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White Room Quiz - Monday 29 June 2020

Mi-Amigo
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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 star 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

 

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                  SILVER THINKER                     BRONZE THINKER                             RED THINKER

                                                       

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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

 

@Mi-Amigo  

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Didn't get a chance to comment earlier but OMG @LukasB a Bronze Thinker is amazing!!

And just when I didn't get to participate myself. sweat_smile 

 

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Thank you @Anonymous 

I`m glad you are pleased with your stars in this quiz and hope you`ll take part with today`s on separate thread...

 

Thank you @Marjo 

I know how busy you are on a Monday and shame you missed out on this quiz...

Who knows you might have beaten @LukasB Thoughful

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @Marjo 

I know how busy you are on a Monday and shame you missed out on this quiz...

Who knows you might have beaten @LukasB Thoughful


I'm sure I would have! Too bad we will never find out. Smiley LOL

I took part in the newest quiz so @LukasB let me know how it went when I'm back. Maybe THIS time I'll get lucky! nerd Drum

 

 

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Hey hey hey @Marjo @Mi-Amigo I feel like you are teaming up against me joy

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