White Room Quiz Wed 21 May 2025

[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 2 questions on each of these categories:

   SCIENCE   WORDS    ART    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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @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 SCIENCE 1 - Which element in the periodic table has the atomic number 8 ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - The word thalassophile refers to the love of what ?

Q3 ART 1 - Gamboge is a shade of which paint colour ?

Q4 FOOD 1 - Brinjal, used in Indian cooking, is known as what in UK ?

Q5 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is saccule ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - The word sparable, dating from 17th century, referred to what used in repair ?

Q7 ART 2 - Andy Warhol`s "32 Soup Cans" featured which brand of soup ? [not types of soup] 

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the main alcoholic ingredient of planter`s punch ?

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 May 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 23 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 23 May 2025.

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 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 23 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 23 May 2025 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.

[gmarkj]

So close yet so far!

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @TallTrees @MI5 @Cleoriff @gmarkj 

Well done on your awards - as there were some hard questions this time.

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone ! 👍

[jonsie]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian @jonsie 

Well done on your awards