White Room Quiz Wed 21 August 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 categories

   PEOPLE    WORDS    MUSIC    GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 - What is the real first name of "Suggs", vocalist with the band Madness ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - Cambria was the Latin word coined in the Middle Ages for what ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - "The silicon chip inside her head gets swtiched to overload" are lyrics in which song by

                            The Boomtown Rats, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart in 1979 ?

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - On Ordnance Survey maps, what is the symbol, along with the date, which

                                                       indicates the site of a battlefield ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven was born in which city ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did "caggs maggs", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, refer to ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What is the title of opera by Verdi which features the characters Zaccaria and King of Babylon ?

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - On board ship, how long is a dog watch ?

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 21 Aug 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 23 Aug 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 23 Aug 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 21 Aug

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 23 Aug 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 23 Aug 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

and thanks for the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is the real first name of "Suggs", vocalist with the band Madness ?

A1   Graham

Q2 WORDS 1 - Cambria was the Latin word coined in the Middle Ages for what ?

A2   Wales

Q3 MUSIC 1 - "The silicon chip inside her head gets swtiched to overload" are lyrics in which song by

                            The Boomtown Rats, which reached No 1 in UK singles chart in 1979 ?

A3  "I Don`t Like Mondays"

Q4 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1 - On Ordnance Survey maps, what is the symbol, along with the date, which

                                                       indicates the site of a battlefield ?

A4   crossed swords

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven was born in which city ?

A5   Bonn

Q6 WORDS 2 - What did "caggs maggs", mentioned in 1811 dictionary, refer to ?

A6    scraps of meat, particularly goose - so I`ll accept goose/geese as correct answer

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What is the title of opera by Verdi which features characters Zaccaria and King of Babylon ?

A7    Nabucco

Q8 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 - On board ship, how long is a dog watch ?

A8    2 hours 

[Mi-Amigo]

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 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 correct    Q7 correct    Q8 correct  .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct                      Q3 correct    Q4 cannon - incorrect .

Q5 correct    Q6 prostitute - incorrect   Q7 correct    Q8 24 hours - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn 

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

@BobM 

Q1 correct                   Q2 correct    Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 Cologne - incorrect   Q6 correct    Q7 pass           Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct    Q2 correct                          Q3 correct    Q4 correct  .

Q5 correct    Q6 newspapers - incorrect   Q7 pass             Q8 4 hours - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @pgn 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj @Oxonian 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @Cleoriff @MI5 @jonsie @pgn 

Well done

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker 

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in next week`s quizzes

Please note - there will be NO WRQ on Monday, as it`s Bank Holiday, instead...

Mon 26 Aug - Summer Bank Holiday Brain Teaser, with 10 brain-teaser questions

                          don`t worry if you`re away, the quiz will be open for pm to me up to Tues 27 Aug at 9pm.

                           will anyone get 100% ?

Wed 28 Aug - WRQ is back with 8 questions, with 2 questions on each of these categories

                            Geography    Science     Literature      Music

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

[Cleoriff]

All thinkers. Well done everyone. Thanks @Mi-Amigo xx

[pgn]

Good one - even the couple of guesses worked out, after a fashion 😆

Well done all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo - no holiday here for me though, on Monday, so a good WRQ should help 😎

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - another good one.

Well done all 👍

[gmarkj]

Hey ho, can't complain about that - couple of guesses correct, couple not.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo , enjoyed this one

Well done everyone, there were a couple of toughies in there!