White Room Quiz Wed 11 May 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

- PEOPLE   SCIENCE    MOVIES    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 [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   @TallTrees  @BobM  @Spenny  @J9el  @lewys-gp   @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 PEOPLE 1 - Who sailed round the world in the yacht Gipsy Moth IV in 1966/67 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Who was the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In which 1971 movie did Gene Hackman play "Popeye" Doyle ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - The name of which herb comes from the Latin for "dew of the sea" ? 

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Which British Prime Minister was born in Broadstairs, Kent in 1916 ? 

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Otoscope is an instrument used for examining which part of the human body ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - In which animated movie did Edna E Mode appear ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - In which month of the year is Beaujolais Nouveau released for sale ?

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 11 May 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 May 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 13 May 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 11 May 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 May 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 12 May 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  

[pgn]

Interesting spread of questions today, @Mi-Amigo 😉

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

Pleased you think today`s WRQ is an interesting set of questions and like the gif. 

[lewys-gp]

Like the questions, @Mi-Amigo. Weirdly, the last question is a big thing in Swansea, so I know it well. Don't think many other UK towns/cities do anything for it though.

[gmarkj]

Some interesting questions here.

Clearly "no capes" in this quiz...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @lewys-gp and @gmarkj 

Look forward to pm with your answers later.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

Made sure I got some answers in today!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo 

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn 

like the gif

pm with your answers received