on 29-06-2020 08:16
Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.
The White Room Quiz is open to all members.
Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Monday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Tuesday]
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @OldFart @gmarkj @WispaRed7
O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB
and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and new members
will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.
Today`s WRQ questions are two questions from each of these cateories
PLACES SCIENCE WORDS EVENTS
and one question [I`m not saying which] is a QI-style question, where the answer is not what most people think
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which country is landlocked by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina?
Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: CHEMISTRY] "Be" is the chemical symbol for which element?
Q3 [WORDS - 1] Nephology is the study of what?
Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Crystal is the traditional gift for which wedding anniversary?
Q5 [PLACES - 2] Which is the oldest National Park in the USA?
Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: BIOLOGY] Otitis affects which part of the human body?
Q7 [WORDS - 2] What does the word "hirsute" mean ?
Q8 [EVENTS - 2] If it rains on St Swithen`s Day, it is said to then rain for 40 days;
but when [what date] is St Swithen`s Day?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Mon 29 June] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tuesday 30 June]
- allowing 36 hours to pm your answers.
Please do not post your answers on the thread.
The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on morning of Wed 01 July.
Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives
EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers
will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Mon 29 June 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Tues 30 June 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Tuesday 30 June 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.
Thank you everyone for your interest and for making the quiz so popular.
I hope everyone enjoys today`s White Room Quiz.
I have tried to make this quiz a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions, including one QI-style question
and I hope that all of you will enjoy theis quiz and find it fun.
Good luck, everyone
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THE ANSWERS:
Q1 [PLACES - 1] Which country is landlocked by Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina?
A1 Paraguay
Q2 [SCIENCE - 1: CHEMISTRY] "Be" is the chemical symbol for which element?
A2 beryllium
Q3 [WORDS - 1] Nephology is the study of what?
A3 clouds
Q4 [EVENTS - 1] Crystal is the traditional gift for which wedding anniversary?
A4 15
Q5 [PLACES - 2] Which is the oldest National Park in the USA?
A5 Yellowstone
This was the QI-style question. According to the source I used for this question, most Americans,
wrongly, think the answer is Yosemite [founded on 1890]. Yellowstone was founded in 1872.
Q6 [SCIENCE - 2: BIOLOGY] Otitis affects which part of the human body?
A6 the ear
Q7 [WORDS - 2] What does the word "hirsute" mean ?
A7 hairy
Q8 [EVENTS - 2] If it rains on St Swithen`s Day, it is said to then rain for 40 days;
but when [what date] is St Swithen`s Day?
A8 15 July
on 01-07-2020 08:30
on 01-07-2020 08:30
THE RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 13 March - incorrect plus, for more than six correct answers also awarded
Bronze Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 study of nephews - incorrect
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 "not allowed to say on forum" - incorrect
Q7 "her suit" - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded plus, for six correct answers also awarded
Bronze Thinker
@Anonymous
Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 bumps on head - incorrect Q4 20 - incorrect Q5 correct - awarded
Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 25 July - incorrect [but close, sorry]
Total: 3 for three correct answers
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
on 01-07-2020 08:39
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AWARDS:
Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie
Bronze Thinker + = for seven correct answers - @gmarkj
Bronze Thinker = for six correct answers - @LukasB
= for three correct answers - @Anonymous
CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie
and Well Done everyone - everyone got at least three stars this time...
I hope you all enjoyed this quiz and will take part in today`s [which will be posted on a separate thread] with eight questions...
with two questions on each of these categories - MUSIC SPORT PEOPLE
and two "odd" questions - one on FLAGS; and one on STAMPS.
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