White Room Quiz Wed 04 Dec 2024

[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 these categories

   PLACES    SCIENCE     LITERATURE     MOVIES

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

and @AK04 who joined in Monday`s WRQ

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 PLACES 1 - Koutoubia Mosque is in which African city ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have in each cell ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which British author wrote "Wolf Hall", which won the Man Booker prize in 2009 ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 2009 Disney movie "Up" what is the name of the dog ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Tallahassee is the capital city of which US State ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the scientific term for the process by which a solid becomes a gas without first

                             becoming a liquid ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Roald Dahl`s "The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me" what is the name of the boy ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2005 movie "The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", what 

                             is the name of the lion ?

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 04 Dec 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 06 Dec 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 06 Dec 2024.

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 04 Dec

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 06 Dec 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 06 Dec 2024 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Koutoubia Mosque is in which African city ?

A1   Marrakesh

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have in each cell ?

A2   23 pairs

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - Which British author wrote "Wolf Hall", which won the Man Booker prize in 2009 ?

A3   Hilary Mantel

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 2009 Disney movie "Up" what is the name of the dog ?

A4   Dug

Q5 PLACES 2 - Tallahassee is the capital city of which US State ?

A5   Florida

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the scientific term for the process by which a solid becomes a gas without first

                             becoming a liquid ?

A6   sublimation

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In Roald Dahl`s "The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me" what is the name of the boy ?

A7    Billy

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2005 movie "The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe", what 

                             is the name of the lion ?

A8  Aslan

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@MI5 

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

@jonsie 

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

@Cleoriff 

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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 pass            Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 pass            Q2 correct    Q3 correct                Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 LukasB - incorrect  Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 Morocco - sorry, can`t accept, need the city  Q2 25 - incorrect  Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct                                                           Q6 pass                Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @MI5 @jonsie @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @Oxonian 

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @BobM 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5 @jonsie @Cleoriff 

Well done

@Oxonian   - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@BobM       - Red Thinker + star

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 Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with 2 questions

on each of these categories

    PEOPLE    NATURE     SPORT    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

Must remember to read the questions more carefully in future.

Well done everyone.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie @BobM 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, my best ever score ! 

Well done all. 👍