White Room Quiz Mon 06 Jan 2025

[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     NATURE     LITERATURE       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 @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @Dave-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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Lake Annecy is in which European country ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Droughtmaster is a breed of which farm animal ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Who wrote "The Hawk in the Rain", a collection of 40 poems first published in 1957 ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Pimiento [also spelt pimento] is what type of foodstuff ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the Eastern channel of the Korean strait between Korea and Japan ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Landlady`s wig is what type of marine life form ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Which former US First Lady wrote "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy", a children`s book, first

                                    published in 1998 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the common name for pitaya, a fruit native to Central America ?

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 06 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 08 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 08 Jan 2025.

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 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 08 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 08 Jan 2025 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.

[gmarkj]

Should be an interesting set of results this...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj 

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[TallTrees]

Sent in some answers @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

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[Oxonian]

My answers should be awaiting your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; thank you. 👍

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  ---> 👍