White Room Quiz Mon 23 Sept 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    PLACES    WORDS    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 - The Triple Alliance of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay fought a war between 1865 and 1870

                              against which country ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Montgomery is the capital city of which US State ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word "cruciverbalist" refers to a person who does what ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury who was executed in Jan 1645 ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - Sunderland lies at the mouth of which river ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - The term "to snoach", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, meant what ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - Which animal appears on the flag of California, USA ?

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 23 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 25 Sept 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 25 Sept 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 23 Sept

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 25 Sept 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 25 Sept 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]

THE RESULTS

@jonsie 

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

@MI5 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 pass            Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@gmarkj 

Q1 Peru - incorrect       Q2 correct    Q3 translate documents - incorrect   Q4 correct  .

Q5 LukasV - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 correct                                        Q8 eagle - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 pass                               Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass            Q6 correct    Q7 tell stories - incorrect   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct    Q3 correct                       Q4 theta - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 tell stories - incorrect   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @jonsie @Cleoriff @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @MI5  

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker                                    = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @jonsie @Cleoriff @pgn 

Well done

@MI5          - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions

with 2 questions on each of these categories

   PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY     SCIENCE    FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[pgn]

Thinkers across the board again, well done all! Thanks for another good WRQ, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[BobM]

A good one @Mi-Amigo - thanks 👍

Well done everyone.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo  and well done all 😉

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[Oxonian]

That's excellent @Mi-Amigo, thank you for organising. 

Some very impressive scores once again, well done all ! 👍