White Room Quiz - A to Z Quiz part 1 - Mon 13 Dec 2021

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

This week, for the first time, the White Room Quizzes, will be 

                             WHITE ROOM QUIZ - A to Z QUIZ 

each A to Z quiz with 8 questions - each question based on a subject with a letter of the alphabet

Today`s WRQ A to Z QUIZ [Part 1] is 8 questions on subjects with letters A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H

Each of the questions will be drawn from the usual category of questions. 

Please note - each answer does not start with the same letter of the alphabet as the question.  

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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

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  @Martin-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 A [Science]      - AMYGDALA is in which part of the human body ?

Q2 B [Places]         - BARLINNIE Prison is in which UK city ?

Q3 C [Geography] - CITLALTEPETL is the highest peak in which country ? 

Q4 D [Literature]   - "DREAMS From My Father" is 1995 memoire of which US President ?    

Q5 E [Music]           - EUROVISION 1970 was wn by Ireland with what song by singer Dana ?

Q6 F [TV]                - FRASIER, US TV comedy, was set in which American city ? 

Q7 G [Food]           - GAMBAS Al Ajillo is a Spanish dish of which fish ?

Q8 H [History]        - HENRY IV of England belonged to which Royal house ?

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 [Mon 13 Dec 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 14 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 Wed 15 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 [Mon 13 Dec 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 14 Dec 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 14 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  

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>>

[pgn]

Hmmm....

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie

hope the dog in your gif is OK

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gifs

pm with your 8 answers received 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you everyone who has taken part and sent me pm with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @BobM  @lewys-gp  @MAKAZAGA @Martin-O2 and anyone else who would like to have a go at this quiz.

There is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] - to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 A [Science]      - AMYGDALA is in which part of the human body ?

A1   brain

Q2 B [Places]         - BARLINNIE Prison is in which UK city ?

A2   Glasgow

Q3 C [Geography] - CITLALTEPETL is the highest peak in which country ?

A3    Mexico 

Q4 D [Literature]   - "DREAMS From My Father" is 1995 memoire of which US President ?

A4    Barack Obama    

Q5 E [Music]           - EUROVISION 1970 was wn by Ireland with what song by singer Dana ?

A5     All Kinds Of Everything

Q6 F [TV]                - FRASIER, US TV comedy, was set in which American city ?

A6     Seattle 

Q7 G [Food]           - GAMBAS Al Ajillo is a Spanish dish of which fish ?

A7     prawns

Q8 H [History]        - HENRY IV of England belonged to which Royal house ?

A8    Lancaster

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@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 

plus for 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 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 throat - incorrect  Q2 Stoke-on-Trent - incorrect  Q3 Peru  Q4 Ronald Reagan - incorrect

Q5 pass   Q6 Miami    Q7 mackerel - incorrect   Q8 pass

Total: 0 for no correct answers

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 Austria - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 pass   Q4 pass   Q5 pass  Q6 pass

Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

Total: 3  for three correct answers

@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 

plus for 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 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@lewys-gp 

Q1 shoulder - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 Pakistan - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

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

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[pgn]

Lucky on 8 there 👍

Well done all!

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - now to see how the other half shakes out later, I suspect a head scratcher!

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker +            = 5 correct - @gmarkj

Red Thinker                   = 4 correct - @lewys-gp  

                             = 3 correct - @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@gmarkj              = Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp           = Red Thinker

@TallTrees            =       

 Sorry @RafaC - no star this time 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s White Room Quizzes which will be the White Room A-Z Quiz Part 2 and will be posted on a separate thread shortly. 

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.