White Room Quiz Mon 30 Jan 2023

[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 four of categories -

    GEOGRAPHY;   SPACE;   WORDS;   MOVIES

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   @jonsie   @gmarkj   @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM   @Comben   @J9el  @RafaC  @Spenny 

@Breanna   @adec 

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 - Ingleborough is the second highest peak in which English National Park ? 

Q2 SPACE 1 - Which visible comet came within 122 millin miles of Earth in 1997 ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - Kalology is the study of what ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - Inigo Montoya is a character in which 1987 Rob Reiner movie ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The island of San Andres is located 90 miles off the coast of which country ?  

Q6 SPACES 2 - Who was the first US female astronaut to make two space flights ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - Dimity is what kind of material ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - Which Carry On movie is the only one in which Elke Sommer appeared ?

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 30 Jan 2023] and before 03.00am Wed 01 Feb  2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 01 Feb 2023

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 30 Jan,

2023] and before 03.00am on Wed 01 Feb 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 01 Feb 2023 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]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Ingleborough is the second highest peak in which English National Park ? 

A1   Yorkshire Dales

Q2 SPACE 1 - Which visible comet came within 122 million miles of Earth in 1997 ?

A2   Hale-Bopp

Q3 WORDS 1 - Kalology is the study of what ?

A3   facial beauty

Q4 MOVIES 1 - Inigo Montoya is a character in which 1987 Rob Reiner movie ?

A4   The Princess Bride

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The island of San Andres is located 90 miles off the coast of which country ?  

A5    Nicaragua. Two quizzers gave Columbia as answer. As San Andres is part of Columbia, I`ll be generous

         and also accept Columbia as a correct answer.

Q6 SPACES 2 - Who was the first US female astronaut to make two space flights ?

A6    Sally Ride. Not Svetlana Savitskaya, a Russian female astronaut who made two space flights.

Q7 WORDS 2 - Dimity is what kind of material ?

A7   cotton

Q8 MOVIES 2 - Which Carry On movie is the only one in which Elke Sommer appeared ?

A8    Carry On Behind   

[pgn]

Hmm.  Schoolboy error here, read ALL of the question 😂

Reminds me: 

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Haley`s - incorrect   Q3 bees - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Seychelles - incorrect  Q6 Mary Roberson - incorrect  Q7 metal - incorrect   Q8 Camping - incorrect

Total = 2 stars for two correct 

@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

@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 Svetlana Savitskaya - incorrect  Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 Haley`s - incorrect  Q3 weeds - incorrect   Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Brazil - incorrect   Q6 correct -     Q7 metal - incorrect    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 pass  Q3 sea weed - incorrect   Q4 pass.

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass  Q7 sticky threads - incorrect  Q8 pass.

Total = 2 stars for two correct

@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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @pgn  

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

2 stars                                       = 2 correct - @Comben  @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@pgn        - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj   - Red Thinker

@Comben - two stars

@TallTrees - two stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least two stars

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

normal WRQ of 8 questions, with two questions on each of these subjects

          - PEOPLE; SCIENCE; LITERATURE; SPORT

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.

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

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[TallTrees]

Oh yeh 😙 

two 🌟 is good 

Well done all and thanks for the Quiz @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

@pgnI made the same mistake as you initially. Luckily I copped on just as I was re-reading  the Q&A before sending them in. Thanks anyway @Mi-Amigo for a great quiz. Will look at the other one later as I'm just editing a guide.

Well done one and all xx

[gmarkj]

Princess Bride is such an iconic film, no chance of not getting that.

The rest are hit and miss. Happy with a red and well done everyone!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn  @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj @TallTrees 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards