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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 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 
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 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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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
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
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
Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 Rocket - incorrect .
Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 pass Q8 noodles - incorrect .
plus for 5 correct answers
Red Thinker
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
Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .
Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 pass Q8 correct - .
plus for 7 correct answers
Bronze Thinker
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
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AWARDS
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.
