White Room Quiz Wed 27 Sept 2023 - Page 3

Mi-Amigo · ‎27-09-2023

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 -

GEOGRAPHY NATURE MOVIES 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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Soay, Rona, and Raasay are small islands surrounding which Scottish island ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is the olm ?

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In which 1949 movie does Duke Louis Mazzini [played by Dennis Price] murder his family

[all family characters played by Alec Guinness] ?

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which is the only Belgian city to have hosted the Olympic Games ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which river forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the common name of the tree species Fraxinus Excelsor ?

Q7 MOVIES 2 - What is the title of the 1953 Ealing Comedy movie, in which villagers plan to run their own

railway when the branch line through their village is threatened with closure ?

Q8 SPORT 2 - Jenson Button won the 2009 F1 World Championship driving for which team ?

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 Sept 2023] and before 03.00am Fri 29 Sept 2023.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

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

2023] and before 03.00am on Fri 29 Sept 2023.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 29 Sept 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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-09-2023

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - Soay, Rona, and Raasay are small islands surrounding which Scottish island ?

A1 Skye

Q2 NATURE 1 - What type of creature is the olm ?

A2 salamander. 2 quizzers gave "amphibian" as answer, which I will also accept as correct.

Q3 MOVIES 1 - In which 1949 movie does Duke Louis Mazzini [played by Dennis Price] murder his family

[all family characters played by Alec Guinness] ?

A3 Kind Hearts And Coronets

Q4 SPORT 1 - Which is the only Belgian city to have hosted the Olympic Games ?

A4 Antwerp

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which river forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall ?

A5 River Tamar

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the common name of the tree species Fraxinus Excelsor ?

A6 ash

Q7 MOVIES 2 - What is the title of the 1953 Ealing Comedy movie, in which villagers plan to run their own

railway when the branch line through their village is threatened with closure ?

A7 The Titfield Thunderbolt

Q8 SPORT 2 - Jenson Button won the 2009 F1 World Championship driving for which team ?

A8 Brawn

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-09-2023

THE RESULTS

@Dave-O2

Q1 Shetland - incorrect Q2 snake - incorrect Q3 Amityville Horror - incorrect Q4 correct - .

Q5 correct - Q6 oak - incorrect Q7 Off The Tracks - incorrect Q8 correct - .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@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

@gmarkj

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@BobM

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

Q5 correct - Q6 beech - incorrect Q7 correct - Q8 Honda - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@TallTrees

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

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@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

@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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

Mi-Amigo · ‎29-09-2023

AWARDS

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

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @gmarkj @BobM @TallTrees

3 stars = 3 correct - @Dave-O2

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

Well done

@gmarkj - Red Thinker + star

@BobM - Red Thinker + star

@TallTrees - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2 - 3 stars

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 3 stars.

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz; and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be

8 questions - with 2 questions on each of these categories...

SCIENCE WORDS TV GAMES

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

Some people see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?"
Robert Kennedy.

MI5 · ‎29-09-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.

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pgn · ‎29-09-2023

Good one, good to see Fraxinus in there - Ecology and tree-planting in my younger days has not gone amiss!

Well done all, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍

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Cleoriff · ‎29-09-2023

Good quiz @Mi-Amigo. Well done everyone. Looking forward to Monday's quiz.

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TallTrees · ‎29-09-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Not bad for me 🙄

I just could not get that railway film one not surprised it isn't very memorable.

Jenson Button no wouldn't know Brawn only in the food sense 🤣

Well done everyone ☺

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BobM · ‎29-09-2023

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz.

Well done everyone.

Dave-O2 · ‎29-09-2023

Thanks for the quiz @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone 😊

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gmarkj · ‎29-09-2023

More than happy with that score!

No clue on the two films, and could only guess at the tree.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo

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