White Room Quiz Wed 24 Nov 2021 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎24-11-2021

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s White Room Quiz is eight questions with two questions from each of these four categories

- PEOPLE SPACE WORDS 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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @gmarkj @TallTrees @BobM @lewys-gp @RafaC @Martin-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 PEOPLE 1 Who married Louis VII of France in 1137 and Henry II of England in 1152 ?

Q2 SPACE 1 The asteroid Ceres is between which two planets in our Solar System ?

Q3 WORDS 1 What facial feature did the 19th century word epalpebrate refer to ?

Q4 GAMES 1 On a UK Monopoly board, how many Chance and Community Chest spaces are there in total ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 Josephine Cochraine, American inventor, patented which household appliance in 1885 ?

Q6 SPACE 2 Falcon was the lunar module on which Apollo moon mission ?

Q7 WORDS 2 The word caprine relates to which animal ?

Q8 GAMES 2 In which game did Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov ?

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 24 Nov 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Nov 2021]

- 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 morning of Fri 26 Nov 2021

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 24 Nov 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 25 Nov 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 25 Nov 2021 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2021

Thank you @jonsie

Yes lack of heating did get to me but I`m OK now.

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Martin-O2 · ‎26-11-2021

Good to hear @Mi-Amigo! Crank the heat right up and get yourself nice and toasty 😄

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Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2021

THE ANSWERS:

Q1 PEOPLE 1 Who married Louis VII of France in 1137 and Henry II of England in 1152 ?

A1 Eleanor of Acquitaine

Q2 SPACE 1 The asteroid Ceres is between which two planets in our Solar System ?

A2 Mars and Jupiter

Q3 WORDS 1 What facial feature did the 19th century word epalpebrate refer to ?

A3 without eyebrows

Q4 GAMES 1 On a UK Monopoly board, how many Chance and Community Chest spaces are there in total ?

A4 six - three of each

Q5 PEOPLE 2 Josephine Cochraine, American inventor, patented which household appliance in 1885 ?

A5 dishwashing machine

Q6 SPACE 2 Falcon was the lunar module on which Apollo moon mission ?

A6 Apollo 15

Q7 WORDS 2 The word caprine relates to which animal ?

A7 goat

Q8 GAMES 2 In which game did Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov ?

A8 chess

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Cleoriff · ‎26-11-2021

Greatest news matey. Get yourself warmed right through and keep warm now.😍

Veritas Numquam Perit

Mi-Amigo · ‎26-11-2021

THE RESULTS

@Cleoriff

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@pgn

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

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@jonsie

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

Q5 truss - incorrect Q6 correct - awarded Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@BobM

Q1 correct - awarded Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 20 - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded Q6 3rd -incorrect Q7 correct - awarded Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 6 correct answers also awarded

Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj

Q1 LukasB - 😂 - incorrect Q2 correct - awarded Q3 correct - awarded Q4 correct - awarded

Q5 washing machine - incorrect Q6 Apollo 14 - incorrect Q7 cat - incorrect Q8 correct - awarded

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded

Red 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 · ‎26-11-2021

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + = 7 correct - @jonsie

Bronze Thinker = 6 correct - @BobM

Red Thinker = 4 correct - @gmarkj

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

Well done

@jonsie = Bronze Thinker +

@BobM = Bronze Thinker

@gmarkj = Red Thinker

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

- PLACES NATURE MOVIES SPORT

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend to find a nice mix of easier and not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making 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.

BobM · ‎26-11-2021

Ah well, some guesses we get correct, ... and some not. 😫

Thanks again @Mi-Amigo and hope you're heating up nicely. 🔥

Well done all.

jonsie · ‎26-11-2021

Well done everyone and hope your fingers have warmed through now @Mi-Amigo

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lewys-gp · ‎26-11-2021

Gutted I didn't get around to sending you my answers for this quiz! Sorry. Well done all.

Glad to hear your heating is sorted too, @Mi-Amigo. Definitely a serious thing, especially during winter, so your concerns were valid and amazing the engineer has fixed it for you today 🙌.

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Cleoriff · ‎26-11-2021

Great game @Mi-Amigo. All typed out with lovely warm hands 😂

Well played everyone. x

Veritas Numquam Perit