White Room Quiz Wed 20 Oct 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 eight questions with two questions from each of these categories -

   WORDS   LITERATURE   SCIENCE [one question on Chemistry; one on Biology]   MUSIC

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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff  @pgn   @MI5   @gmarkj  @BobM  @TallTrees  @RafaC  @lewys-gp  @Martin-O2  @jonsie 

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 WORDS 1  What does the word cenotaph literally mean ?

Q2 LITERATURE 1 Who wrote the novel "Rebecca", first published in 1938 ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 Chemistry   Which element in the periodic table is the second lighest noble gas and has the

                                            atomic number 10 ?

Q4 MUSIC 1  What is the title of the only opera by Debussy ?

Q5 WORDS 2 What did the 17th century word adimpleate mean ?

Q6 LITERATURE 2  In Dicken`s novel "Great Expectations", who was jilted on her wedding day ? 

Q7 SCIENCE 2 Biology  Approx how many named skeletal muscles are there in the human body ?

                                      [just the number, you don`t have to name them 😂  ]  

Q8 MUSIC 2  What was the title of the song by Lordi which won Eurovision for Finland in 2006 ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Those who want to take part must send a pm [private message] to me [Mi-Amigo] with their answers between 12 noon today [Wed 20 Oct 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 Oct 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 22 Oct 2021

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 20 Oct 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 21 Oct 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 21 Oct 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]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[RafaC]

Hey @Mi-Amigo thank you for your reminder.

I didn't send my answers because, honestly, I feel that it's not worth for me to even guess any of them this time around  😅

I'll be looking at the final answers attentively when you post them though 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @RafaC 

It`s a shame you are going to miss out on this WRQ but thank you for saying you`ll taking note of the answers tomorrow.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 WORDS 1  What does the word cenotaph literally mean ?

A1.  Empty tomb

Q2 LITERATURE 1 Who wrote the novel "Rebecca", first published in 1938 ?

A2.  Daphne du Maurier

Q3 SCIENCE 1 Chemistry   Which element in the periodic table is the second lighest noble gas and has the

                                            atomic number 10 ?

A3.  neon

Q4 MUSIC 1  What is the title of the only opera by Debussy ?

A4.  Pelleas and Mellisande

Q5 WORDS 2 What did the 17th century word adimpleate mean ?

A5.  To fill up

Q6 LITERATURE 2  In Dicken`s novel "Great Expectations", who was jilted on her wedding day ? 

A6.  Miss Havesham

Q7 SCIENCE 2 Biology  Approx how many named skeletal muscles are there in the human body ?

                                      [just the number, you don`t have to name them 

A7.  650. Two quizzers gave the exact correct answer; one gave answer which was reasonably close, one gave answer which was too vague; and other gave answers which were not reasonably close.

Q8 MUSIC 2  What was the title of the song by Lordi which won Eurovision for Finland in 2006 ?

A8.  Hard Rock Hallelujah

[pgn]

Debussy. Give a man an ill father and an ill best friend, and a letter from each - which would he stay with?

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@lewys-gp 

Q1 pass   Q2 pass   Q3 helium - incorrect   Q4 pass   Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 400 - incorrect   Q8 pass

Total - one  for one correct answer

@MI5 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7   700 - incorrect       Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Prelude - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 pass   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 pass   Q5 pass

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 over 500 - sorry, too vague   Q8 pass

Total - three  for three correct answers

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded    Q2 TheresaV - 😂 incorrect   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 LukasB - 😂 incorrect

Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded    Q7 600 - reasonably close to correct answer - awarded    Q8 pass

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct - awarded    Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 correct - awarded 

Q5 correct - awarded    Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 correct - awarded   Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 pass

Q5 pass   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 500+ - incorrect   Q8 pass

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker            = 8 correct - @pgn 

Bronze Thinker +  = 7 correct - @Cleoriff  @MI5 

Red Thinker              = 4 correct - @gmarkj   @BobM  

                        = 3 correct - @TallTrees  

                               = 1 correct - @lewys-gp 

CONGRATULATIONS TO  THE ONLY SILVER THINKER - @pgn  

Well done

@Cleoriff            - Bronze Thinker + 

@MI5                  - Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj            - Red Thinker

@BobM              - Red Thinker

@TallTrees          -      

@lewys-gp         - 

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

White Room Quiz Halloween Edition - part of Halloweek On The Community  with 8 questions, which will be revealed on Monday morning.

[lewys-gp]

My worst showing yet. I've fallen on hard times but maybe a weekend of horrors will prepare for Monday's quiz 😂. Well done all.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for running the quiz.

Tricky set of questions but happy with a Red Thinker.

Actually did better than I thought I would have.

[MI5]

Some real stinkers in there.

Well done all and thanks.

Not important but if there are 650 muscles and one person was awarded for the answer of 600, why was my 700 incorrect?