White Room Quiz Wed 22 Nov 2023 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎22-11-2023

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 -

PLACES SCIENCE MUSIC GAMES

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 PLACES 1 - Dodge City, with the Boot Hill Museum, is in which US State ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Nd is the chemical symbol for which element in the periodic table, with atomic number 60 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the Spice Girls second album, released in 1997 ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - What did players have to do in the Victorian parlour game "Hot Cockles" ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Ouagadougou is the capital city of which country ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - C10 H14 N2 is the chemical formula of which poisonous alkaloid ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - How many strings does an ajaeng [a Korean zither-like instrument] have ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - What is a "Benny" in the British rules of the card game "Euchre" [dating from 1844] ?

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 22 Nov 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 24 Nov 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 24 Nov 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 22 Nov

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 24 Nov 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 24 Nov 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?"
Robert Kennedy.

TallTrees · ‎23-11-2023

I have sent in the answers to you @Mi-Amigo

HAPPINESS IS BEE SHAPED

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-11-2023

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?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-11-2023

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?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-11-2023

Thank you @TallTrees

Sorry if this WRQ made you feel like emoji

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 · ‎23-11-2023

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Links to O2 Social Media Team here

Mi-Amigo · ‎23-11-2023

Thank you @pgn

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?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-11-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PLACES 1 - Dodge City, with the Boot Hill Museum, is in which US State ?

A1 Kansas

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Nd is the chemical symbol for which element in the periodic table, with atomic number 60 ?

A2 neodymium

Q3 MUSIC 1 - What was the title of the Spice Girls second album, released in 1997 ?

A3 Spiceworld

Q4 GAMES 1 - What did players have to do in the Victorian parlour game "Hot Cockles" ?

A4 Player, sitting on floor, puts head in another player`s lap [so can`t see], and is then kicked by one of the

other players and has to guess which player gave the kick.

I will also accept player being blindfolded and has to guess which player gave him/her a slap as correct

Q5 PLACES 2 - Ouagadougou is the capital city of which country ?

A5 Burkina Faso

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - C10 H14 N2 is the chemical formula of which poisonous alkaloid ?

A6 nicotine

Q7 MUSIC 2 - How many strings does an ajaeng [a Korean zither-like instrument] have ?

A7 7 OR 8 strings

Q8 GAMES 2 - What is a "Benny" in the British rules of the card game "Euchre" [dating from 1844] ?

A8 The Joker

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 · ‎24-11-2023

THE RESULTS

@MI5

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

Q5 Togo - incorrect Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Cleoriff

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie

Q1 Wyoming - incorrect Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 correct - .

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 not caught holding something - incorrect .

Q5 pass Q6 correct - Q7 12 - incorrect Q8 correct - .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - Q2 correct - Q3 correct - Q4 Blind Man`s Bluff - incorrect.

Q5 city in Africa - sorry can`t accept, need name Q6 correct - Q7 correct - Q8 correct - .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2

Q1 Michigan - incorrect Q2 pass Q3 correct - Q4 walking on hot stones - incorrect .

Q5 correct - Q6 cyanide - incorrect Q7 4 - incorrect Q8 pass.

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@TallTrees

Q1 correct - Q2 crude metal - sorry can`t accept need name Q3 pass Q4 pass.

Q5 pass Q6 pass Q7 correct - Q8 pass.

Toyal - 2 stars for 2 correct

@pgn

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

Q5 correct - Q6 correct - Q7 12 - incorrect Q8 highest ranking card in game - incorrect .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

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 · ‎24-11-2023

AWARDS

There is no Silver Thinker this time

Bronze Thinker + star = 7 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM @pgn

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj

2 stars = 2 correct - @Dave-O2 @TallTrees

Well done

@MI5 - Bronze Thinker + star

@Cleoriff - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM - Bronze Thinker

@pgn - Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2 - 2 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

HISTORY NATURE LITERATURE MOVIES

I will search out the questions over the weekend and hopefully will not be as tough as the questions were in this WRQ.

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.

MI5 · ‎24-11-2023

You got us there @Mi-Amigo

Thanks and well done all.

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