White Room Quiz Wed 25 Oct 2023

[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 questions on each of these four categories - 

    PEOPLE  SCIENCE  MUSIC   SPORT

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 PEOPLE 1 - What did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams create in 2006 ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - How many elements are there in the periodic table as of 2023 ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were members of which band ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - How old was Emma Raducanu when she won the US Open in 2021 ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was the last Tsar of Russia ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the anterior cruciate ligament ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - "Fearless"; "1989"; and "Folklore" were three of the albums by which singer ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - How many Olympic Gold Medals did Mo Farah win ?

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 25 Oct 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 27 Oct 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 27 Oct 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 25 Oct

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 27 Oct 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 27 Oct 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

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

pm with your answers received

[pgn]

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

like the vid + song

pm with your answers received - before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams create in 2006 ?

A1    Twitter

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - How many elements are there in the periodic table as of 2023 ?

A2    118

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were members of which band ?

A3   Fleetwood Mac

Q4 SPORT 1 - How old was Emma Raducanu when she won the US Open in 2021 ?

A4    18

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - Who was the last Tsar of Russia ?

A5   Nicholas II

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the anterior cruciate ligament ?

A6   knee

Q7 MUSIC 2 - "Fearless"; "1989"; and "Folklore" were three of the albums by which singer ?

A7   Taylor Swift

Q8 SPORT 2 - How many Olympic Gold Medals did Mo Farah win ?

A8     4

[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

@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

@jonsie 

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

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass             Q2 123 - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 correct -  .

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -        Q7 pass  Q8 6 - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

Q1 correct -   Q2 114 - incorrect Q3 correct -   Q4 correct -  .

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct -            Q2 32 - incorrect    Q3 UB40 - incorrect               Q4 correct -  .

Q5 Stalin -  incorrect Q6 leg - incorrect   Q7 Shania Twain - incorrect  Q8 3 - incorrect .

Total - 2 stars for 2 correct

@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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                               = 6 correct - @BobM 

3 stars                                              = 3 correct - @TallTrees

2 stars                                              = 2 correct - @Dave-O2 

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

Well done

@BobM          - Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees      - 3 stars

@Dave-O2      - 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 the

Halloween edition with 8 Halloween-related questions.

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

[TallTrees]

Morning @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the quiz:

3 stars ok for me, interesting too

Bye for now TT

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Happy with the result and well done all👍

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone x