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White Room Quiz Mon 25 Jan 2021

Mi-Amigo
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There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

 

Over the weekend, I researched and found eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories 

 

   SCIENCE [one question on BIOLOGY; one on CHEMISTRY]  LITERATURE   GAMES   FOOD & DRINK

 

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]

 

I hope our regular quizzers

 

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

  @TallTrees  @Marjo 

 

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.  What is the common name for the human body part which is described in

                                             the BMA medical dictionary as "formed by a prominence on the thyroid

                                             cartilage, which is part of the larynx" ?  

 

Q2 LITERATURE 1  What was the title of the follow-up to Frederick Forsyth`s "The Day Of The Jackel"?

 

Q3 GAMES 1          How many points is the letter B worth in the game of Scrabble ?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1          What type of fruit is a Laxton`s Supreme ?

 

Q5 SCIENCE 2 CHEMISTRY  What is the chemical symbol for Rutherfordium ?

 

Q6 LITERATURE 2                Who wrote the children`s novel "Swallows and Amazons" ?

 

Q7 GAMES 2                        What is a "Grand Slam" in the card game Bridge ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2           Which Mexican drink  is distilled from the agave plant ?

 

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 25 Jan 20121] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 Jan 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 27 Jan 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 25 Jan 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 26 Jan 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 26 Jan 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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Thank you @pgn 

like the very diffeerent gif

pm with your eight answers received

 

Thank you @jonsie 

like nice gif

pm with your eight answers received

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Thank you everyone who has pm`d me with their answers.

Gentle reminder to @Anonymous  @Martin-O2  @TallTrees  @Marjo and anyone who would like to take part with this quiz, there is still plenty of time - up to 11.59m tonight [Tues] to pm me @Mi-Amigo with your eight answers.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Good luck.

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Thank you @TheresaV 

pm with your eight answers received

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Hi Mi-Amigo
Joining in as time left ..
PM sent .. enjoy!😂😂😂


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PM sent @Mi-Amigo!

 

Good luck everyone :smile:

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