White Room Quiz Mon 06 May 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

   HISTORY    SCIENCE     WORDS     MUSIC

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 @J9el @Spenny @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 HISTORY 1 - What was the last battle of the Hundred Years War, which ended in 1453 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "whemmle", dating from 1500s, mean ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of The Kinks` first UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart

                         in August 1964 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in April 1955 when Churchill

                              retired ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the device which used steam to steralize equipment, invented by

                             Charles Chamberland in 1879 ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the word "dacoitage", dating from 1880s in India, mean ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - How many Hungarian Dances did Brahms compose ?

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 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 08 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 08 May 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 06 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 08 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 08 May 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 HISTORY 1 - What was the last battle of the Hundred Years War, which ended in 1453 ?

A1   Battle of Castillion

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin scale ?

A2   373

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word "whemmle", dating from 1500s, mean ?

A3   overturn, confuse

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of The Kinks` first UK No 1 single, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart

                         in August 1964 ?

A4   You Really Got Me

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Who succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in April 1955 when Churchill

                              retired ?

A5  Anthony Eden

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the device which used steam to steralize equipment, invented by

                             Charles Chamberland in 1879 ?

A6  autoclave

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the word "dacoitage", dating from 1880s in India, mean ?

A7    robbery by gang/thugs

Q8 MUSIC 2 - How many Hungarian Dances did Brahms compose ?

A8   21

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 pre-op treatment - incorrect    Q8 20 - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -                Q3 trip/fall - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 digester - incorrect  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 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

@TallTrees 

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

Q5 pass    Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -    Q8 4 - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -                                  Q3 being hit - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 Chamberland filter - incorrect  Q7 correct                         Q8 5 - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @pgn @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @MI5 @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @TallTrees 

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @Cleoriff 

Well done

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian - 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 regular WRQ

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

  GEOGRAPHY    MOVIES    ART   FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo. All those Thinkers too. Well done everyone x

[TallTrees]

Red Thinker is good @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all as not that easy.

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[pgn]

That was a tricky one - thankfully autoclaves and Kelvin go together. The Hungarian variations, well, that was helped by ClassicFM, I must admit - the stuff that sticks in your brain when the radio is playing on a long drive 🤣

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @TallTrees @pgn @MI5 

pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[Oxonian]

Thank you for organising that @Mi-Amigo, another eclectic sets of questions. 

Well done all, another very high-scoring round. 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Well done on your award, as you said another quiz with high scores.

I wish everyone good luck with getting equally - or better - scores with today`s WRQ