White Room Quiz Mon 28 Mar 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of these categories

- PEOPLE   GEOGRAPHY    WORDS    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 [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @Spenny @adelphiaUK @RafaC @lewys-gp 

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 - Which famous oceanographer used the ship Calypso on his exploration voyages ? 

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Itaipu Dam is on the border between Brazil and which other country ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - Brontophobia is the fear of what ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In darts, what is the lowest score which CANNOT be scored with one dart ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who designed the Austin Mini which first appeared in 1959 ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Wookey Hole Caves are in which English county ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What does a paleontologist study ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the card game Bridge, what is the highest ranking suit ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 28 Mar 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 29 Mar 2022]

- 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 30 March 2022

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 28 Mar 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 29 Mar 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tues 29 Mar 2022 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  

[gmarkj]

Took me ages to work out the darts one!

Well done everyone, and thanks for some great questions @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @BobM @lewys-gp @MI5 @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on your awards with @pgn and @gmarkj only just missing out by one answer in getting a Silver Thinker, and I admit the darts score questions was not easy.  

I hope all of you, and everyone else, likes the questions in today`s WRQ which is now up on a separate thread. 

[TallTrees]

Heady Heights   -   Bronze ! 😲      @Mi-Amigo 

Many thanks for the quiz

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on getting a Bronze Thinker.

Could you be heading your way to your next Silver Thinker 😀 ?

[TallTrees]

Well could be ~ depends on the Questions ~ 😁  rare is a Silver for me - as sometimes questions include movies, Prima Donna types.  This particular quiz was ok for me didn't get every one but then that is to be expected.  Thank you @Mi-Amigo 

Well done to every one. 

[pgn]

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - even if my interpretation of Brontophobia was somewhat out in the Wildfell halls of reality 😖😉

I have been a bit out of touch this morning, so just getting to catch up on all the banter on here now.

Well done, everyone, some brill scores on this one.👍

[TallTrees]

Well I was 🤔 thinking .. Brontophobia = Fear of  Brontosaurus  🦕  😨

How out of touch is that? 

@pgn 

@Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Well I was 🤔 thinking .. Brontophobia = Fear of  Brontosaurus  🦕  😨

How out of touch is that? 

@pgn 

@Mi-Amigo 

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Actually, @TallTrees - closer to the mark than you might think:

So how are the Brontë family so associated with thunder?

Funnily, the French "l' éclair" is "lightning" or "thunderbolt", so remember that the next time you are sinking your teeth into one of these:

😆👍

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and thanks for the fun fact about eclairs - I`ll have to remember that for a future WRQ Food & Drink question 😀

[TallTrees]

SAVED by @pgn 

I knew I was brilliant ~ 😄

eclairs ? oh yes. Remember? oh yes 😂

Thank you very much @pgn