White Room Quiz Wed 27 April 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 from each of these categories

- PLACES    SCIENCE    MUSIC    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 [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  @Spenny  @J9el  @lewys-gp 

- 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 PLACES 1 - What is the capital of Finland ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Which is the most common gas in the atmosphere ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - Which duo had a "one hit wonder" in UK in 1969 with "In The Year 2525" ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which fruit is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry ?

Q5 PLACES 2 - Alnwick Castle is in which English county ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - Ocular coloboma is a condition which affects which part of the human body ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - Who had a UK No 1 album in 1987 with "Tunnel Of Love" ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is canard on a French menu ?

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 27 April 2022] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 April 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 29 April 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 27 Apr 2022] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 28 Apr 2022].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thurs 28 Apr 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  

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker +   = 7 correct - @J9el 

Red Thinker +        = 5 correct - @gmarkj  @Spenny 

Red Thinker                     = 4 correct - @lewys-gp 

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

Well done -

@J9el        = Bronze Thinker + 

@gmarkj  = Red Thinker + 

@Spenny  = Red Thinker + 

@lewys-gp = Red Thinker

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in Monday`s White Room Quiz, which will be slightly different as its the Bank Holiday. 

There will be 8 questions with two questions on each of these categories - HISTORY; NATURE; LITERATURE; one question on TV; and one question on EVENTS. 

I`ll search out the questions over the weekend and will try and find a nice mix of questions.

Thanks everyone for joining in and making WRQ fun.

[pgn]

Brilliant game, @Mi-Amigo - loved it! Well done all!

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Great game @Mi-Amigo x

[lewys-gp]

Great questions those, @Mi-Amigo. I knew Dire Straits had that track, so was just hoping it was the title of one of their albums too 😅. Well done, all.

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Well done all.

[J9el]

Well done everyone…and thankyou again @Mi-Amigo.

Have a great long weekend everyone 😊

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @Cleoriff @lewys-gp @MI5 @J9el 

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