White Room Quiz Wed 31 July 2024 - Page 2

Mi-Amigo · ‎31-07-2024

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.

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 · ‎01-08-2024

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

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 · ‎02-08-2024

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

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 · ‎02-08-2024

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

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 · ‎02-08-2024

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.

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