on 11-11-2020 08:03
Welcome to
There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.
Each White Room Quiz will have eight questions - with two questions from four categories.
The White Room Quiz is open to all members.
Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - with their answers between 12 noon today [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday]
I hope our regular quizzers
@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @WispaRed7
O2 Community managers @Marjo @Martin-O2 @LukasB
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 questions are two questions from each of these categories
GEOGRAPHY SPACE LITERATURE FOOD & DRINK
Please note: there is no QI-style question in which the answer is not what most people think.
TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS
Q1 GEOGRAPHY - 1 The Kariba Dam is on which river ?
Q2 SPACE - 1 Apart from the sun, which star is nearest to Earth ?
Q3 LITERATURE - 1 Which Jane Austin novel was originally called "First Impressions" ?
Q4 FOOD & DRINKS - 1 What are Pershore eggs and Marjorie`s seedlings ?
Q5 GEOGRAPHY - 2 Which sea is north of Turkey?
Q6 SPACE - 2 In which constellation are the stars Bellatrix and Betelgeuse ?
Q7 LITERATURE - 2 Name either of the two novels written by Anne Bronte ?
Q8 FOOD & DRINK - 2 What is Cornish yarg cheese coated with ?
The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.
Those who want to take part must pm [private message] me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 11 November] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thursday 12 November]
- 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 November
Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, each member who gives
EIGHT correct answers SIX correct answers FOUR correct answers
will be awarded will be awarded will be awarded
SILVER THINKER BRONZE THINKER RED THINKER
THE RULES
Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 11 November 2020] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 12 November 2020].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thursday 12 November 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 some of the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.
Good luck, everyone
on 13-11-2020 08:19
on 13-11-2020 08:25
on 13-11-2020 08:25
RESULTS:
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 pass Q4 pears - incorrect
Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 pass plus, for four correct answers, also awarded
Red Thinker
Q1 pass Q2 correct - awarded Q3 pass Q4 pass Q5 correct - awarded
Q6 correct - awarded Q7 pass Q8 pass.
Total: for three correct answers
Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded
Q4 correct - awarded Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded
Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded plus, for eight correct answers also awarded
Silver Thinker
on 13-11-2020 08:36
on 13-11-2020 08:36
AWARDS:
Silver Thinker = for eight correct answers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie
Red Thinker = for four correct - @gmarkj
= for three correct answers - @Martin-O2
CONGRATULATIONS to the Silver Thinkers - @Cleoriff @MI5 @pgn @jonsie
Well done
@gmarkj - Red Thinker
and well done everyone for getting correct answer to Q2 Space question as it was one of the hardest.
I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will take part in Monday`s White Room Quiz.
Over the weekend I will find 8 questions with two questions in each of these categories
MUSIC NATURE MOVIES SCIENCE [with one question on PHYSICS and one on BIOLOGY]
Thanks everyone for taking part and for making the White Room Quiz fun.
13-11-2020 08:38 - edited 13-11-2020 08:38
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Happy with my guesses
Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone
on 13-11-2020 08:41
on 13-11-2020 08:41
on 13-11-2020 08:54
on 13-11-2020 08:54
Thank you for your kind comments, although I was surprised Literature is only helped by Mrs pgn`s books given your knowledge of words.
Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed the quiz. It shows that sometimes a guess pays off.
Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and, by the way, well done on knowing both of the novels by Anne Bronte - a difficult and hard question as she is the lesser known of the Brontes.
Yes there is a PHYSICS question on Monday - the good news is there will be no QI-style question in any of the questions in Monday`s WRQ.
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on 13-11-2020 09:07
on 13-11-2020 09:07
on 13-11-2020 09:08
on 13-11-2020 09:08
@Mi-Amigo wrote:Thank you for your kind comments, although I was surprised Literature is only helped by Mrs pgn`s books given your knowledge of words.
Yes, y'see, @Mi-Amigo: if it's who wrote what about whom and when, that's out of my jurisdiction. However, how they chose to spell whatever they wrote, that's my arena 😁
A bit like Mercedes and F1 - the driver knows what pedals to press and when, but the guys in the back-room know how to make the pedal-press get it over the line...
on 13-11-2020 10:20
on 13-11-2020 10:20
@pgn wrote:
@Cleoriff wrote:
Well done everyone
I see PHYSICS is on for Monday?? FGS!!
Thanks for a great quiz again @Mi-Amigo
Ah, yes:
If it's shy an apostrophe,
it's English.
Like that.
Reminds me of the army saying:
If it moves, salute it.
If it doesn't move, pick it up.
If you can't pick it up, paint it.
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