White Room Quiz Mon 15 Feb 2021 - Page 7

Mi-Amigo · ‎15-02-2021

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 on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY NATURE WORDS GAMES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @Anonymous @Martin-O2 @LukasB @TheresaV

@TallTrees @Marjo

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 In which mountain range is Ben Nevis ?

Q2 NATURE 1 What type of creature is a lumpsucker ?

Q3 WORDS 1 What is mycology the study of ?

Q4 GAMES 1 How many different colours are there on a standard archery target ?

[you don`t have to name the colours, just need the number]

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 Into which ocean does the Zambezi River flow ?

Q6 NATURE 2 What type of bird is a hoohook ?

Q7 WORDS 2 What is tachophobia the fear of ?

Q8 GAMES 2 What is the first name of Mario`s brother in the Nintendo arcade game "Mario Bros"

in 1983 and in the subsequent "Super Mario Bros" platofrm game for the Nintendo

Entertainment System ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 15 February 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 Feb 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 17 Feb 2021

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives

EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers

will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded

SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 15 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 16 Feb 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 16 Feb 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎16-02-2021

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your 8 answers received

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Martin-O2 · ‎16-02-2021

PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎16-02-2021

Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your 8 answers received

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Mi-Amigo · ‎17-02-2021

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 In which mountain range is Ben Nevis ?

A1 The Grampains

Q2 NATURE 1 What type of creature is a lumpsucker ?

A2 fish

Q3 WORDS 1 What is mycology the study of ?

A3 fungi - I will accept mushrooms as a correct answer

Q4 GAMES 1 How many different colours are there on a standard archery target ?

[you don`t have to name the colours, just need the number]

A4 five [altho you didn`t have to give it, the 5 colours are white, black, blue, red, gold]

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 Into which ocean does the Zambezi River flow ?

A5 Indian Ocean

Q6 NATURE 2 What type of bird is a hoohook ?

A6 This was rated "difficult". Not parrot, the correct answer is owl, named after sound it makes.

Q7 WORDS 2 What is tachophobia the fear of ?

A7 speed

Q8 GAMES 2 What is the first name of Mario`s brother in the Nintendo arcade game "Mario Bros"

in 1983 and in the subsequent "Super Mario Bros" platofrm game for the Nintendo

Entertainment System ?

A8 Luigi

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-02-2021

THE RESULTS:

@LukasB

Q1 pass Q2 bird - incorrect Q3 micro-copying - incorrect Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 Pacific - incorrect Q6 parrot - incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

Total: threefor three correct answers

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 parrot - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@TheresaV

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 pass Q4 four - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@Anonymous

Q1 Cheviots - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 four - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 parrot - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 eyes - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 extinct - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 ooh migooly - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus for more than six correct also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for eight correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded

Q4 four - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded Q6 parrot - incorrect

Q7 correct - awarded Q8 Bowser - incorrect

plus, for more than four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

@Martin-O2

Q1 pass Q2 slug - incorrect Q3 pass Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 holes - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus, for four correct answers, also awarded

Red Thinker

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎17-02-2021

THE AWARDS:

Silver Thinker = 8 correct answers @Cleoriff @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct answers @pgn @MI5

Red Thinker + = 5 correct answers @gmarkj @Anonymous @TallTrees

Red Thinker = 4 correct answers @TheresaV @Martin-O2

= 3 correct answers @LukasB

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done

@pgn - Bronze Thinker +

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker +

@gmarkj - Red Thinker +

@TallTrees - Red Thinker +

@Anonymous - Red Thinker +

@TheresaV - Red Thinker

@Martin-O2 - Red Thinker

@LukasB -

Everyone who took part got at least -

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will take part in today`s White Room Quiz, which will be eight questions with two questions on each of the categories

PEOPLE SPACE MUSIC FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the White Room Quiz fun.

@Mi-Amigo

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

TheresaV · ‎17-02-2021

@MI5 wrote:

I just saw this and it made my day @MI5

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TheresaV · ‎17-02-2021

Yesssssss

I hope everyone notices how I slowly but surely take over from Lukas

Thanks for another great quiz @Mi-Amigo

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LukasB · ‎17-02-2021

hahahaha am I in last place @Mi-Amigo ?

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Mi-Amigo · ‎17-02-2021

Thank you @TheresaV and @LukasB

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz.

Yes, I noticed that @TheresaV is slowly overtaking @LukasB and getting a Red Thinker again.

Sorry, @LukasB you were in last place this time,

Maybe each of you will do better in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.