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White Room Quiz Wed 07 Sept 2022

Mi-Amigo
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Welcome to

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

Today`s White Room Quiz is 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

   GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE    MOVIES    GAMES

 

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   @gmarkj  @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM   @Spenny  @adec  @Comben   @J9el 

@Breanna   @RafaC 

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which is the largest of the Spanish Balearic islands ?

 

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Aglutition is the medical term for what ? 

 

Q3 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the first movie in the "Bourne" movies franchise ?

 

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which boardgame starts with black having 181 stones and white having 180 stones and is

                         played on a 19 x 19 board ?

 

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which island is off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man ?

 

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Cs is the chemical symbol for which element ?

 

Q7 MOVIES 2 - The movie "Frozen" is set in which fictional land ?

 

Q8 GAMES 2 - How many double word squares are on a standard Scrabble board ?

                                                                                 

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 07 Sept 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 Sept 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 Friday 09 Sept 2022

Each member will be awarded star.pngfor 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 07 Sept 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 08 Sept 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 08 Sept 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

 

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Thank you @Comben for the gif

 

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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PM on its way @Mi-Amigo  --->

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Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

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Hi @Mi-Amigo my pm on the way over.

Geography 🙈🙈🙈

 

 

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Oooh that was a pretty difficult one this week (for me anyway!) @Mi-Amigo. Thanks  for organising, PM sent 👍🏼

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Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @Spenny 

pm with your answers received

 

Thank you @J9el 

pm with your answers received

 

all pms with answers received before deadline

 

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THE ANSWERS

 

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which is the largest of the Spanish Balearic islands ?

A1  Majorca

 

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Aglutition is the medical term for what ? 

A2  inability to swallow.

       some quizzers gave answer "blood clotting" - AGGLUTINATON is assocated with blood clotting

 

Q3 MOVIES 1 - What was the title of the first movie in the "Bourne" movies franchise ?

A3   Bourne Identity

 

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which boardgame starts with black having 181 stones and white having 180 stones and is

                         played on a 19 x 19 board ?

A4   Go

 

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which island is off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man ?

A5   Calf of Man

 

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Cs is the chemical symbol for which element ?

A6   caesium

 

Q7 MOVIES 2 - The movie "Frozen" is set in which fictional land ?

A7   Arendelle

 

Q8 GAMES 2 - How many double word squares are on a standard Scrabble board ?

A8   17

                    

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THE RESULTS

 

@RafaC 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 blood clot - incorrect  Q3 correct - star.png Q4 pass

Q5 Ireland - incorrect  Q6 pass  Q7 pass   Q8 sx - incorrect

Total - two stars for two correct 

 

@Breanna 

Q1 Palma - incorrect  Q2 correct - star.png Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

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

plus for 5 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@MI5 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 blood clotting - incorrect Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

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

plus for 7 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Cleoriff 

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

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

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

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Silver Thinker

 

@Comben 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 green tinge of skin - incorrect  Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

Q5 Ireland - incorrect  Q6 chlorine - incorrect Q7 correct - star.png Q8 eight - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@pgn 

Q1 Mallorca - incorrect  Q2 correct - star.png Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

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

plus for 7 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 throw up - incorrect   Q3 correct - star.png Q4 pass

Q5 Ireland - incorrect  Q6 correct - star.png Q7 correct - star.png Q8 12 - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@BobM 

Q1 Ibiza - incorrect   Q2 correct - star.png Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

Q5 correct - star.png  Q6 correct - star.png Q7 pass  Q8 16 - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@jonsie 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 blood clotting - incorrect  Q3 correct - star.png Q4 correct - star.png

Q5 correct - star.png  Q6 correct - star.png Q7 Oswaldtwistle - incorrect Q8 correct - star.png

plus for 6 correct answers

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Bronze Thinker

 

@Spenny 

Q1 correct - star.png  Q2 water on lung - incorrect Q3 correct - star.png Q4 Othello

Q5 Jersey - incorrect  Q6 correct - star.png Q7 Let it go - incorrect Q8 correct - star.png

plus for 4 correct answers

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Red Thinker

 

@J9el 

Q1 Minorca - incorrect  Q2 pass  Q3 correct - star.png Q4 backgammon - incorrect

Q5 Anglesey - incorrect  Q6 pass Q7 correct - star.png Q8 40 - incorrect

Total - two stars for two correct

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Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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