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]

I am rather glad about the Hastings one, @Mi-Amigo - and if you want a clip from a Thomas episode, cast in light of recent events, here it is...

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 "between my legs" - 😂 - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded 

Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 wee Porky - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 pass  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 ?? Sept - part correct - awarded half 

plus for 5 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded    

Red Thinker

@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

@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

@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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 Boris Johnson - 😂 - incorrect  Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 shock - incorrect   Q7 pass 

Q8 30th - incorrect; September - correct = awarded half 

Total - 3 + half  for three correct and one part-correct answer

@lewys-gp 

Q1 helium - incorrect  Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Canterbury - incorrect

Q5 foot - incorrect   Q6 resuscitate - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 31 July - incorrect

Total - 3  for three correct answers

@RafaC 

Q1 hydrogen - incorrect  Q2 beetles - incorrect  Q3 Peppe Pig - incorrect  Q4 York - incorrect

Q5 brain - incorrect   Q6 confabulate - incorrect  Q7 pass  Q8 17 December - incorrecy

O  - no correct answer

@MAKAZAGA 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 time - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Glastonbury - incorrect

Q5 hand - incorrect  Q6 bring back to life - incorrect   Q7 correct - awarded 

Q8 15th - incorrect; Sept - correct = awarded half 

Total - 3  + half  for three correct + one part- correct answers

[RafaC]

Thanks for the game @Mi-Amigo and well done everybody!

Couldn't help but think about this tune with my result 😂:

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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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. 😂

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I got my own back with the Thomas clip, taken from the end of this actual footage: 

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo 😊

[gmarkj]

Pleased with my Red Thinker, and well done everyone!

Thanks for a good set of questions @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +            = 7 correct - @jonsie  

Red Thinker +  + half  = 5 correct + 1 part-correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker +                 = 5 correct - @gmarkj 

     + half               = 3 correct + 1 part correct - @TallTrees   @MAKAZAGA 

                                 = 3 correct = @lewys-gp 

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

Well done

@jonsie   - Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM  - Red Thinker +  + half 

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + 

@TallTrees - 3  + half 

@MAKAZAGA - 3  + half 

@lewys-gp - 3 

Sorry

@RafaC - 0 star this time

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s [Wed] White Room Quiz which will be 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

  GEOGRAPHY   SPACE    MUSIC   GAMES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Good quiz as always @Mi-Amigo, thank you.

Well done all  👍

[pgn]

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@RafaC wrote:

Thanks for the game @Mi-Amigo and well done everybody!

Couldn't help but think about this tune with my result 😂:

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Wow, my mental image of the O2 Community Forum Office has just shifted about 90degrees clockwise, @RafaC  🤣

Good vid, Wednesday Weirdness abounds!

[RafaC]

@Cleoriff I love that Thomas gif 😂

@pgn pleased you enjoy 🙃  Wednesday Weirdness here we go!