White Room Quiz Wed 11 Sept 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 categories

   GEOGRAPHY    NATURE     MUSIC    SPORT

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 - Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in which South American country ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Gliding colugo, native to south-east Asia, is what type of creature ? 

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In the lyrics of The Scaffold`s song "Lily the Pink", who had "terrible freckles" ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - What is the name of the English football team which has the nickname The Chairboys", 

                         because of the local furniture-making tradition ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Blue Jacket and Delft Blue are varieties of which flower ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of Australian band INXS only UK Top 10 single which reached No 2 in the

                         UK singles chart in 1988 ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - What was the name of the female tennis player who won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles` title

                          a record nine times between 1978 and 1990 ?

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 11 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 13 Sept 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 13 Sept 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 11 Sept

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 13 Sept 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 13 Sept 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]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in which South American country ?

A1   Argentina

Q2 NATURE 1 - Gliding colugo, native to south-east Asia, is what type of creature ? 

A2   lemur

Q3 MUSIC 1 - In the lyrics of The Scaffold`s song "Lily the Pink", who had "terrible freckles" ?

A3   Jennifer Eccles

Q4 SPORT 1 - What is the name of the English football team which has the nickname The Chairboys", 

                         because of the local furniture-making tradition ?

A4   Wycombe Wanderers

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula ?

A5    Tagus

Q6 NATURE 2 - Blue Jacket and Delft Blue are varieties of which flower ?

A6   hyacinth

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of Australian band INXS only UK Top 10 single which reached No 2 in the

                         UK singles chart in 1988 ?

A7   Need You Tonight

Q8 SPORT 2 - What was the name of the female tennis player who won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles` title

                          a record nine times between 1978 and 1990 ?

A8  Martina Navratilova

[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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct   Q2 pass      Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct   Q6 pass      Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct          Q2 correct            Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Bob - incorrect Q6 roses - incorrect Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct            Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Ebro - incorrect  Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @Oxonian @gmarkj 

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

Well done

@BobM          - Bronze Thinker + star

@Oxonian      - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj        - Bronze Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker - not only that but at least a Bronze Thinker !!

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions

with 2 questions on each of these categories

   SCIENCE    LITERATURE     MOVIES     GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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

[pgn]

Standards continue to scale the dizzy heights, @Mi-Amigo - Thinkers abound! Thanks for another good-un, especially medicinal compound 🤣

[BobM]

Great results again from all, well done us.

Thanks as always goes to @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

A mass of Thinkers. Well done us lot. 😂

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, well done everyone ! 👍