White Room Quiz Wed 31 July 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      WORDS      FOOD & DRINK

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 - The Gulf of Riga is a bay of which sea ?

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - In which organ of the human body is bile produced ?

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word defenestration, dating from 1618, mean ?

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which cocktail is made with vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which is the second largest lake in England ?

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - An oxide of which metal is used to make crystal glass ?

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word vulpine refers to which animal ?

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the Greek dish souvlaki ?

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 July 2024] and before 03.00am Fri 02 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 02 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 31 July

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

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 02 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie 

like the gif

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - The Gulf of Riga is a bay of which sea ?

A1   Baltic

Q2 SCIENCE 1 - In which organ of the human body is bile produced ?

A2   liver

Q3 WORDS 1 - What did the word defenestration, dating from 1618, mean ?

A3   throw someone out of a window

Q4 FOOD & DRINK 1 - Which cocktail is made with vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice ?

A4    Cosmopolitan

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - Which is the second largest lake in England ?

A5    Ullswater

Q6 SCIENCE 2 - An oxide of which metal is used to make crystal glass ?

A6    lead

Q7 WORDS 2 - The word vulpine refers to which animal ?

A7     fox

Q8 FOOD & DRINK 2 - What is the Greek dish souvlaki ?

A8   grilled meat on a skewer

[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

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 gallbladder - can`t accept, bile is stored not produced in gallbladder  

Q4 correct -    Q5 correct -    Q6 correct -    Q7 correct -    Q8 correct -  .

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

@Oxonian 

Q1 correct -    Q2 correct -    Q3 placing of windows in building - incorrect Q4 Metropolitan - incorrect .

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

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@gmarkj 

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

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

plus for 6 correct answers

Bronze Thinker

@BobM 

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

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

plus for 7 correct answers

Bronze 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

[Mi-Amigo]

AWARDS

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

Bronze Thinker + star                    = 7 correct - @TallTrees @BobM 

Bronze Thinker                              = 6 correct - @gmarkj 

Red Thinker + star                         = 5 correct - @Oxonian 

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

Well done

@TallTrees   - Bronze Thinker + star

@BobM       - Bronze Thinker + star

@gmarkj     - Bronze Thinker

@Oxonian   - Red Thinker + star

Everyone taking part was awarded a Thinker .

I hope everyone enjoyed this White Room Quiz and will join in next week`s WRQ`s 5th Anniversary quizzes

Mon 05 August 2024 - WRQ 5th Anniversary Quiz of 8 "five"/"fifth" - related questions, with one question

                                        on each of eight categories [I won`t spoil the surprise by saying which categories].

Wed 07 August 2024 - WRQ "Mastermind Challenge"  of 8 questions from Mastermind Champion of                                                      Champion with 4 questions faced by two Mastermind Champions of Champion,

                                        but both failed to answer two of the questions.

                                         Can any WRQ Quizzers beat the former Mastermind Champions of Champions ?

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

[pgn]

Excellent run on the Thinkers again this time, @Mi-Amigo - well done all! Softening us up for next week's Mastermind Challenge, no doubt 🤣

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo for another good quiz.

Great scores again, well done everyone 👍

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Thinkers all round Thanks again @Mi-Amigo xx

[TallTrees]

Wow lovely @Mi-Amigo 

nearly silver (gallbladder true liver is correct)

No worries ~ hope to smash it next time 🙄

[gmarkj]

Very happy with that!

Well done everyone - good scores all round.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[jonsie]

That was a gentle brain teaser before the 'tough' one to come @Mi-Amigo 

Well done guys and gals!