all 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

For all 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

For all 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Bethlehem - incorrect  Q2 Wyoming - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass   Q6 pass   Q7 King Lear - incorrect  Q8 Brandy-soaked tobacco - incorrect

Total - two  for two correct answers

@lewys-gp 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 SNO - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Monkey tree - incorrect  Q7 pass  Q8 correct - awarded 

For four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass  Q2 Alaska - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Macbeth - incorrect  Q8 cheese - incorrect

For four correct answers also awarded

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Twelfth Night - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

For seven correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

[pgn]

Well done all, what a contemplative lot we are this Christmas... and thanks, @Mi-Amigo!

Well, we can soon fix that

Now @Mi-Amigo gets to kick back and relax, time for PtII of something special, coming to a thread here shortly.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +                  = 7 correct  @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                         = 6 correct  @TallTrees 

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct   @gmarkj  @lewys-gp 

                                           = 2 correct   @RafaC 

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

Well done

@BobM        Bronze Thinker + 

@TallTrees    Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj      Red Thinker 

@lewys-gp   Red Thinker

@RafaC          

🎄🎅 HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR WRQ QUIZZERS 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in next week`s White Room Quizzes - with a "Multi-Choice" Quiz with 8 questions on Monday and the End Of The Year Quiz, with 12 questions [one on each month of this year] and chance to be awarded Diamond Thinker for 12 correct; Gold Thinker for 10 correct; Silver Thinker for 8 correct; Bronze Thinker for 6 correct; Red Thinker for 4 correct

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[TallTrees]

Agree well done everyone ~ @pgn 

 Six correct for me : good, just right for those questions and I have actually been on an 

a plane flying over Christmas Island ~ so knew that saw it on map after Pilot mentioned and we are now flying by Christmas Island...didn't know I would need that info. quite then  😁

@Mi-Amigo 

Merry Christmas to you 

Thanks for the quizzes and Diamond thingy