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

[Dave-O2]

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone, my best score to date 🎉

[Mi-Amigo]

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@pgn wrote:

The two odd word questions were in the Stephen Fry QI, under "L", many moons ago, thankfully 👍🏼 

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Yeh @pgn That`s where I got the two word questions from [I`ve got the QI books 😉 ]

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff @Dave-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your scores - good to see everyone got a Thinker.

Hope you all like [some if not all] the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread - with a couple of head-scratchers. Good luck, everyone.

[gmarkj]

Well, my guess to Q2 is actually the answer to Q6 - how very weird!

Happy with my result, well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

very enjoyable @Mi-Amigo 

well done all

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards