White Room Quiz Wed 06 July 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- HISTORY   SCIENCE    FOOD & DRINK   SPORT [one on NBA Basketball - suggested by regular quizzer; one on Cricket - suggested by another regular quizzer] 

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

- @Cleoriff  @pgn  @jonsie  @MI5  @gmarkj  @BobM  @TallTrees  @Spenny  @J9el  @adec @RafaC @lewys-gp 

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 HISTORY 1 - Who was King of England when the English Civil War began in 1642 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the main chemical component of household bleach ?

Q3 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Name one of the countries which produces limburger, a semi-hard white cheese ?

Q4 SPORT 1 NBA BASKETBALL - Pistons is the name of the NBA Basketball team in which US city ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which country was England at war with from 1665 to 1667 ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the Incas ?

Q7 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Calvados brandy is made from which fruit ?

Q8 SPORT 2 CRICKET - Sabina Park is the cricket ground in which country ?  

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 06 July 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 07 July 2022] - 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 Fri 08 July 2022

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 06 July 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 07 July 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 07 July 2022 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]

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award   Q4 correct - award 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award  

Q8 West Indies - award half 

plus for 7 correct answers + 1 part-correct also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@RafaC 

Q1 Edward II - incorrect   Q2 sodium - award half  for part-correct answer

Q3 correct - award   Q4 correct - award  Q5 France - incorrect

Q6 shoulders - incorrect  Q7 grape - incorrect      Q8 Australia - incorrect 

Total = 2 stars for 2 correct + 1 half star for 1 part correct

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 chlorine - award half  Q3 correct - award  

Q4 correct - award      Q5 correct - awarded       Q6 correct - award  

Q7 correct - award   Q8 correct - award 

plus for 7 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award   Q4 correct - award 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  Q7 correct - award   Q8 correct - award 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 chlorine - award half  Q3 France - incorrect

Q4 correct - award      Q5 Spain - incorrect    Q6 correct - award  Q7 plum - incorrect

Q8 correct - award 

plus for 4 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded    

Red Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 sodium - award half  for part-correct

Q3 correct - award   Q4 Boston - incorrect    Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 correct - award  

Q7 correct - award   Q8 correct - award 

plus for 6 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 ammonia - incorrect   Q3 Sweden - incorrect  Q4 correct - award 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 back - incorrect   Q7 correct - award   Q8 correct - award 

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - awarded  Q2 correct - award  Q3 correct - award   Q4 correct - award 

Q5 correct - awarded  Q6 skull - incorrect     Q7 correct - award   Q8 correct - award 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 Harold - incorrect   Q2 chlorine - award half  Q3 Greece - incorrect  Q4 correct - award 

Q5 France - incorrect   Q6 chest - incorrect   Q7 cherries - incorrect     Q8 Australia - incorrect

Total = 1 star for 1 correct + 1 half star for 1 part correct

[J9el]

Well done all! Thanks again @Mi-Amigo - a most enjoyable quiz! 

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                       = 8 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +  + half  = 7 correct + 1 part correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker  +                       = 7 correct - @jonsie  

Bronze Thinker + half                 = 6 correct + 1 part correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker +                              = 5 correct - @J9el 

Red Thinker + half                       = 4 correct + 1 part correct - @gmarkj 

  + half                      = 2 correct + 1 part correct - @RafaC 

+ half                                  = 1 correct + 1 part correct - @Spenny 

CONGRATULATIONS to the only SILVER THINKER - @pgn  

Well done -

@Cleoriff             = Bronze Thinker +  + half 

@MI5                   = Bronze Thinker +   + half 

@jonsie                = Bronze Thinker + 

@BobM                = Bronze Thinker + half 

@J9el                    = Red Thinker +  

@gmarkj               = Red Thinker + half 

@RafaC                 =   + half 

@Spenny               =  + half 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one + half stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be

8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

-  GEOGRAPHY    NATURE     LITERATURE    TV

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend and try and find a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thank you everyone for making the WRQ fun.

[BobM]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo thank you.

Actually did better than I thought I would so can't complain.

Well done everyone 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great quiz @Mi-Amigo 

Must admit Q8 was a total guess. 😂

[RafaC]

Thanks for another round of the WRQ @Mi-Amigo! 😊
Well done everyone!

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @J9el @Cleoriff @RafaC @BobM 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards. I thought it was only fair to gve half stars for part correct answers this time.

I hope you, and everyone else, likes the categories for Monday`s WRQ.