Re: White Room Quiz Wed 18 Oct 2023 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎18-10-2023

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-10-2023

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Dave-O2 · ‎19-10-2023

Tough one for me this time, expecting a low score 😅

Answers submitted @Mi-Amigo 👍

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-10-2023

Thank you @Dave-O2

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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TallTrees · ‎19-10-2023

Hi @Mi-Amigo

Wow not a good one for me.

PM IN 😱

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Mi-Amigo · ‎19-10-2023

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

pgn · ‎19-10-2023

Unlikely to get a go here this time, @Mi-Amigo - other things to keep me occupied this end of the week. Good luck all.

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Mi-Amigo · ‎20-10-2023

Thank you for your post @pgn

Sorry you couldn`t take part but hope you are having a good time

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-10-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - Karl Marx was born in May 1818 in which town in Prussia [now in Germany] ?

A1 Trier.

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

A2 Clyde [109 miles - 2 miles longer than Spey]

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

A3 well shaped buttocks

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

A4 lager

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

A5 Roger Gale

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

Hebrides ?

A6 Scarba

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

A7 day before yesterday

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

A8 double Gloucester

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-10-2023

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 Spey - incorrect - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

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 Dusseldorf - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 to write - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 Rishi Sunak - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 undress - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 pass Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 last week - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 Hamburg - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 wash - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 Lucy Allen - incorrect Q6 pass Q7 naked - incorrect Q8 correct - .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@TallTrees

Q1 pass Q2 correct - Q3 to write - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 pass Q8 pass .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎20-10-2023

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @jonsie

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @MI5

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj

3 stars = 3 correct - @Dave-O2

2 stars = 2 correct - @TallTrees

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @jonsie

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 - 3 stars

@TallTrees - 2 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 2 stars.

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

PLACES NATURE LITERATURE TV.

Over the weekend, I`ll search out the questions with a mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.