White Room Quiz Mon 19 Feb 2024

[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 - 

    GEOGRAPHY   NATURE    TV    FOOD & DRINK

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 @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Donga River forms part of border between Nigeria and which other African country ? 

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the smallest bird of prey in Britain ?

Q3 TV 1 - In US TV series "Baywatch" what was the name of the character played by Pamela Anderson ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is Japanese vegetable nasu known as in English ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Shining Tor, height of 559m, is the highest point in which English county ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which tree produces sloe berries ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV comedy series "The Inbetweeners" what was the name of the character played by

                  Emily Atack ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Thai cooking, what is phrik thai dam ?

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 19 Feb 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 21 Feb 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 21 Feb 2024.

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 19 Feb

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 21 Feb 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 21 Feb 2024 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo - thankyou! 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Donga River forms part of border between Nigeria and which other African country ? 

A1   Cameroon.

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the smallest bird of prey in Britain ?

a2    Merlin

Q3 TV 1 - In US TV series "Baywatch" what was the name of the character played by Pamela Anderson ?

A3    Casey Jean [C J] Parker

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is Japanese vegetable nasu known as in English ?

A4    aubergene/eggplant

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Shining Tor, height of 559m, is the highest point in which English county ?

A5   Cheshire

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which tree produces sloe berries ?

A6   blackthorn

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV comedy series "The Inbetweeners" what was the name of the character played by

                  Emily Atack ?

A7   Charlotte Hinchcliffe

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In Thai cooking, what is phrik thai dam ?

A8    black pepper     

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

@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

@Oxonian 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 EmilieT - incorrect 😂    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass             Q2 little owl - incorrect   Q3 correct -   Q4 carrot - incorrect .

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

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 pass                              Q2 robin - incorrect  Q3 correct -         Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Lancashire - incorrect  Q6 oak - incorrect    Q7 Carli - incorrect Q8 fish - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@J9el 

Q1 Niger - incorrect       Q2 peregrine falcon - incorrect Q3 correct -   Q4 carrot - incorrect .

Q5 Cumbria - incorrect  Q6 correct -                              Q7 correct -   Q8 soup - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @J9el 

2 stars                                             = 2 correct - @Dave-O2 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@J9el          - 3 stars

@Dave-O2  - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s WRQ, which will be a normal WRQ 

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   PEOPLE   WORDS   ART   SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done one and  all

[Dave-O2]

Thanks again for the quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone 😁