White Room Quiz Wed 17 Jan 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 four categories - 

    GEOGRAPHY   LITERATURE    TV   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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 

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 archipelago, consisting of four main islands, situated at the

                                    entrance to the Gulf of Aden in north-western Indian Ocean ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 - In Shakespeare`s play "The Taming of the Shrew", what is the name of the character

                                  referred to as "the shrew" ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Dad`s Army" what is the first name [character`s name not actress`s name]

                  of Private Pike`s mother ? 

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Tokaji wine comes from which country ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Swan Islands, located in the Caribbean, lie between Honduras and which other islands ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2 - In Robert Louis Stevenson`s "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde",

                                   what is the name of Dr Jekyll`s butler ?

Q7 TV 2 - In ITV`s afternoon quiz show "Riddiculous", who is the female host ? 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the main ingredient of Indian dish ragan josh ?

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 17 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 19 Jan 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 19 Jan 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 17 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 19 Jan 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 19 Jan 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

[TallTrees]

One or two more known in this quiz 🤔 

@Mi-Amigo 

[gmarkj]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the main ingredient of Indian dish ragan josh ?

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Do you mean rogan josh @Mi-Amigo ?

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj for pointing out typo in Q8

Please note @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 

Q8 should read - 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the main ingredient of Indian dish rogan josh ?

Sorry for typo and hope it doesn`t spoil the quiz.

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

Good to hear there are one or two you know the answer to.

Look forward to pm with your answers.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Oxonian]

This is hugely embarrassing @Mi-Amigo, but I am going to have to ask you to accept this as my entry comprising eight passes. I honestly do not know the answer to any of those questions.

Maybe you could start doing a junior version for folks like me ? 🤣   

Good luck to everyone else ! 👍

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->