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.

[Oxonian]

I have just enquired as to the healthy of your internet @Mi-Amigo on another thread. Please ignore it !

Glad to hear that things are showing signs of improvement.  👍