White Room Quiz Mon 21 Feb 2022

[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

- PLACES    SPACE    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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @Spenny @BobM  @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @RafaC 

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 PLACES 1 - The Alhambra Palace is located in which European city ?

Q2 SPACE 1 - What was the name of the first US spacecraft to fly past Mercury in 1974 ?

Q3 TV 1 - Steve Zodiac was a character in which British TV puppet series ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Aamra is an Indian dessert made from pulp of which fruit ? 

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the capital of Leichenstein ?

Q6 SPACE 2 - Who was the first US female astronaut, who went into space aboard Challenger in 1983 ?

Q7 TV 2 - Which company`s British TV adverts in 1981 featured Buzby, a yellow bird ?

Q8 FOOD & DRNK 2 - Tuica, a Romanian alcoholic drink, is made from which fruit ?

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 21 Feb 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 22 Feb 2022]

- 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 23 Feb 2022

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 21 Feb 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 22 Feb 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 22 Feb 2022 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  

[TallTrees]

Thanks for the reminder, very busy day today

Got my answers in

No confident on any of them really, but hey, I join in🙄

Thank you for the Quiz ~ @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Bit later than usual, but PM on its way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Spenny]

@Mi-Amigo Incoming...... cutting it close.... 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Spenny 

Not cutting it close, plenty of time...

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PLACES 1 - The Alhambra Palace is located in which European city ?

A1   Granada, Spain

Q2 SPACE 1 - What was the name of the first US spacecraft to fly past Mercury in 1974 ?

A2   Mariner 10

Q3 TV 1 - Steve Zodiac was a character in which British TV puppet series ?

A3    Fireball XL5 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Aamra is an Indian dessert made from pulp of which fruit ? 

A4    Mango

Q5 PLACES 2 - What is the capital of Leichenstein ?

A5    Vaduz

Q6 SPACE 2 - Who was the first US female astronaut, who went into space aboard Challenger in 1983 ?

A6   Sally Ride

Q7 TV 2 - Which company`s British TV adverts in 1981 featured Buzby, a yellow bird ?

A7     Post Office Telecommunications, then British Telecom - either accepted as correct answer

Q8 FOOD & DRNK 2 - Tuica, a Romanian alcoholic drink, is made from which fruit ?

A8    plums     

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@RafaC 

Q1 Budapest - incorrect  Q2 Hubble - incorrect  Q3 Muppets - incorrect  Q4 marula - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 pass  Q7 pass Q8 pear - incorrect

Total 0 star for none correct

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Sally - correct; surname ? - awarded half  for part correct answer

Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers + 1 part-correct also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5 

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 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@lewys-gp 

Q1 Madrid - incorrect  Q2 Discovery - incorrect  Q3 Thunderbirds - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 pass  Q6 pass  Q7 Walkers - incorrect  Q8 pomegranate - incorrect

Total - 1  for one correct answer

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 Thunderbirds - incorrect  Q4 correct - awarded 

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

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 pass  Q3 Thunderbirds - incorrect   Q4 plum - incorrect

Q5 pass  Q6 pass  Q7 pass Q8 pass

Total - 1   for one correct answer

@Spenny 

Q1 pass  Q2 Apollo 11 - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 pass

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 Christia ? - incorrect  Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 pass

Total - 2  for two correct answers

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                           = 8 correct - @pgn @MI5 

Bronze Thinker +  + half  = 7 correct + 1 part correct - @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @BobM  

                                           = 2 correct - @Spenny 

                                               = 1 correct - @TallTrees @lewys-gp 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @pgn @MI5 

Well done -

@Cleoriff         = Bronze Thinker +  + half 

@BobM            = Bronze Thinker

@Spenny          =   

@TallTrees        = 

@lewys-gp       = 

Sorry @RafaC no award ths time

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

8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

- GEOGRAPHY   NATURE   LITERATURE   GAMES

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[Cleoriff]

Fancy forgetting her last name was RIDE!!😂

No worries, well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo 😘