White Room Quiz Mon 06 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 eight questions with two questions from each of these categories -

   SCIENCE [one question on Chemistry; one on Biology]   WORDS    TV    EVENTS

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   @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 SCIENCE 1 - CHEMISTRY   Which element in the periodic table has the atomic number 12 ?

Q2 WORDS 1   What is conchology the study of ?

Q3 TV 1            In the TV series, what is the name of Peppa Pig`s brother ?

Q4 EVENTS 1   In which English town is the Jack-in-the-Green Festival held annually on May Day, having been

                         revived in the town in 1983 ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - BIOLOGY  Where in the human body is the pinna ?

Q6 WORDS 2   What did the 17th century word diffibulate mean ?

Q7 TV 2            Who narrated the first TV series of Thomas the Tank Engine, first screened in 1984 ?

Q8 EVENTS 2   When [date] was the "Last Night of the Proms" at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 2021 ? 

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 06 Dec 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 07 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 08 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 06 Dec 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 07 Dec 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 07 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  

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your 8 answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @MAKAZAGA 

Welcome to the White Room Quiz, it`s great to have you join in and take part in the quiz.

pm with your 8 answers received 

Answers, results and awards will be given tomorrow [Wed] morning.

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @RafaC 

pm with your 8 answers received

Thank you @MAKAZAGA 

Welcome to the White Room Quiz, it`s great to have you join in and take part in the quiz.

pm with your 8 answers received 

Answers, results and awards will be given tomorrow [Wed] morning.

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Lovely to have someone new. Welcome @MAKAZAGA 😉

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - CHEMISTRY   Which element in the periodic table has the atomic number 12 ?

A1   Magnesium

Q2 WORDS 1   What is conchology the study of ?

A2   shells

Q3 TV 1            In the TV series, what is the name of Peppa Pig`s brother ?

A3   George

Q4 EVENTS 1   In which English town is the Jack-in-the-Green Festival held annually on May Day, having been

                         revived in the town in 1983 ?

A4   Hastings

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - BIOLOGY  Where in the human body is the pinna ?

A5    ear

Q6 WORDS 2   What did the 17th century word diffibulate mean ?

A6   undress or undo or unbutton

Q7 TV 2            Who narrated the first TV series of Thomas the Tank Engine, first screened in 1984 ?

A7    Ringo Starr 

Q8 EVENTS 2   When [date] was the "Last Night of the Proms" at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 2021 ? 

A8    11 September - for quizzers gave Sept [but wrong day] I`ll award half  

[pgn]

Eugh, I can't un-see that Thomas gif now, thanks @Cleoriff 😩😉

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Eugh, I can't un-see that Thomas gif now, thanks @Cleoriff 😩😉

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I know @pgn , it's awful but someone had already used a Thomas Gif, so I thought that would do. 😂