White Room Quiz Mon 29 April 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

   GEOGRAPHY    PLACES    NATURE    WORDS

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain on an island on Earth ?

Q2 PLACES 1 - Bekonscot model village is in which English county ?

Q3 NATURE 1 - tinca tinca is the Latin term for which fish ?

Q4 WORDS 1 - In Grose`s 1811 Dictionary, what did the word "wibble" mean ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in Cyprus ?

Q6 PLACES 2 - "The Copper horse", statue of George III on horseback, is at the end of the Long Walk in

                            which English park ? 

Q7 NATURE 2 - What is the popular name for the flowering plant impatiens walleriana ?

Q8 WORDS 2 - In Grose`s 1811 Dictionary, what did "hoddy doddy" mean ?

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 29 April 2024] and before 03.00am Wed 01 May 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 01 May 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 29 Apr

2024] and before 03.00am on Wed 01 May 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 01 May 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 ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain on an island on Earth ?

A1    Jaya aka Carstensz

Q2 PLACES 1 - Bekonscot model village is in which English county ?

A2    Buckinghamshire

Q3 NATURE 1 - tinca tinca is the Latin term for which fish ?

A3    tench

Q4 WORDS 1 - In Grose`s 1811 Dictionary, what did the word "wibble" mean ?

A4   bad drink

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in Cyprus ?

A5    Pedieos

Q6 PLACES 2 - "The Copper horse", statue of George III on horseback, is at the end of the Long Walk in

                            which English park ? 

A6   Windsor Great Park

Q7 NATURE 2 - What is the popular name for the flowering plant impatiens walleriana ?

A7    Busy Lizzie

Q8 WORDS 2 - In Grose`s 1811 Dictionary, what did "hoddy doddy" mean ?

A8    short clumsy person

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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 Fuji - incorrect        Q2 correct -   Q3 TheresaV - incorrect   Q4 quiver - incorrect .

Q5 LukasB - incorrect  Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -                    Q8 high temperature - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@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 Mauna Kea - incorrect   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -                           Q4 eat - incorrect .

Q5 pass                                 Q6 correct -   Q7 bedding plants - incorrect  Q8 pass .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@TallTrees 

Q1 Fuji - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 wobbly - incorrect .

Q5 pass                   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -   Q8 snail - incorrect .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @TallTrees 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @gmarkj @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@TallTrees  - Red Thinker

@gmarkj    - 3 stars

@Oxonian - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in today`s WRQ which will be a regular WRQ

of 8 questions with 2 questions on each of these categories

  PEOPLE   LITERATURE    TV    SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[pgn]

Good show all, particularly with those awkward words - tricky questions, @Mi-Amigo - and thanks!

[TallTrees]

Phew that was a very narrow gain 😅 

For the prestigious Red Thinker @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quiz and well done for the wibble question 😂

A really wobbly question 🤔 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[Cleoriff]

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@TallTrees wrote:

Phew that was a very narrow gain 😅 

For the prestigious Red Thinker @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quiz and well done for the wibble question 😂

A really wobbly question 🤔 

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Your wibble wobbly comment made me laugh @TallTrees 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all xx

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @TallTrees @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[Oxonian]

I though that those were hard @Mi-Amigo and my score is much as I predicted. 

Well done to everyone, particularly the high scorers. 

Thank you for organising @Mi-Amigo ; is your internet restored to health yet ? 👍 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

As you said, a couple of difficult questions this time, so well done on your award.

With regards to my internet connection and navigation - connection is variable during day but slightly better [still not 100%] than it was. Still slow in navigating between pages and reply box loading on Community.