White Room Quiz Wed 21 Sept 2022

[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 8 questions, with two questions on each of the categories

   GEOGRAPHY    NATURE    LITERATURE    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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff   @pgn   @jonsie   @gmarkj    @MI5   @TallTrees   @BobM   @Spenny   @adec   @Comben   @J9el 

@Breanna   @RafaC 

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which river forms part of the border between USA and Mexico ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Cochin, red shaver, and sulmtaler are types of which bird ?

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - What was the title of Nelson Mandela`s autobiography ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which meat is in the French stew navarin ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The Cayman Islands are in which sea ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - Which breed of dog was known as a Chrysanthemum dog in the 1930s ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - Who wrote "Charlotte`s Web", published in 1952 ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Which vegetable is in the Greek pie spanakopita ?

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 21 Sept 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 22 Sept 2022] - 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 Fri 23 Sept 2022

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 Sept 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 22 Sept 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 22 Sept 2022 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]

THE RESULTS

@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

@RafaC 

Q1 pass  Q2 hummingbird - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 rabbit - incorrect

Q5 correct -  Q6 pomeranean - incorrect Q7 pass  Q8 brocolli - incorrect

Total = 1 star for one correct

@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

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 LukasB - incorrect Q8 correct - 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 R TheresaV - incorrect Q2 correct -  Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -  Q6 pomeranean - incorrect Q7 correct -  Q8 correct - 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

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

Q5 correct -  Q6 terrier - incorrect  Q7 pass Q8 correct - 

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct -  Q6 correct -  Q7 Breanna - incorrect   Q8 correct - 

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 R Alamo - incorrect   Q2 wren - incorrect   Q3 correct -  Q4 duck - incorrect

Q5 correct -  Q6 chihuahua - incorrect      Q7 correct -  Q8 correct - 

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

@J9el 

Q1 correct -  Q2 finch - incorrect   Q3 correct -  Q4 correct - 

Q5 correct -  Q6 chihuahua - incorrect  Q7 pass   Q8 carrot - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                       = 8 correct - @MI5  @Cleoriff  

Bronze Thinker + star          = 7 correct - @pgn  @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                     = 6 correct - @gmarkj  @BobM 

Red Thinker                           = 4 correct - @Comben  @J9el   

1 star                                      = 1 correct - @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @MI5  @Cleoriff  

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie       - Bronze Thinker + star 

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker

@Comben   - Red Thinker

@J9el           - Red Thinker

@RafaC        - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories

-  PEOPLE   SCIENCE    TV     SPORT

Over the weekend, I will search out a mix of easier [?] and not-so-easy questions.

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

[gmarkj]

Wow!

Did not expect that with guesses for lamb and spinach.

Well done everyone and thanks to the host @Mi-Amigo 

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. I'm off to watch @Comben dancing now, as he has a Thinker 😂

Thanks for a great quiz @Mi-Amigo.

[J9el]

Well done all and thanks again @Mi-Amigo. Always good fun!

[jonsie]

well done guys and a big thank you once again to @Mi-Amigo 

[RafaC]

Yeah, it turns out I didn't do that well, but nice to see everyone else with a Thinker!
Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo. 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @gmarkj  @Cleoriff @MI5  @J9el @jonsie @RafaC 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your awards

[Comben]

Wow I wasn't expecting a thinker for this WRQ, but as Cleoriff mentioned I'm off to do my little dance because I got my hands on a thinker. 😅

Thanks Mi-Amigo for organising and sorry for the delayed response I've been away all weekend.