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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
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 
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
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@TallTrees wrote:Hello @Mi-Amigo
I have listened to all the owl calls on the woodland Trust site and none are hoohook.
Hoohook is a plastic man made owl with a hook for keys.This is a hoohook
@TallTreesI posted that picture as a joke, as I just came across it this morning.
Now with all the furore I'm wishing I hadn't. 
My answer of an owl was correct, simply because I guessed at it from the sounds owls make.
It was a lucky guess as it turned out. Also answered correctly by @jonsie
A hoohook bird isn't a man made plastic keyring.
Although the pictures show you can purchase hoo HOOKS to hang things on.
I'm sure @Mi-Amigo didn't make the question up, he has a vast array of quiz books and references to use before he sets the quiz. 
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Hi there @Cleoriff
Actually I saw it too on the internet, the same time as you.
So it answered my query ~ I am always very interested in birds (and bees!) as you know.
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@TallTrees wrote:Hi there @Cleoriff
Actually I saw it too on the internet, the same time as you.
So it answered my query ~ I am always very interested in birds (and bees!) as you know.
Yes, I love all nature questions @TallTrees including birds, though not bee expert like yourself....
I think we just put the hoohook owl to bed now....
Bottom line, the WRQ is meant to be a bit of fun and lighthearted relief. 
I guessed a parrot = incorrect
Pleased with my Red Thinker
As always, thank you to @Mi-Amigo for compiling another interesting quiz
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Thank you @Anonymous
Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Red Thinker + 
[don`t forget the star ]
Hope you like the questions in today`s quiz which is now up on a separate thread.
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@Cleoriff wrote:
Bottom line, the WRQ is meant to be a bit of fun and lighthearted relief.
Thank you @Cleoriff
That was always my intention from the begining. The WRQ is meant to be fun and was extended to twice-weekly as a bit of light relief during these difficult times. Which is why it is called the White Room Quiz - in direct contrast to the serious and daunting black chair of Mastermind.
And what matters to me is that people enjoy the White Room Quiz.
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Brilliant quiz that took some headscratching and a can or three of Fosters finest
Glad to see that @TheresaV and @Martin-O2 put the upstart @LukasB in his place 
