White Room Quiz Wed 01 Feb 2023

[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 two questions on each of four of categories -

    PEOPLE; SCIENCE; LITERATURE; SPORT

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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday 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 PEOPLE 1 - Florence Nightingale Graham founded which cosmetics company ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the acetabulum in the human body ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In George Orwell`s novel "Animal Farm", what kind of animal is Clover ? 

Q4 SPORT 1 - What is the name of Guildford`s ice hockey team which won the British National League

                       in 2000-01 ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Charles Lindberg was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. Who was the second

                         person to fly solo across the Atlantic ? 

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Which oxide is the main constituent of sand; and quartz is a crystallised form of this oxide ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote the novel "Lord Of The Flies", first published in 1954 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Deepdale is the home ground of which English Championship football team ? 

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 [Wed 01 Feb 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 03 Feb 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 03 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 [Wed 01 Feb,

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 03 Feb 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 03 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

[TallTrees]

Blooming heck @Mi-Amigo  Encyclopedia Britannica brain needed 🙄

[Mi-Amigo]

Thanks for your comments @TallTrees 

A couple of head-scratchers in today`s WRQ 🤔 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Answers on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

[TallTrees]

Sent in my answers to you by PM @Mi-Amigo 

Won't be "sparkling"  

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[J9el]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo. Fingers crossed!