White Room Quiz Mon 08 Nov 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 -

   GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE [one question on Biology; one on Chemistry]    LITERATURE    MOVIES

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  @AK04  @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 Which is the only country crossed by both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 BIOLOGY  What tissue connects bone to muscle in the human body ? 

Q3 LITERATURE 1  What was the title of J K Rowling`s second Harry Potter book ?

Q4 MOVIES 1  For his role in which movie did Tom Hanks win his first Oscar for Best Actor ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2  Which US State has the second longest coastline ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 CHEMISTRY  What is the chemical symbol for the element Californium ?

Q7 LITERTURE 2  Who wrote the novel "The Road To Wigan Pier", first published in 1937 ?

Q8 MOVIES 2  Which movie won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, at the 1974 Academy Awards ?

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 08 Nov 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Nov 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 10 Nov 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 08 Nov 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 09 Nov 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 09 Nov 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  

[Cleoriff]

The Sting! Tut. All I knew was it had Paul Newman and Robert Redford in. Once you think of those two, it's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and I knew it wasn't that. 😂

Well done everyone, specially @lewys-gp 😉

Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo 😄

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @RafaC @lewys-gp @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on your awards -

@MI5 on getting the only Silver Thinker; @RafaC on getting 3  - just missing out on getting a Red Thinker;  @lewys-gp on getting a Bronze Thinker +  ; and @Cleoriff on getting a Bronze Thinker + 

I can assure everyone I don`t know @lewys-gp favourite subjects and didn`t pick questions to suit him 😂

I hope everyone likes the categories and questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread 

[MI5]

Thanks @lewys-gp 

2 guesses in today's questions though so may not do as well come Friday 😓