White Room Quiz Mon 27 Jan 2025

[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

   PLACES     LITERATURE     SPORT     FOOD & DRINK

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 @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 PLACES 1 - What is the name of the largest city in Pakistan ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Dan Brown`s novel "The Da Vinci Code", what is the surname of the Louvre curator

                                   who is murdered at the begining of the book ?

Q3 SPORT 1 - Sun Yong of China won gold medal at 2012 Olympic Games in which sport ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the current name of the drink known as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime

                                         Soda when launched in 1929 ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Varirata National Park is in which country in Australasia ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "The Age of Innocence", first published in 1920, and which won the

                                   Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 ?

Q7 SPORT 2 - The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually in US in which sport ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the name of the fruit which is a cross between red raspberry and blackberry

                                        and is named after a Scottish river ?

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 27 Jan 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 29 Jan 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 29 Jan 2025.

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 27 Jan

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 29 Jan 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 29 Jan 2025 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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct                            Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 New Zealand - incorrect   Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 Jacques - can`t accept as first name and need surname  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass                                                                                      Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct                    Q2 pass  Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Australia - incorrect  Q6 pass  Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 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 - @MI5 @pgn @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @gmarkj 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@gmarkj    - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2  - Red Thinker + star

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

   PEOPLE    GEOGRAPHY     WORDS     MUSIC

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round again, well done all and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Good results. Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 😘

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[gmarkj]

Really happy with that - couple of guesses worked for a change!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5 @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

Good to know your guesses paid off this time @gmarkj and you only just missed out on Silver Thinker.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very happy with that outcome. 😀

Well done all. 👍