White Room Quiz Wed 29 Sept 2021

[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 -

   GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE [one on Chemistry; one on Biology]    WORDS    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 [Wednesday] and 11.59pm tomorrow [Thursday].

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

  @Cleoriff   @pgn   @MI5   @gmarkj   @BobM  @TallTrees  @RafaC  @lewys-gp  @Martin-O2   @jonsie 

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  Which country lies between Panama and Nicaragua ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 CHEMISTRY  What is the chemical symbol for antimony ?

Q3 WORDS 1   What activity does a funambulist do ?

Q4 SPORT 1  In motor racing, in which country is the Francorchamp circuit ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2  What is the name of the highest navigable lake in the world, in Peru and Bolivia ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 BIOLOGY  Where in the human body are the betz cells ?

Q7 WORDS 2  What shape does the word stellate refer to ?

Q8 SPORT 2 In which sport did teams compete for the World Championship Silver Broom Trophy from 1968 

                     to 1985 ?

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 29 Sept 2021] and 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 30 Sept 2021]

- 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 31 Sept 2021

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 29 Sept 2021] and before 23.59 [11.59pm] tomorrow [Thurs 30 Sept 2021].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 23.59 [11.59pm] on Thur 30 Sept 2021 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  

[TallTrees]

Hi there @Mi-Amigo 

Well one  "Giant step for TallTrees "  

Silver Thinker 😀

Thank you for your special wishes ~ thanks for marking my answers and for the quiz.

Well done everyone.

[pgn]

Woohoo, another Silver in da house 👍

Well done @TallTrees 🎉🎊🙋‍♂️

And well done all - and thank you @Mi-Amigo.

PS. Drinks on @TallTrees in Bar Humbug tonight? 😉

[TallTrees]

Thank you for your good wishes @BobM   Been a long wait!

Well done you too ~ 😁

[TallTrees]

Thank you @Cleoriff for your good wishes.

Been a "trial" getting there for me!  

Well done to you too ~ it's not easy.

[Cleoriff]

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 Delighted for you @TallTrees xx

[gmarkj]

Well done to all the thinkers, and so close @RafaC !

Curling makes sense now - the brush they sweep with.

Thanks for another great set of questions @Mi-Amigo 

[TallTrees]

Thanks! @pgn 

Well done to you and many thanks for your good wishes.

Bar Humbug it is then!

[RafaC]

Well done everybody, thanks @Mi-Amigo for another great round of the White Room Quiz!

Yeah @gmarkj, I'm getting there! As long as I'm improving, I'm happy with the results

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Woohoo, another Silver in da house 👍

Well done @TallTrees 🎉🎊🙋‍♂️

And well done all - and thank you @Mi-Amigo.

PS. Drinks on @TallTrees in Bar Humbug tonight? 😉

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Sounds a damn good idea to me @pgn 🍾🍾 😜

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees  @gmarkj  @pgn  @RafaC 

Pleased you all enjoyed the quiz and well done each of you on your awards - especially @TallTrees and her Silver Thinker

Good idea to celebrate @TallTrees Silver Thinker by opening Bar Humbug tonight - any excuse for a drink...