White Room Quiz Wed 27 Nov 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

   GEOGRAPHY    WORDS    TV    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 @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @J9el @Spenny @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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Irrawaddy River is in which country ?

Q2 WORDS 1 - "autem cackletub", mentioned in 1736 dictionary, referred to what type of place ?

Q3 TV 1 - In the British TV sit com "The Young Ones", 2 series first screened 1982-84, Vivian`s pet was

                  what type of animal ? 

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which country`s national cricket team is known as the Black Caps ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the lake/reservoir which straddles the borders of the States

                                    of Arizona and Utah in USA ?

Q6 WORDS 2 - "Brogs", mentioned in 1790 dictionary, referred to a small stick used for - what ?

Q7 TV 2 - In the British TV sit com "The Royle Family", what was the first name of the character played

                   by Sue Johnston ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - In golf, who was PGA Tour Player of the Year in 2012, 2014, and 2019 ?

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 27 Nov 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 29 Nov 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 29 Nov 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 27 Nov

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 29 Nov 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 29 Nov 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.

[Oxonian]

Excellent quiz @Mi-Amigo, really enjoyed it, thank you for organising. 👍

Well done everyone else and particularly those who scored maximums. 😀