White Room Quiz Mon 06 Nov 2023

[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 four categories - 

    SCIENCE   WORDS    TV    GAMES

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @J9el @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 SCIENCE 1 - Lead is one of two most commonly used metals in soft solder. What is the other metal ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Lully-prigging was a Victorian term for what crime ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Only Fools And Horses", what was the name of Boycie and Marlene`s pet

                  great dane ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In snooker, what does the term "scratching" mean ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Corundum is the crystalline form of which metallic oxide ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - Low-gagger was a term for a person who did what ?

Q7 TV 2 - Who is the host of BBC afternoon TV quiz "Unbeatable" ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In darts, what is a "shanghai" ?

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 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 08 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 08 Nov 2023

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 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 08 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 08 Nov 2023 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]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

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pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - Lead is one of two most commonly used metals in soft solder. What is the other metal ?

A1    tin

Q2 WORDS 1 - Lully-prigging was a Victorian term for what crime ?

A2    stealing clothes off washing line

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Only Fools And Horses", what was the name of Boycie and Marlene`s pet

                  great dane ?

A3    Duke

Q4 GAMES 1 - In snooker, what does the term "scratching" mean ?

A4    potting the cue ball

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Corundum is the crystalline form of which metallic oxide ?

A5    aluminium oxide

Q6 WORDS 2 - Low-gagger was a term for a person who did what ?

A6   con artist who elicited money by pretending to suffer hardship

Q7 TV 2 - Who is the host of BBC afternoon TV quiz "Unbeatable" ?

A7   Jason Manford

Q8 GAMES 2 - In darts, what is a "shanghai" ?

A8   single, double, treble of same number with three darts.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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 doing everything slowly - incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

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

@BobM 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 casting in foundry - incorrect  Q7 correct -  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 con artist - incorrect  Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass                             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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5 @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@MI5            - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM         - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj       - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2    - Red Thinker + star

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 2 questions on each of these categories

  HISTORY    LITERATURE    MUSIC    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round, well done all and thanks, @Mi-Amigo! The two odd word questions were in the Stephen Fry QI, under "L", many moons ago, thankfully 👍🏼 Good quiz, @Mi-Amigo, good quiz!

[BobM]

Well done everyone, great results in this one. 👍

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz. Thanks @Mi-Amigo x