White Room Quiz Wed 28 Aug 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    SCIENCE    LITERATURE     MUSIC

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 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the strait which separates the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Lateral epicondylitis, the medical term for a sporting injury caused by excessive movement

                            of the hand, is better known by what term ? 

Q3 LITERATURE 1 - In Charles Dickens novel "The Pickwick Papers", a by-election in Eatanswell is fought

                                  between the Blue Party and which other fictional Party ?

Q4 MUSIC 1 - What was the name of the band which reached No 7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991 with 

                         "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Pen-y-fan and Corn Ddu are the highest points in which range of Welsh hills/mountains ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the scientific name for vitamin B2, with its name derived from word for a type of

                            sugar and Latin for "yellow" ?

Q7 LITERATURE 2 - In J R R Tolkein`s "The Hobbit", what was the maiden name of Bilbo Baggins` mother ?

Q8 MUSIC 2 - What was the name of the band formed by Paul Wellar in late 1982 after the break up of

                           The Jam ?

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 28 Aug 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 30 Aug 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 30 Aug 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 28 Aug

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 30 Aug 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 30 Aug 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]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, another decent set of questions.

Well done to anyone who scored more than me - ie everyone ! 👍