White Room Quiz Mon 30 Jan 2023 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎30-01-2023

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎31-01-2023

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-02-2023

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎01-02-2023

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

Reminds me:

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-02-2023

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎01-02-2023

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.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎01-02-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

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TallTrees · ‎01-02-2023

Oh yeh 😙

two 🌟 is good

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

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Cleoriff · ‎01-02-2023

@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

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gmarkj · ‎01-02-2023

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!

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Mi-Amigo · ‎01-02-2023

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

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.