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White Room Quiz Mon 22 Feb 2021

Mi-Amigo
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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 

 

   SCIENCE [one question on Biology; one question on Chemistry]   LITERATURE   MOVIES   EVENTS

 

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]. Please do not post your answers on the thread.

 

I hope our regular quizzers

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

   @TallTrees   @Marjo 

and @Cairdeas [who has expressed and interest in the WRQ]

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 SCIENCE 1 - BIOLOGY  Rhinoplasty is the repair of which part of the human body ?

 

Q2 LITERATURE 1   In which Shakespeare play does the character Touchstone appear ?

 

Q3 MOVIES 1          Who directed the 1980 movie "Raging Bull" ?

 

Q4 EVENTS 1           According to tradition, tin is given as a present for which wedding anniversary ?

 

Q5 SCIENCE 2 CHEMISTRY  Which gas is given off by pouring dilute sulphuric acid onto granulated zinc?

 

Q6 LITERATURE 2   Which Charles Dickens` novel features the character Magwitch ?

 

Q7 MOVIES 2   What was the name of the 1994 "western", which co-starred Mel Gibson and

                           Jodie Foster ?

 

Q8 EVENTS 2   In which Cornish town is the Obby Oss Festival, dating from 1803, held ?

 

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 22 February 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 23 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 24 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

 

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Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 22 Feb 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 23 Feb 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 23 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  

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Oh the lovely Doc Martin....yahoo

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Thank you @pgn 

Like the gif

pm with your 8 answers received 

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Thank you @TheresaV 

pm with your 8 answers received.

 

Gentle reminder

@jonsie  @TallTrees  @Anonymous  @Martin-O2  @Marjo 

and anyone else who would like to have a go at this White Room Quiz there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59pm tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your 8 answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

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Message sent @Mi-Amigocool

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Thanks for the reminder @Mi-Amigo 

stopping for short break ..  will send then..TallTrees 



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Thank you @Martin-O2

pm with your 8 answers received

 

Thank you @TallTrees 

pleased you will be taking part

look forward to pm with your answers later 

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Thank you @jonsie 

love the gif

pm with your 8 answers received

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your 8 answers received

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

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THE ANSWERS:

 

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - BIOLOGY  Rhinoplasty is the repair of which part of the human body ?

A1   the nose

 

Q2 LITERATURE 1   In which Shakespeare play does the character Touchstone appear ?

A2   As You Like It

 

Q3 MOVIES 1          Who directed the 1980 movie "Raging Bull" ?

A3   Martin Scorsese

 

Q4 EVENTS 1           According to tradition, tin is given as a present for which wedding anniversary ?

A4   10th

 

Q5 SCIENCE 2 CHEMISTRY  Which gas is given off by pouring dilute sulphuric acid onto granulated zinc?

A5   hydrogen

 

Q6 LITERATURE 2   Which Charles Dickens` novel features the character Magwitch ?

A6   Great Expectations

 

Q7 MOVIES 2   What was the name of the 1994 "western", which co-starred Mel Gibson and

                           Jodie Foster ?

A7   Maverick

 

Q8 EVENTS 2   In which Cornish town is the Obby Oss Festival, dating from 1803, held ?

A8    Padstow

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

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