White Room Quiz Wed 23 Nov 2022

[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 question on each of these categories

  HISTORY    NATURE     WORDS     GAMES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo  - their answers from 12 noon today [Wed] to 03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

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

@Breanna   @adec 

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 HISTORY 1 - The Battle of Wireless Ridge and the Battle of Mount Tumbledown were engagements in

                           which war ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - Pitying is the collective term for which group of birds ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word baleneography is the term for the study of what ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which table-top role-playing game was designed by Dave Arneso and Gary Gygax and

                        introduced n 1974 ?

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which of Henry VIII`s six wives had the shortest reign as Queen ? 

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of mammal is a babirusa ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word wadmal is a term for what type of material ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the traditional outdoor game of Aunt Sally, what do players have to do ? 

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 23 Nov] and up to 03.00am Fri 25 Nov 2022] .

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 25 Nov 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 between 12 noon today [Wed 23 Nov] and before 03.00am Fri 25 Nov 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 25 Nov 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 ANSWERS

Q1 HISTORY 1 - The Battle of Wireless Ridge and the Battle of Mount Tumbledown were engagements in

                           which war ?

A1   Faulklands

Q2 NATURE 1 - Pitying is the collective term for which group of birds ?

A2   Turtledoves. I`ll accept doves as correct answer

Q3 WORDS 1 - The word balneography is the term for the study of what ?

A3    baths [esp therapeutic use of]

Q4 GAMES 1 - Which table-top role-playing game was designed by Dave Arneso and Gary Gygax and

                        introduced in 1974 ?

A4    Dungeons & Dragons

Q5 HISTORY 2 - Which of Henry VIII`s six wives had the shortest reign as Queen ? 

A5   Anne of Cleves

Q6 NATURE 2 - What type of mammal is a babirusa ?

A6   pig [wild pig of Indonesia]

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word wadmal is a term for what type of material ?

A7    thick course wool

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the traditional outdoor game of Aunt Sally, what do players have to do ? 

A8   throw stick at target [usually model of woman`s head] - similar to coconut shy

[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

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct -   Q2 sparrows - incorrect  Q3 hay bales - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 Civil War - incorrect  Q2 parrots - incorrect  Q3 sea creatures - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 bear - incorrect  Q7 wood - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

Total = 3 stars for three correct

@jonsie 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Comben 

Q1 correct -   Q2 magpies - incorrect  Q3 whales - incorrect  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Catherine of Aragon -incorrect   Q6 horse - incorrect  Q7 flexible - incorrect  Q8 correct -  .

Total = 3 stars for three correct

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star             = 7 correct - @jonsie  

Bronze Thinker                        = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

three stars                                = 3 correct - @Spenny   @Comben 

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

Well done

@jonsie       - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@Spenny     - 3 stars

@Comben   - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars

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 - 

 - SPACE    TV     ART    SPORT

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

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

[pgn]

Good end-of-week WRQ @Mi-Amigo - Las Malvinas was a tricky one, had to go all the way to the Peter Falk lands to figure that one out, almost as tricky as the bath bomb one until I saw your clarification post  😂

Well done all!

[Cleoriff]

Yes, I stared at Q3, for quite some time, thinking "I'm stumped, never heard of it".....then I scrolled down, saw the correction and I was still stumped! 😂

I thought about it and as I remembered the Latin word for bath was balneum, I chucked that in for good measure 🙄

Still not sure why anyone would want to study baths though

[Cleoriff]

PS, forgot to say, well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo for a great game x

[gmarkj]

Definitely better results today! Couple of guesses came good, instead of going the other way.

Well done everyone, and thanks again @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the game and well done on your awards.

I admit Q3 was hard - even when I realised there was a typo in the original post.

I know one of the subjects in Monday`s WRQ is not everyone`s favourite, so I will try and find a couple of easier questions for that category 😀

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[Comben]

I got 2 on Monday and 3 on Wednesday, not a great set of WRQ's for me but that just gives me more to aim at next time! Well done everyone else though, because as is so often the case there are some great scores from y'all.

Hope you enjoyed your weekends and are ready for yet more questions for the very talented Mi-Amigo, who deserves so much praise for putting two of these together each week! 👏