White Room Quiz Mon 03 Jult 2023 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎03-07-2023

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 four of the usual categories

HISTORY; SCIENCE; MUSIC; GAMES

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna

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 HISTORY 1 - In Norse mythology, Skadi was the wife of which sea god ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - The name of which element comes from the Latin for Cyprus ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which band had a "one hit wonder" in 1976 with "Play That Funky Music" ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In a standard UK Monopoly game, how much [in £] was the prize in Community Chest for

second prize in a beauty contest - up to 2021 when it was dropped with changes to the

Community Chest ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In World War II, which city was the site of the "900-day seige", but actually lasted 872

days from 8 Sept 1941 to 27 Jan 1944 ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Lunulae are small whitish half circles visible on what part of the human body ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - The video of which song [song title not band] was the first music video shown on MTV

on 1 Aug 1981 ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - On a standard dart board. which number is directly opposite 1 ?

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 03 July 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 05 July 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 05 July 2023

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 03 July

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 05 July 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 05 July 2023 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎04-07-2023

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎04-07-2023

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo ...

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jonsie · ‎05-07-2023

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

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Mi-Amigo · ‎05-07-2023

Thank you @pgn

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pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

pms received before deadline

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎05-07-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - In Norse mythology, Skadi was the wife of which sea god ?

A1 Njord

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - The name of which element comes from the Latin for Cyprus ?

A2 copper

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which band had a "one hit wonder" in 1976 with "Play That Funky Music" ?

A3 Wild Cherry

Q4 GAMES 1 - In a standard UK Monopoly game, how much [in £] was the prize in Community Chest for

second prize in a beauty contest - up to 2021 when it was dropped with changes to the

Community Chest ?

A4 £10

Q5 HISTORY 2 - In World War II, which city was the site of the "900-day seige", but actually lasted 872

days from 8 Sept 1941 to 27 Jan 1944 ?

A5 Leningrad [now St Petersburg]

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Lunulae are small whitish half circles visible on what part of the human body ?

A6 fingernails

Q7 MUSIC 2 - The video of which song [song title not band] was the first music video shown on MTV

on 1 Aug 1981 ?

A7 Video Killed The Radio Star

Q8 GAMES 2 - On a standard dart board. which number is directly opposite 1 ?

A8 19

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎05-07-2023

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

@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 LukasB - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 TheresaV - incorrect Q4 £60 - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 Money For Nothing - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 pass Q4 £1000 - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 pass Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 Odin - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 £30 - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 6 - incorrect .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎05-07-2023

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @pgn

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @TallTrees

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj

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

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in today`s WRQ which will be a normal

WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- PLACES; WORDS; TV; FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎05-07-2023

Well done everyone and thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo x

Veritas Numquam Perit

MI5 · ‎05-07-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

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BobM · ‎05-07-2023

Ah well, guesses pay off some of the time and others not.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all who took part 👍