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  

[RafaC]

Thanks lot for these special Christmas quizzes @Mi-Amigo, it was much fun! Love the thinkers with Santa hats 

Well done everyone!

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo and I will say, thanks for all your hard work this year. Setting quizzes to keep our brains active. Brilliant work. 😉

[BobM]

Bit late getting on to this but thanks as always @Mi-Amigo for another great quiz.  Well done all 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and Happy Christmas every one