White Room Quiz Mon 24 April 2023

[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 four categories 

    PEOPLE; SCIENCE; TV; GAMES

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 @Comben @J9el @Patricia1066 @Spenny @Breanna 

@BobM ;

@RyanK92 who expressed an interest

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 PEOPLE 1 - The real-life Butch Cassidy was the leader of which outlaw gang ? 

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Lr is the chemical symbol for which element ?

Q3 TV 1 - Name [first and surname] either of the two Hairy Bikers in the BBC TV cooking programme 

Q4 GAMES 1 - How many long triangles are on a backgammon board ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was US President between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What, in the human body, are erythocytes ?

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Waiting For God", what was the name of the retirement home ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - On a standard dart board, what number is opposite 20 ?

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 24 Apr 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 26 April 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 26 April 2023

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 24 Apr

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 26 April 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 26 April 2023 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

[Comben]

Answers have been sent @Mi-Amigo
Wanted to get in nice and early while I have the time.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Comben 

like the pic

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Cleoriff]

Here we go @Mi-Amigo 

[gmarkj]

Pretty confident with most of these, but there is always one that eludes me...

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - The real-life Butch Cassidy was the leader of which outlaw gang ? 

A1   Wild Bunch

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Lr is the chemical symbol for which element ?

A2    lawrencium

Q3 TV 1 - Name [first and surname] either of the two Hairy Bikers in the BBC TV cooking programme 

A3    Dave Myers and Si King

Q4 GAMES 1 - How many long triangles are on a backgammon board ?

A4    24

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was US President between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan ?

A5   Jimmy Carter

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What, in the human body, are erythocytes ?

A6    blood cells

Q7 TV 2 - In British TV sit-com "Waiting For God", what was the name of the retirement home ?

A7    Bayview

Q8 GAMES 2 - On a standard dart board, what number is opposite 20 ?

A8    3      

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 lithium - incorrect Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Nixon - incorrect   Q6 correct -    Q7 Helping Hands - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@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

@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

@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 Village People - incorrect    Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                          = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                   = 5 correct - @Comben 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @Cleoriff @pgn 

Well done

@gmarkj          - Bronze Thinker + star

@Comben       - Red Thinker + star

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 a WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- PLACES; SPACE; WORDS; ART

and will be posted on a separate thread sortly

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