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White Room Quiz Wed 05 July 2023

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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 the usual categories 

  PLACES;  WORDS;  TV; FOOD & DRINK

 

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 @J9el @Spenny @Patricia1066 @BobM @Breanna 

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 - The term "Pearls of Antilles" applies to which island ?

                                 

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word labiomancy mean ?

 

Q3 TV 1 - What is the title of the ITV quiz show hosted by Gary Lineakar in which contestants try to get into

                  the "hot seat" to answer questions to win cash prize ?

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What was the name of the ice lolly, introduced by Lyons Maid in 1963, shaped like

                                       a rocket with three sections of different flavours - lime, lemon, strawberry ?

 

Q5 PLACES 2 - Which city in US State of Alaska has the largest population according to 2020 census ?

 

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word talliate mean ?

 

Q7 TV 2 - What was the name given to the US version of British TV comedy "Till Death Us Do Part" ?

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is Japanese Beni Shoga ?

                                                                                 

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 05 July 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 07 July 2023.

 

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 07 July 2023

Each member will be awarded star for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

 

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THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 05 July

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 07 July 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 07 July 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

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Mi-Amigo
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Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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PM sent @Mi-Amigo 👍 ---->

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Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

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Thank you @pgn 

like the emoji

pm with your answers received - before deadline

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THE ANSWERS

 

Q1 PLACES 1 - The term "Pearls of Antilles" applies to which island ?

A1   Cuba. Most quizzers gave Haiti, which was known as Pearls of Antilles in Colonial times from

        1492 to 1791

                                 

Q2 WORDS 1 - What does the word labiomancy mean ?

A2    lipreading

 

Q3 TV 1 - What is the title of the ITV quiz show hosted by Gary Lineakar in which contestants try to get into

                  the "hot seat" to answer questions to win cash prize ?

A3  Sitting On A Fortune

 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What was the name of the ice lolly, introduced by Lyons Maid in 1963, shaped like

                                       a rocket with three sections of different flavours - lime, lemon, strawberry ?

A4   Zoom

 

Q5 PLACES 2 - Which city in US State of Alaska has the largest population according to 2020 census ?

A5   Anchorage

 

Q6 WORDS 2 - What does the word talliate mean ?

A6    to tax

 

Q7 TV 2 - What was the name given to the US version of British TV comedy "Till Death Us Do Part" ?

A7   All In The Family

 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is Japanese Beni Shoga ?

A8    ginger

       

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THE RESULTS

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 Rocket - incorrect .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 pass              Q8 noodles - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@BobM 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 pass             Q8 correct - star .

plus for 7 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 correct - star  Q2 correct - star  Q3 correct - star  Q4 correct - star .

Q5 correct - star  Q6 correct - star  Q7 correct - star  Q8 correct - star .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

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AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct  @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                  = 5 correct  @gmarkj 

 

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

Well done

@BobM  - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

 

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker.

 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions, with two questions on each of these categories

- GEOGRAPHY; SCIENCE; MOVIES; SPORT

I will search out a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions over the weekend.

 

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

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Well done everyone. Q8 was a  bit of a guess for me having watched a cookery programme some months back

Good game @Mi-Amigo 

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Nice quiz, @Mi-Amigo - and well done all! The Antilles question was a bit of a swag, though.

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