White Room Quiz Mon 25 Nov 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

   PEOPLE   SCIENCE     MOVIES     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 

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 - What was the first name of Ringo Starr`s first wife ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body is the plantar fascia ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In 1991 Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast", which wing of the castle was Belle forbidden

                           from going to ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - What was the name of the first Rolls Royce car, of which only 16 were built

                                                      between 1904 and 1906 ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the first name of the brother of "Wild Bill" Hickock, nicknamed "Tame Bill" ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Three of the four letters used in DNA code are A ; G; C . What is the fourth letter ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In 1959 comedy movie "Some Like It Hot", what was the name of the character played

                           by Marilyn Monroe ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - Which Caribbean country`s flag has a parrot as its centrepiece ?

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 25 Nov 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 27 Nov 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 27 Nov 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 25 Nov

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 27 Nov 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 27 Nov 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 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass           Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct                 Q2 correct   Q3 East wing - incorrect  Q4 Silver Ghost - incorrect .

Q5 William - incorrect  Q6 correct   Q7 Theresa - incorrect     Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct             Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 did not have a name - incorrect .

Q5 Tame - incorrect Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 sisserou parrot - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 Sandra - incorrect   Q2 correct       Q3 correct   Q4 One - incorrect .

Q5 Bob - incorrect        Q6 I - incorrect   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @Oxonian

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj  @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in today`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

    GEOGRAPHY      WORDS     TV      SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Loadsa thinkers at the front of the week, wonder how they'll all do at t'other end...?

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - WRQ is the DNA of the Forum!

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo and great to see so many Thinkers.

Brilliant gif @pgn 😎

[gmarkj]

Of course it would be West when I put East!

Bet it would have been East if I put West...

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

Good one, thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all 👍

[jonsie]

Thanks again to @Mi-Amigo and well done peeps

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 😊 

Well done everyone 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @BobM @jonsie @Dave-O2 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

- and thanks @pgn for dna gif and for comment "WRQ is the DNA of the Forum"