White Room Quiz Mon 03 June 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

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 these categories

   GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE    TV    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 [Mon] and

03.00am Wednesday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away]

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 1 - The Cheviot, an extinct volcano, is in which English county ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body is the sclera ?

Q3 TV 1 - In 1960s British TV sit-com "On The Buses" what was the surname [character not actor] of the bus

                  inspector ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of fruit is tinta roriz ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which sea separates the Italian peninsula from the Balkan peninsula ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical symbol for neptunium ?

Q7 TV 2 - Hannibal Hayes and Kid Cury were characters in which TV western series ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Indian cuisine what is gobi ?

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 June 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 05 June 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 05 June 2024.

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 June

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 05 June 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 05 June 2024 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]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Cheviot, an extinct volcano, is in which English county ?

A1   Northumberland

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body is the sclera ?

A2   the eye

Q3 TV 1 - In 1960s British TV sit-com "On The Buses" what was the surname [character not actor] of the bus

                  inspector ?

A3   Blake

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What type of fruit is tinta roriz ?

A4   grape

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which sea separates the Italian peninsula from the Balkan peninsula ?

A5   Adriatic Sea

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical symbol for neptunium ?

A6   Np

Q7 TV 2 - Hannibal Hayes and Kid Cury were characters in which TV western series ?

A7   Alias Smith and Jones

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Indian cuisine what is gobi ?

A8    cauliflower

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 pass    Q4 apple - incorrect .

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

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass             Q7 pass   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 Ne - incorrect  Q7 correct -    Q8 curry - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -    Q4 peach - incorrect .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @TallTrees 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees   - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2   - 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 8 questions with

two questions on each of these categories

  PEOPLE    WORDS    MUSIC     SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

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

[BobM]

Happy with that, thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone. 👍

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done one and all. xx

[pgn]

Thinkers all round this time - probably means today's challenge will be a right stinker 🤔

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[TallTrees]

Ah at last a Red Thinker @Mi-Amigo 

well done all

[TallTrees]

Thank you for the Quiz @Mi-Amigo 

I'm glad I was able to achieve a Red Thinker and a STAR 😁

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, good results all around and well done to all. 😀