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.

[pgn]

Thinkers all-round, despite the heat! Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all

[Cleoriff]

Very peculiar that three of us put groat and it was wrong! 😂😂

Every day's a school day on here...(good to know)

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all. 😎

[jonsie]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo 

I just tried to think of the oldest coin I knew, not that I remember groats.

I obviously remember farthings but never heard it referred to as a Grig?

Never mind, well done peeps 😎

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie 

Well done on your awards - as the dictionary coin question was tough.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, very happy with that outcome. 

Well done all. 😀 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Pleased you`re happy with your outcome. Well done on your award.