White Room Quiz Wed 06 Mar 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 four categories - 

    NATURE    SCIENCE    WORDS   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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 MATURE 1 - What type of creature is a mugger, native to South Asia ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the most common human blood group/type ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What does the word "skosh" - dating from time of Korean War - mean ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In Disney`s movie "The Jungle Book", what is the name of the wolf who acted as father to

                            Mowgli ?

Q5 NATURE 2 - The name of which tree, which was connected with witchcraft in ancient texts, is derived

                            from the Norse word for "a charm" ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical formula for potassium hydroxide ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What does the word "hoosegow", dating from 1911 in USA, mean ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - The character Oddjob appeared in which official James Bond movie ?

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 06 Mar 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 08 Mar 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 08 Mar 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 06 Mar

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 08 Mar 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 08 Mar 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 @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is a mugger, native to South Asia ?

A1    crocodile

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - What is the most common human blood group/type ?

A2    O

Q3 WORDS 1 - What does the word "skosh" - dating from time of Korean War - mean ?

A3   small/tiny amount

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In Disney`s movie "The Jungle Book", what is the name of the wolf who acted as father to

                            Mowgli ?

A4   Rama

Q5 NATURE 2 - The name of which tree, which was connected with witchcraft in ancient texts, is derived

                            from the Norse word for "a charm" ?

A5   Rowan

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the chemical formula for potassium hydroxide ?

A6    KOH

Q7 WORDS 2 - What does the word "hoosegow", dating from 1911 in USA, mean ?

A7     jail/prison

Q8 MOVIES 2 - The character Oddjob appeared in which official James Bond movie ?

A8    Goldfinger

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@pgn 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 Akela - incorrect .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 pass              Q6 correct -   Q7 pass             Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -   Q2 correct -   Q3 correct -   Q4 pass .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 bird - incorrect  Q2 correct -   Q3 pass                        Q4 correct -  .

Q5 fir - incorrect     Q6 correct -   Q7 saloon - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 monkey - incorrect  Q2 correct -       Q3 bomb - incorrect     Q4 correct -  .

Q5 oak - incorrect         Q6 PH - incorrect  Q7 farming - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

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

Q5 oak - incorrect  Q6 K - incomplete/incorrect  Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @pgn

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian @TallTrees @BobM 

Red Thinker                                   = 4 correct - @gmarkj 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@pgn         - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian  - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees  - Bronze Thinker 

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2   - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

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

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

   HISTORY    LITERATURE    MUSIC    TV

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

[pgn]

I wondered why my wolf answer was often referenced in Scouting as the name of the pack leader - clearly not the wolf who was Mowgli's stand-in Dad. Every day's a learning day🤣

Good Game all, many thinkers - thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[TallTrees]

Yey!  @Mi-Amigo 

A step up here for me!

Thank you for the quiz ☺️ 

Well done all 

[Cleoriff]

Loads of thinkers. Wahey 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all xx

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - great quiz.

Well done all, good results 👍

[jonsie]

Cool! Wasn't expecting that

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone

I think @Mi-Amigo is slowly but surely educating us all with these quizes!