White Room Quiz Mon 20 May 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 categories

   HISTORY    GEOGRAPHY     WORDS    SPORT

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 @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 [ @jonsie is away]

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 HISTORY 1 - Lady Jane Grey reigned for 9 days in 1553. Who succeeded Lady Jane Grey as English

                            monarch ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Isla de la Juventud [Island of Youth] lies 50km south of which Caribbean island ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the 18th century word "whindle" mean ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which year did Arsenal last win the English F A Cup ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which member of the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1912 left his tent saying

                              "I am just going outside and maybe some time" and died of hyperthermia ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Beerenberg, the world`s most northerly vocano, is located on which Norweigan island ? 

Q7 WORDS 2 - The 18th century word "fambers" referred to people who did what ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Smoggies is a nickname of which English Championship football Team ?

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 20 May 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 15 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 22 May 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 20 May

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 22 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 22 May 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 @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo  ---> 👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Dave-O2]

Answers submitted @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

Good to have you back with us and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - Lady Jane Grey reigned for 9 days in 1553. Who succeeded Lady Jane Grey as English

                            monarch ?

A1   Mary I

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Isla de la Juventud [Island of Youth] lies 50km south of which Caribbean island ?

A2   Cuba

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the 18th century word "whindle" mean ?

A3   whimper, cry

Q4 SPORT 1 - In which year did Arsenal last win the English F A Cup ?

A4    2020

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which member of the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1912 left his tent saying

                              "I am just going outside and maybe some time" and died of hyperthermia ?

A5  Oates

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Beerenberg, the world`s most northerly vocano, is located on which Norweigan island ? 

A6   Jan Mayen

Q7 WORDS 2 - The 18th century word "fambers" referred to people who did what ?

A7    sold counterfreit coins - alternative spelling of "famblers"

Q8 SPORT 2 - The Smoggies is a nickname of which English Championship football Team ?

A8   Middlesborough

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -  

Q7 laborer - can`t accept, used in US in 1940s

Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -  

Q7 nookie - can`t accept, in Urban dictionary dating from more recent times

Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

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

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

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 pass             Q6 correct -   Q7 pass  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 con someone - incorrect Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass              Q7 pass                                  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

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

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

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker              = 8 correct - no-one

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff @BobM 

Red Thinker + star       = 5 correct - @Oxonian  @gmarkj 

Red Thinker                 = 4 correct - @Dave-O2 

3 stars                           = 3 correct - @TallTrees 

Well done

@MI5       - Bronze Thinker + star

@pgn       - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM    - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj    - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

@TallTrees  - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker - and at least 3 stars

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

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

  NATURE    LITERATURE    ART     FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly

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