White Room Quiz Mon 30 June 2025

[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 2 questions on each of these categories:

   SCIENCE    WORDS    ART    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @Oxonian @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 SCIENCE 1 - What is the melting point of silver - in degrees C or degrees F ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Grig, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was slang for which British coin [in use at that time] ?

Q3 ART 1 - Which German artist painted "The Yellow Cow" [aka "Gelbe Kuh"] in 1911 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Before the Euro, what was the currency of Croatia ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Nd is the chemical symbol of which element in Periodic Table ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - Astacology is the study of what ?

Q7 ART 2 - Rachel Whiteread`s "Embankment", installed at Tate Modern in 2005, consisted of what ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - The flag of The Seychelles features five bands - one band of blue,

                                                      one of red, one of white, one of green, and one of which other colour ?

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 June 2025] and before 03.00am Wed 02 July 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Wed 02 July 2025.

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 June

2025] and before 03.00am on Wed 02 July 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Wed 02 July 2025 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.

[jonsie]

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[pgn]

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[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

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pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

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pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

My entry should be waiting for you @Mi-Amigo ! 😀

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 SCIENCE 1 - What is the melting point of silver - in degrees C or degrees F ?

A1  961.8 degrees C - so I`ll accept 961 or 962 degrees C as correct answer

Q2 WORDS 1 - Grig, mentioned in 1736 dictionary, was slang for which British coin [in use at that time] ?

A2  farthing

Q3 ART 1 - Which German artist painted "The Yellow Cow" [aka "Gelbe Kuh"] in 1911 ?

A3   Franz Marc

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - Before the Euro, what was the currency of Croatia ?

A4   kuna

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Nd is the chemical symbol of which element in Periodic Table ?

A5   Neodymium

Q6 WORDS 2 - Astacology is the study of what ?

A6    crayfish

Q7 ART 2 - Rachel Whiteread`s "Embankment", installed at Tate Modern in 2005, consisted of what ?

A7   14000 translucent white boxes - so I`ll accept boxes as correct answer

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - The flag of The Seychelles features five bands - one band of blue,

                                                      one of red, one of white, one of green, and one of which other colour ?

A8   yellow

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@jonsie 

Q1 correct     Q2 groat - incorrect     Q3 correct     Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct     Q6 correct                 Q7 correct     Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@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

@MI5 

Q1 correct     Q2 groat - incorrect              Q3 correct     Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct     Q6 crustaceans - incorrect    Q7 correct     Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct     Q2 groat - incorrect    Q3 correct     Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct     Q6 correct                Q7 correct     Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct     Q2 correct            Q3 pass             Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct     Q6 fish - incorrect    Q7 correct     Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                = 8 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker + star                   = 7 correct - @jonsie @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker                             = 6 correct - @MI5 @Oxonian 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONLY SILVER THINKER this time - @pgn 

Well done

@jonsie     - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff   - Bronze Thinker + star

@MI5         - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker 

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

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

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in tday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

   NATURE    LITERATURE    SPORT     FOOD & DRINK

and will be posted on a separate thread shortly.