White Room Quiz Wed 18 Oct 2023

[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 - 

    PEOPLE  GEOGRAPHY   WORDS  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  @Spenny  @J9el  @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 PEOPLE 1 - Karl Marx was born in May 1818 in which town in Prussia [now in Germany] ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the second longest river in Scotland ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the 19th century word "callipygian" mean ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - The name of which drink was derived from German word meaning "to store" ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Which current British Conservative MP was a former pirate radio dj on Radio Caroline ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The Corryvreckan whirlpool lies between Jura and which uninhabited island in the

                                     Hebrides ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - What did the 17th century word "nudiustertian" mean ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Huntsman Cheese is two cheeses layered - one is Stilton what is the other ?

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 18 Oct 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 20 Oct 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 20 Oct 2023

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 18 Oct

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 20 Oct 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 20 Oct 2023 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

[Cleoriff]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo 

I typed in Rivers for the gif and couldn't resist this one 😂

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff

Thanks for the gif - hope kitten was OK

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 

pm with your answers received

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

The croc looked more troubled than the cat though! 😂

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[gmarkj]

There's no way I'm getting the same score today - PM on the way @Mi-Amigo .

Please don't laugh too hard at some of my "answers"...

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

pm with your answers received - one did make me smile 🙂

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo --->