White Room Quiz Wed 31 Jan 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 four categories - 

    GEOGRAPHY   SCIENCE    TV    ART

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 @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 Lake of the Ozarks is in which US State ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body is the meniscus ?

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Not Going Out", what is the name of Lee and Lucy`s daughter [character`s

                  name, not actor`s name] ?

Q4 ART 1 - "Beer Street" and "Gin Alley" were two prints issued in 1751 by which English artist ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which mountain range takes its name from Sanskrit word meaning "abode of snow" ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the force, named after Dutch scientist, which are distance-dependant

                            forces between atoms and molecules ?

Q7 TV 2 - In ITV crime drama "Lewis" what was the name of the Chief Superintendent who supervised Lewis

                   and Hathaway in series from 2007 to 2014 [characters name, not actor`s name] ?

Q8 ART 2 - Which British artist painted 12 works known as "The Manchester Murals" for Manchester Town

                      Hall at the end of the 19th century ?

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 31 Jan 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 02 Feb 2024.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 02 Feb 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 31 Jan

2024] and before 03.00am on Fri 02 Feb 2024.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 02 Feb 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

[BobM]

PM sent @Mi-Amigo ---> 👍

[jonsie]

Incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Dave-O2 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @BobM 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @TallTrees 

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[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Lake of the Ozarks is in which US State ?

A1    Missouri

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - Where in the human body is the meniscus ?

A2   knee, between lower leg and thigh

Q3 TV 1 - In British TV sit-com "Not Going Out", what is the name of Lee and Lucy`s daughter [character`s

                  name, not actor`s name] ?

A3   Molly

Q4 ART 1 - "Beer Street" and "Gin Alley" were two prints issued in 1751 by which English artist ?

A4    Hogarth

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which mountain range takes its name from Sanskrit word meaning "abode of snow" ?

A5    Himalayas

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - What is the name of the force, named after Dutch scientist, which are distance-dependant

                            forces between atoms and molecules ?

A6    van der Waals

Q7 TV 2 - In ITV crime drama "Lewis" what was the name of the Chief Superintendent who supervised Lewis

                   and Hathaway in series from 2007 to 2014 [characters name, not actor`s name] ?

A7    Jean Innocent

Q8 ART 2 - Which British artist painted 12 works known as "The Manchester Murals" for Manchester Town

                      Hall at the end of the 19th century ?

A8    F M Brown   

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@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

@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

@pgn 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 correct -            Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian 

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

Q5 pass             Q6 pass              Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 correct -   Q7 Bob - incorrect  Q8 TheresaV - incorrect .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@Dave-O2 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass              Q7 Lee - incorrect    Q8 Banksy - incorrect .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@jonsie 

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

Q5 correct -   Q6 Newtrons - -incorrect Q7 correct -   Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@TallTrees 

Q1 pass             Q2 pass  Q3 pass  Q4 pass .

Q5 correct -   Q6 pass  Q7 pass  Q8 pass.

Total - 1 star for 1 correct answer.

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

Silver Thinker                                 = 8 correct - @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct  - @pgn @jonsie 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct -  @BobM 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @gmarkj @Oxonian 

3 stars                                             = 3 correct - @Dave-O2 

1 star                                               = 1 correct - @TallTrees 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS-  @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Well done

@pgn          - Bronze Thinker + star

@jonsie      - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM      - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian  - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Red Thinker + star

@Dave-O2  - 3 stars

@TallTrees  - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star.

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

of 8 questions with two questions on each of these four categories

  PEOPLE    PLACES    NATURE    WORDS

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

[pgn]

Great quiz, @Mi-Amigo - hadn't a clue about the sitcom with Lee Mack. Nice to see cameo appearances from @TheresaV and @LukasB 👍🏼🤣 Well done all!