White Room Quiz Wed 26 Jan 2022

[Mi-Amigo]

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 on each of these categories

- GEOGRAPHY    SPACE     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 [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 @adelphiaUK @lewys-gp @RafaC @Martin-O2 

and 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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the deepest lake in the USA ?

                                 [clue - it`s in US State of Oregan ]

Q2 SPACE 1 - Who was the only American astronaut to have flown in space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

                       programmes ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which group recorded "Dedicated To The One I Love" which reached No 2 in UK singles chart

                       in 1967 ?

Q4 GAMES 1 - In the game of Scrabble, two letter tiles have value of 8 points. One is X, what is the other ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - The Gulf of Bothnia is between which two European countries ?

                                  [ for both countries; half  for one correct]

Q6 SPACE 2 - Aphrodite Terra is a major landmass on which planet in our Solar System ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - "Taxman" is a track on which 1966 album by The Beatles ?

Q8 GAMES 2 - In the UK London Monopoly board game, how much is a house on Bond Street ?

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 26 Jan 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 27 Jan 2022]

- 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 28 Jan 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] after 12 noon today [Wed 26 Jan 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 27 Jan 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 27 Jan 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  

[Spenny]

I got one correct !!! Get in! 🤣🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS:

@RafaC 

Q1 Lake Michigan - incorrect  Q2 Buzz Aldrin - incorrect   Q3 Gerry & The Pacemakers - incorrect

Q4 Z - incorrect  Q5 Bosnia and Albania - incorrect  Q6 Mercury - incorrect 

Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 £500 - incorrect

Total = one  for 1 correct answer

@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

@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

@gmarkj 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 Neil Amstrong - incorrect  Q3 Lukas & Theresa - 😂 - incorrect

Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 Finland - correct; Estonia - incorrect - awarded half 

Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Abbey Road - incorrect  Q8 correct - awarded 

plus for 4 correct answers + 1 part correct also awarded    

Red Thinker

@Spenny 

Q1 Lake Oregan - incorrect  Q2 Neil Armstrong - incorrect  Q3 pass  Q4 U - incorrect

Q5 Germany - incorrect; Czech Rep - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded  

Q7 Yellow Submarine - incorrect  Q8 £320 - incorrect

Total = one  for 1 correct answer

@BobM 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 Neil Armstrong - incorrect  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Q - incorrect

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 £320 - incorrect

plus for 5 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct - awarded   Q2 Neil Armstrong - incorrect  Q3 Ronettes - incorrect  

Q4 correct - awarded   Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded 

Q7 Rubber Soul - incorrect   Q8 £200 - incorrect

plus for 4 correct answers also awarded    

Red Thinker

@lewys-gp 

Q1 pass  Q2 Neil Armstrong  Q3 correct - awarded   Q4 Q - incorrect

Q5 Croatia - incorrect; Albania - incorrect  Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 Help - incorrect  Q8 £200 - incorrect

Total = 2  for 2 correct answers

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct - awarded   Q6 correct - awarded   Q7 correct - awarded   Q8 £200 - incorrect

plus for 7 correct answers also awarded 

Bronze 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker                        = 7 correct - @jonsie 

Red Thinker +                       = 5 correct - @BobM 

Red Thinker + half               = 4 correct + 1 part correct - @gmarkj

Red Thinker                              = 4 correct - @TallTrees  

                                           = 2 correct - @lewys-gp 

                                               = 1 correct - @Spenny @RafaC 

CONGRATULATIONS to the SILVER THINKERS - @pgn  @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done -

@jonsie          = Bronze Thinker

@BobM          = Red Thinker + 

@gmarkj        = Red Thinker + half 

@TallTrees     = Red Thinker

@lewys-gp     =   

@Spenny       = 

@RafaC          = 

Everyone taking part was awarded at least one 

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quizzes, which will be eight questions - with two questions on each of these categories

- PEOPLE   LITERATURE    MOVIES    EVENTS

with a mix of easier to not-so-easy questions.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[RafaC]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone!

@Cleoriff it's so great that you have Revolver on vinyl, one of my favourite albums by the 4 lads from Liverpool. My only star from this edition of WRQ attests to that 😂
Maybe on Monday's edition I'll do better. Tomorrow never knows

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - good quiz 👍

Well done everyone.

[TallTrees]

Ah that's good really, in view of the fact that I didn't know what day it was even! 😎

@Mi-Amigo 

Well done everyone 

[TallTrees]

Well done @Spenny 

Hope you will stick around.  

Best wishes TallTrees

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone

[pgn]

Good turnout for the quiz this week, @Mi-Amigo - well done all!

[Cleoriff]

Great quiz @Mi-Amigo. Well done everyone x

PS, I love the prices of property on Monopoly. I could build up quite a portfolio 😂