White Room Quiz Wed 25 Sept 2024

[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 categories

   PEOPLE    GEOGRAPHY    SCIENCE      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 [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

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 is the first name of Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit`s son - born 13 Sept 1999 ?

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which island in the Mediterranean is divided into two departments - Haute Corse and

                                     Corse du Sud ?

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - Which element is the lightest chemical element ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the name of the spicy soup. which originated in India, and was named after

                                          Tamil for "pepper water" ?

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the real surname of Sid Viscous, singer/musician with punk band The Sex Pistols ?

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Iron Gate, a system of gorges on River Danube, forms part of the border between

                                     Romania and which other country ?

Q7 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the cuneiform bone ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Vichyssoise soup, usually served chilled, is made from leeks, onions, and which other

                                        vegetable ?

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 Sept 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 27 Sept 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 27 Sept 2024.

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 Sept

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 27 Sept 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 27 Sept 2024 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 @TallTrees 

pm with your answers received - before deadline

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 PEOPLE 1 - What is the first name of Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit`s son - born 13 Sept 1999 ?

A1   Lennon

Q2 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Which island in the Mediterranean is divided into two departments - Haute Corse and

                                     Corse du Sud ?

A2   Corsica

Q3 SCIENCE 1 - Which element is the lightest chemical element ?

A3   hydrogen

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - What is the name of the spicy soup. which originated in India, and was named after

                                          Tamil for "pepper water" ?

A4  mulligatawny

Q5 PEOPLE 2 - What was the real surname of Sid Viscous, singer/musician with punk band The Sex Pistols ?

A5    Ritchie

Q6 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Iron Gate, a system of gorges on River Danube, forms part of the border between

                                     Romania and which other country ?

A6   Serbia

Q7 SCIENCE 2 - Where in the human body is the cuneiform bone ?

A7   foot

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - Vichyssoise soup, usually served chilled, is made from leeks, onions, and which other

                                        vegetable ?

A8   potato

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@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

@Oxonian 

Q1 Leon - incorrect            Q2 correct                       Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Richardson - incorrect  Q6 Yugoslavia - incorrect  Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct           Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 so so hot soup - incorrect .

Q5 Bob - incorrect  Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@pgn 

Q1 correct              Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Lydon - incorrect Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

Q1 correct                  Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 Richards - incorrect  Q6 correct   Q7 correct   Q8 correct  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass  Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  .

Q5 pass  Q6 correct   Q7 pass           Q8 correct  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

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

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                          = 5 correct - @Oxonian @TallTrees 

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

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees   - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

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

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in next week`s quizzes....

Mon 30 Sept - WRQ "Blue" edition - with 8 "Blue"-related questions

please note - there will not be WRQ on Wed, instead the BRAIN TEASER is back !!

Wed 02 Oct - October Brain Teaser - with 10 brain teaser questions

                          Can anyone get 100% ???

[pgn]

Another thinker-laden league, well done all, despite my Rotten answer for a Q! And thanks, @Mi-Amigo, QM extraordinaire! Blue questions next, that should be fun... 🤣

[BobM]

Great scores again, well done all.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo  👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done all and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

So! Next week a Blue WRQ and a blumming brain teaser??!!

A frazzling time I see 😂

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all

[Cleoriff]

@BobM

Please take note: A reminder from me to you (as you missed your tag for the last Brain Teaser)

Next Weds 2nd Oct, please get your brain in gear. 😂

[BobM]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@BobM

Please take note: A reminder from me to you (as you missed your tag for the last Brain Teaser)

Next Weds 2nd Oct, please get your brain in gear. 😂

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Thanks @Cleoriff  👍

Brain in gear already 🤔 - but notification still ended up in junk, so nothing new.