White Room Quiz Wed 16 Jun 2021

[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 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

   GEOGRAPHY   NATURE   LITERATURE   SPORT

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  @gmarkj  @MI5  @TallTrees  @O2EmmaLouise @BobM @LukasB 

  @Martin-O2  [ @TheresaV is on holiday]

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  What is the name of the highest point in Argentina ?

Q2 NATURE 1           Which tree does European turpentine come from ? 

Q3 LITERATURE 1    Hannibal Chollop is a character in which Dicken`s novel ?

Q4 SPORT 1             Who was manager of the England football team from 1990 to 1993 ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2  Which river flows through the city of Perth in Australia ?

Q6 NATURE 2           Which fish, with speeds of up to 68mph, is the fastest fish in the world ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2    In D H Lawrence`s novel "Lady Chatterley`s Lover", what was Mellor`s job ?

Q8 SPORT 2             Who fought Mohammid Ali in the "Rumble In The Jungle" in Zaire in 1974 ?

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 16 June 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 June 2021]

- 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 18 June 2021

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 16 June 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 June 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 17 June 2021 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  

[Mi-Amigo]

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1  What is the name of the highest point in Argentina ?

Q2 NATURE 1           Which tree does European turpentine come from ? 

Q3 LITERATURE 1    Hannibal Chollop is a character in which Dicken`s novel ?

Q4 SPORT 1             Who was manager of the England football team from 1990 to 1993 ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2  Which river flows through the city of Perth in Australia ?

Q6 NATURE 2           Which fish, with speeds of up to 68mph, is the fastest fish in the world ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2    In D H Lawrence`s novel "Lady Chatterley`s Lover", what was Mellor`s job ?

Q8 SPORT 2             Who fought Mohammid Ali in the "Rumble In The Jungle" in Zaire in 1974 ?

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 16 June 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 June 2021]

- 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 18 June 2021

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 16 June 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 17 June 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 17 June 2021 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  

[jonsie]

Could have sworn Mellor was a muff diver...

[pgn]

Mellifluous, certainly 😉